National Center for College and Career Transitions

Name

National Center for College and Career Transitions

Website

https://nc3t.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NC3T is a privately held, for-profit advisory organization founded in 2012 that provides planning, coaching, technical assistance, and tools to community-based leadership teams focused on college and career transitions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education and Career Transition Consulting

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Team & Group Executive Coaching (Leadership Teams) (EDABANAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leadership Assessment, 360 Feedback & Development Planning (EDABAAAK), Executive Leadership & C-Suite Development (EDABAAAA)

Keywords

• Career transition planning
• College readiness coaching
• Education technical assistance
• Community leadership development
• Workforce preparation tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Maryland

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

NC3T provides planning, coaching, technical assistance, and tools to help community-based leadership teams. Its work focuses on the college and career transition pipeline, supporting collaborative leadership structures that bridge education and workforce outcomes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• College and Career Transition Planning Services Planning engagements for community-based leadership teams to design college and career transition programs and pipelines.
• Leadership Team Coaching Coaching services for community-based leadership teams to develop collaborative capacity for college and career transition work.
• Technical Assistance for Community Leadership Teams Technical assistance engagements supporting community-based leadership teams implementing college and career transition initiatives.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Emerging players

• Kuder: Kuder provides career planning, assessment, and readiness tools used by school leadership teams to support student college and career transitions. It is an adjacent provider in the same career-transitions category but is primarily product-led.
• Xello: Xello is an education technology company that provides college, career, and future-readiness planning tools to K-12 districts and leadership teams. It is comparable as an adjacent provider in the college-and-career-transition category, though its delivery is software-led rather than consulting-led.

Direct peers

• KnowledgeWorks: KnowledgeWorks is a national nonprofit that partners with community leadership teams to redesign education systems and build future-of-work pathways. Its emphasis on coaching local leadership teams around college and career readiness closely parallels NC3T's model.
• StriveTogether: StriveTogether is a national network that partners with community-based leadership teams to improve educational outcomes from cradle to career. It is directly comparable to NC3T because both organizations serve cross-sector local leadership teams and deliver planning, coaching and tools aimed at college and career transitions.
• Jobs for the Future (JFF): JFF is a national nonprofit that drives workforce and education transformation by working with state and community leadership teams on college and career pathway design. It mirrors NC3T's advisory-plus-technical-assistance model in the same college-to-career transition space.
• ExcelinEd: ExcelinEd partners with state and community leaders on policy and practice reforms to improve education outcomes, including college and career pathways. It is comparable as a coaching and technical-assistance provider for leadership teams in the education-to-career space.
• Achieving the Dream: Achieving the Dream works with community college leadership teams on student success, guided pathways, and equitable outcomes. It is comparable to NC3T in providing planning, coaching, and tools to postsecondary leadership teams working on student transitions.
• College Promise: College Promise supports community-based leadership teams that design and launch tuition-free college pathways. It overlaps with NC3T in serving local leadership teams focused on expanding college access and career transition supports.
• NAF (National Academy Foundation): NAF supports districts and community-based leadership teams in building career-focused academies that prepare students for college and careers. Its focus on coaching school leadership teams around career pathway design overlaps directly with NC3T's offering.

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool (Naviance): PowerSchool owns Naviance, a widely adopted college and career readiness platform sold to school district leadership teams. It represents the broad incumbent alternative to NC3T's tools-based offering, with deeper reach but less tailored coaching.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NC3T12
• Facebookfacebook.com/NC3T12
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-center-for-college-career-transitions-nc3t

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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