MajorClarity

What MajorClarity does

MajorClarity is a K-12 college and career readiness (CCR) SaaS platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Washington, DC with legal domicile in Virginia. Built for US school districts, the platform unifies six functional modules — Career Readiness (personality and learning style assessments, career 'test-drive' simulations, and personalized fit scores), Academic Planning (automated state-required Individual Learning Plans such as ACPs, IGPs, PGPs, ECAPs, and ISPs), College Readiness (exploration and application tracking with Common App and Parchment integrations), School/District Leadership (analytics and CCR compliance reporting), Work-Based Learning (employer connections and student-managed opportunities), and Student Micro-Credentials (K-12 specific competency credentials endorsed by organizations including the National Technical Honor Society). The underlying technology is a cloud-based web platform accessed via Clever, Google, and ClassLink single sign-on, with data import via CSV and SFTP from student information systems.

Name

MajorClarity

Legal name

MajorClarity, Inc.

Website

https://majorclarity.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MajorClarity by Edmentum is a cloud-based K-12 college and career readiness SaaS platform that helps US school districts deliver career exploration, academic planning, college application management, work-based learning, and micro-credentialing for grades 4-12 students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 College and Career Readiness Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710), Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Career & College Readiness Platforms (Guidance, Planning, Scholarships) (EDAJAMAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Degree Planning, Course Planning & Academic Progress Monitoring (EDAFAMAI), Portfolio, Capstone & Project-Based Program Support (EDAMAKAD)

Keywords

• K-12 college readiness
• Career exploration software
• Academic planning platform
• Work-based learning software
• Student micro-credentials

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. School District SaaS Subscription: Annual or multi-year licensing agreements with K-12 school districts and individual schools. Pricing based on district size (approximate number of students). Licensed for school/coordinating use with individual student accounts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MajorClarity is a cloud-based K-12 college and career readiness (CCR) SaaS platform that unifies career exploration (interactive test-drives, personality/learning-style assessments, personalized fit scores), academic planning (automated Individual Learning Plans, course planning, graduation tracking), college application management, work-based learning coordination, and student micro-credentials into a single experience for students, counselors, teachers, and administrators. It is sold via annual or multi-year subscription licenses to school districts and schools, priced based on the approximate number of students, and accessed by users through SSO via Clever, Google, or ClassLink.

Product overview

MajorClarity by Edmentum is a unified K-12 college and career readiness platform comprising multiple integrated modules: the core MajorClarity Platform connects the Career Readiness Module (with interactive test-drives and assessments), Academic Planning Module (with automated ILPs and course planning), College Readiness Module (with application management), School/District Leadership Module (with analytics), Work-Based Learning Module (with employer connections), and Student Micro-Credentials (competency-based credentialing). The platform is supplemented by Educator Resources (lesson plans and training materials), Case Studies documentation, and a PartnerHub support portal. Edmentum acquired MajorClarity to accelerate its college and career readiness offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MajorClarity Platform A unified K-12 college and career readiness SaaS platform licensed to school districts and schools on an annual subscription basis (priced per student), combining career exploration, automated Individual Learning Plans, college application management, work-based learning, student micro-credentials, and real-time district analytics into a single experience for students, counselors, teachers, and administrators.

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• EdmentumflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 October 2025Edmentum acquired MajorClarity to enhance its college and career readiness offerings for secondary students. The acquisition aims to improve postsecondary preparedness and engagement by providing a comprehensive, end-to-end solution. Edmentum estimates this accelerates their CCR platform development by approximately three years. Edmentum is also integrating MajorClarity with Interplay Learning for virtual trade preparation courses.
• National Technical Honor Society (NTHS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2020NTHS partners with MajorClarity to launch Career Readiness Micro-Credentials. NTHS endorsed Soft Skills Micro-Credential is often used as a pre-requisite for work-based learning participation by MajorClarity partners. This partnership ensures micro-credential content is high-quality and certificates have greater value due to industry endorsement.
• Higher Education InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajorClarity's micro-credentials are built with leading higher education institutions, industry employers, and educational associations. This ensures content quality and greater value for student certificates endorsed by these partners.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Naviance (by PowerSchool): Naviance is the long-standing dominant K-12 college and career readiness platform, offering academic planning, college application management, and career exploration. It directly competes with MajorClarity's CCR modules for the same school district buyers and integrates with Common App — making it the closest direct peer.
• Xello: Xello is a K-12 college, career, and future-readiness platform serving districts globally with career assessments, ILP tools, and lesson plans. It overlaps MajorClarity on career exploration, fit scores, and academic planning for grades 4-12 — a head-to-head competitor in the same procurement cycles.
• Scoir: Scoir provides K-12 college and career readiness software including application management, transcript exchange, and counselor workflows. It competes with MajorClarity's college readiness and academic planning modules, particularly for districts prioritizing Common App integration and application tracking.
• SchooLinks: SchooLinks is a K-12 college, career, and life readiness platform with CCR curriculum, application tracking, and work-based learning tools. It is a direct competitor to MajorClarity across all core modules — career exploration, academic planning, college readiness, and work-based learning — for US school district contracts.
• Kuder: Kuder offers career assessment and planning solutions used in K-12 schools, with research-validated interest, skills, and work-values assessments. It overlaps MajorClarity's career readiness module and ILP/ACP planning features, historically a benchmark in career assessment for K-12.

Broad incumbents

• Edmentum: Edmentum is MajorClarity's parent company and a large incumbent K-12 EdTech provider spanning curriculum, intervention, and CCR solutions. As acquirer, it now bundles MajorClarity with broader online coursework and assessment offerings for districts seeking a single-vendor procurement relationship.
• Common App: Common App is the dominant college application platform that MajorClarity integrates with for transcripts and letters of recommendation. It is a comparable ecosystem participant because K-12 CCR platforms (including MajorClarity, Naviance, Scoir) essentially serve as the upstream feeder layer into Common App's application workflows.
• BigFuture (College Board): BigFuture is College Board's free college and career planning platform for students. While not a district-licensed product like MajorClarity, it competes for student attention on career exploration and college planning and is offered broadly at no cost — a free alternative for student-facing use cases.

Emerging players

• BridgeU: BridgeU provides AI-driven university and career guidance for high school students, with stronger international footprint. It overlaps MajorClarity's career readiness and college readiness modules but targets secondary markets outside the US, making it an emerging peer rather than a US district competitor.
• Cialfo: Cialfo is a college application and counseling platform with a global footprint and growing US presence. It overlaps MajorClarity's college readiness module around application management and counselor workflows, primarily serving international schools, making it an emerging peer rather than a US district competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MajorClarity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/major-clarity

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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