Utah’s partner in education since 2006
Elevating Utah students to succeed and lead
Helping Utah students find their interests, careers, and opportunities
Brightpath helps students map and plan for their future by providing information about them that builds self-confidence. Students discover their aptitudes and interests, connect them to best-fit postsecondary educational and career pathways, certify their skills through industry-recognized certifications, and get real-world training through work-based learning opportunities.
What is YouScience® Brightpath?
Aptitude & Career Discovery
Discover interests and aptitudes to create personalized post-secondary pathways.
Education & Career Plan
Empower educators with an end-to-end platform that connects education with career development.
Industry Certifications
Quantify student knowledge and skills through industry-recognized certifications.
Education Connections
Connect students with educational institutions based on interests and aptitudes.
Work-Based Experiences
Streamline management of work-based learning for educators to optimize student experiences.
Career Connections
Connect students with regional employers to gain real-world work experience.
Insights & Analytics
Generate reports using real-time data and analytics to measure student and program success.
Find your career and achieve your goals with YouScience® Brightpath
With Brightpath, Utah students get access to tools that answer these fundamental questions: Who am I? What can I become? How do I get there?
Who am I?
Identify aptitudes, interests, and careers
Empower Utah students with a data-driven aptitude and interest assessment—and the only aptitude-based guidance platform on the market—enabled by artificial intelligence, powered by Brightpath.
What can I become?
Find and explore best-fit careers for each student
Connect students with more than 600 in-demand careers personalized to their aptitudes and interests. Remove exposure gaps by empowering students with knowledge of in-demand jobs and growing career fields.
How do I get there?
Work towards education and career goals
Enable Utah students to take actionable steps towards their goals with access to education and career planning tools, 4-year course planners, easy-to-use resume builder, and more—all based on their unique aptitudes.
YouScience is available for Utah students
Since 2019, the Utah state legislature has funded YouScience through the Student Credential Account (SCA). YouScience provides a common platform for students, teachers, counselors, WBL coordinators, and administrators to link student learning, aptitudes, and skills certifications to academic and career pathways, work-based learning, career outcomes (college and career ready), and local employers. It is available for all public middle/high schools. Utah has chosen YouScience to administer industry-recognized certifications since 2006.
How YouScience helps you
For students:
Gain insights into their talents, leading to informed choices for academics and careers.
For educators:
Utilize data to tailor teaching and guidance, creating personalized learning environments.
For parents:
Make informed
decisions about their child’s education and career choices.
For local employers:
Access a pool of students with relevant skills, aiding informed hiring decisions.
Impact for Utah’s schools
117K
Utah students have discovered their aptitudes to date.
3.5M+
Total certifications adminstered to Utah students to date.
3X
Student usage has tripled in the last three years.
Utah partnering employers
Explore career paths, aptitudes, and our resume builder with Brightpath
Brightpath aligns with the Utah State Board of Education’s “Portrait of a Graduate,” called the Utah Talent MAP, as it provides educators and students with the tools they need to be successful in competency-based learning. With Brightpath, students discover their best-fit careers based on aptitude and interest assessments, postsecondary pathway identification, 4-year course planning, resume builder and work-based activity logs, and financial preparation for college.
- Aptitude & Career Discovery
- Pathway identification
- 4-year course planning
- Resume builder and activity log
- Financial prep for college
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Best-fit careers determined by student aptitudesEmpower students with the knowledge of their own individual aptitudes and interests to identify best-fit education goals and career fields. |
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Personalized postsecondary pathwaysHelp students identify postsecondary pathways and set personalized educational goals. |
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Data-driven 4-year course planningInformed 4-year course planning that aligns with student goals, graduation requirements, and graduation pathways. |
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Resume building and work-based learning activity logGive students tools to create their first resume—and ways to populate it with meaningful, industry-recognized certifications—connect students with internship opportunities, and easily track work-based learning in activity logs. |
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Prepare students for college financiallyEnsure students receive information on state and federal financial aid programs that help pay for the cost of college. |
- Aptitude & Career Discovery
- Pathway identification
- 4-year course planning
- Resume builder and activity log
- Financial prep for college
Best-fit careers determined by student aptitudes
Empower students with the knowledge of their own individual aptitudes and interests to identify best-fit education goals and career fields.
Personalized postsecondary pathways
Help students identify postsecondary pathways and set personalized educational goals.
Data-driven 4-year course planning
Informed 4-year course planning that aligns with student goals, graduation requirements, and graduation pathways.
Resume building and work-based learning activity log
Give students tools to create their first resume—and ways to populate it with meaningful, industry-recognized certifications—connect students with internship opportunities, and easily track work-based learning in activity logs.
Prepare students for college financially
Ensure students receive information on state and federal financial aid programs that help pay for the cost of college.
Award-winning: educator tested and approved
“Having a comprehensive platform that helps us connect what students are learning in the classroom with real-world career opportunities turns education into a tangible experience. Local employers also like YouScience Brightpath because they can meet with students, who have the aptitudes and certifications they need, to start building a talent pipeline. It opens doors and opportunities for all of my students to have a successful future—whether that’s 4-year college, trade school, or jumping into a career.”
“CTE teachers who have gained some exposure to YouScience are extremely supportive of implementing taking some assessments and using YouScience in their classroom. Our CTE internship teacher has made it part of her curriculum. Overall, it has been a positive resource to provide to students!”
“YouScience has been completely transformative already and we are just barely scratching the surface of what it can provide to our students. We as school counselors are constantly looking at systemic approaches to our programs and I truly believe that YouScience helps our counseling department become more proficient in systemic approaches to College and Career Readiness. By implementing YouScience into our school counseling programs we really are working smarter and not harder. I can’t praise this program enough!! It has been amazing!”
“YouScience is a valuable resource for students in Utah. Of all of the student aptitude and career discovery tools I’ve seen, this one is the most robust and relevant. UMA and the UMA Foundation is thrilled to partner with YouScience and utilize the tool and data to help match deserving students into youth apprenticeship programs that will set them on a path for success.”
“Through our partnership with YouScience, we have created an effective, long-term solution that helps to address the workforce shortages in Utah’s aerospace, defense and cyber industries. YouScience helps us achieve our mission to foster talent by connecting our members with job seekers who have the relevant aptitudes and interests best suited for these highly sought-after careers.”
YouScience is your dedicated, Utah-based, education partner
YouScience has been a dedicated and strategic partner with a deep understanding of Utah’s needs for more than 10 years.
Kellie Openshaw, Utah State Director
kellie.openshaw@youscience.com,
801-653-0759
Paul Ashby, Customer Success Manager, Utah
paul.ashby@youscience.com,
385-273-0747
Dedicated partner
YouScience has been a dedicated and strategic partner with a deep understanding of Utah’s needs for more than 10 years.
Unlimited access
Educators have unlimited access to easy-to-use online resources, as well as a dedicated team that will guide them as much as they need.
Knowledgeable support team
YouScience offers one of the best and most responsive support teams in EdTech. When you reach out to connect with us, you’re connected with a real, US-based support team. We proudly average a customer satisfaction rating (CSAT) of 93 out of 100.
US-based company
Our team is deeply knowledgeable in the US education space and its accompanying legal, regulatory, and practical complexities; many are former educators, counselors, and administrators. We’re deeply passionate about our mission to empower educators and students.