Helping Millions of Students Plan for Life After High School
Inspired by Students, Powered by College and Career Experts
What is BigFuture?
BigFuture® is a free, comprehensive set of digital resources that helps all students take a productive first step after high school. With feedback from students, insights from professionals, and over 100 years of College Board expertise, the BigFuture personalized dashboard simplifies a complex process into key actions across three categories: Plan for College, Pay for College and Explore Careers.
How to Use BigFuture
A quick guide to how to use BigFuture to plan for college, pay for college, and explore careers. Go to bigfuture.org to get started.
Plan for College
College Search
Students can search and filter over 3,000 college profiles with rich content about campus life and admissions provided by the colleges themselves
Student Search Service™
On average, students contacted by colleges through this service receive 29% more college admission offers.
Pay for College
Scholarship Search
Students explore and match with over $4 billion in scholarships each year. By entering their information, students will be matched with scholarships that they're eligible for based on the program requirements.
BigFuture Scholarships
Juniors and seniors who complete steps on their dashboard earn entries for monthly scholarship drawings that award nearly $3 million each year.
Financial Aid Resources
We offer guides and an Expected Family Contribution Calculator to help families understand college costs, student loans, the FAFSA®, and more.
Explore Careers
Career Search
Students connect their interests and skills to over 1,000 career profiles across a variety of education levels. They can view job requirements, projected salaries, and growth potential.
Career Quiz
Career Quiz is a valid and reliable interest survey that connects what students like to possible careers. The quiz can be completed in under 15 minutes and generates a list of 30 occupations that students can explore further on Career Search.
“As a low-income, first-generation college student, BigFuture ensured that I had the information I needed to be successful throughout the entire process. Without it, I may not have found, or gotten into, my top choice school.”
“[BigFuture] has really inspired me to look into new scholarships and showed me that it is possible to get a lot of financial aid if you look in the right places. I have started to plan ahead for my future and this was an encouraging experience!”
“I think that this is an amazing program that helps to provide opportunities for kids like me who are low-income and worrying about how they’ll be able to pay for furthering their education. [BigFuture] is very helpful and also easy to navigate, which makes the process of going to college less stressful.”