People Deserve Better Information
There are over a million credentials offered in the U.S. This includes college degrees, certifications, badges, training, and more. While these represent new career opportunities for people, it’s still difficult to find, understand, and compare them to make well-informed decisions.
What If…
All credentials used consistent terminology.
You could get information about available credentials from a single source.
You could fully understand a job applicant’s qualifications based on the credentials they have.
Governments adopted best practices to help communities get skills for our ever-changing economy.
We’re Leading the Way to Credential Transparency
Counting Credentials
As the leading authority on the credential landscape, we report detailed inventories of the number of credentials offered in the United States. This informs our work and helps us inform stakeholders about the opportunity we have to make credentials more accessible to people.