We started DegreeGoals because we made the wrong call ourselves.
One of us dropped $80k on a graduate degree that didn't move the needle. The other spent two years in a program nobody had warned was the wrong fit. We compared notes, got angry about how little honest guidance exists, and built this.
DegreeGoals is the resource we wish we'd had: opinionated where it should be, neutral where it matters, and never selling you a program in disguise.
Independent
No referral fees from schools. No paid placements in our recommendations.
Human-first
Plain-language guides written by people who've actually walked the path. No chatbots, no jargon walls.
Built with learners
Every guide is reviewed by people who've actually walked the path.
If we wouldn't recommend it to our sibling, we won't recommend it to you.
That means sometimes we'll tell you not to go back to school at all. Sometimes the trade route beats the bachelor's. Sometimes the cheaper online program really is just as good.
We'd rather lose your traffic than your trust.