Common questions, straight answers.

Reports pull from BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), IPEDS, and U.S. News — the same sources college counselors charging $300/hr use. We label estimates as estimates and measured numbers as measured. If anything looks wrong in your report, email griffin@pathwiseusa.com and we'll fix it within 48 hours.

AI is part of the stack — but every report follows a structured 6-section format sourced from real datasets. Each one runs through a custom prompt tuned over months specifically to surface what matters for major decisions: total cost by school tier, debt math, AI exposure, and career demand projections.

Pathwise generates reports on demand, so you can input any major — Marine Biology, Game Design, Linguistics, whatever you're considering. The system handles 100+ standard majors plus rare ones equally well. Just type it at checkout.

About 2 minutes from payment to inbox. Reports are also saved permanently to your Pathwise dashboard, so you can revisit them anytime.

A full refund is issued if your report fails to deliver within 24 hours. Once a report is delivered, refunds aren't available because each one is generated on demand. If you spot a factual error, email griffin@pathwiseusa.com within 7 days and we'll fix it or credit you another report. Full policy →

Salary data and BLS projections update annually, and we refresh our underlying model regularly. The report you buy today reflects the latest available data. The AI disruption analysis projects out 10 years based on current capabilities and clear trajectories.

No — Pathwise is equally valuable for college students considering switching majors, parents helping their kids decide, transfer students, and even adults considering grad school. The decision logic applies at every stage.

You can — and you should, for some things. But finding accurate, current, structured data on majors, 50+ schools, debt math, salary by city, and AI risk takes hours of digging. Pathwise compiles all of it into a single report in 2 minutes. The price is your time, not the information.

Independent college counselors typically charge $200–$350 per hour or $4,000–$6,700 for a full package (source: IECA industry surveys). They offer real value — but most of what they do in a $300 session is recite publicly available data and tell you "what fits you." Pathwise does the data part in 2 minutes for $19.99. Use us for the numbers. Use a counselor for the human judgment and essays — if you can afford one. If you can't, you're not alone, and that's exactly why we built this.

Yes. We collect only the major you searched, your email (for delivery), and your payment info (handled by Stripe — we never see card numbers). We don't sell, share, or rent your data to anyone. We don't run ads on the site. Your saved reports are private to your account. Full details in our privacy policy.

Yes — and most serious users do. Common patterns: buy reports for 2–3 majors you're seriously considering and compare them side-by-side (Psychology vs. Sociology, Finance vs. Accounting, Nursing vs. Pre-Med). All your reports are saved permanently in your Pathwise dashboard so you can revisit and compare any time. Each report is a one-time $19.99 — no subscription, no bundles required.