Changelog

A complete history of features, improvements, and updates.

v2.4.0Sharper Career MatchesSeptember 24, 2026
  • ✦Your career matches are more personal. We now rank careers mostly by how unusually well you fit each one compared with other students, so careers that are a middling fit for almost everyone, like Interior Designer, stop crowding into everyone’s list.
  • ✦We rechecked every AI-risk explanation. Many cited pages didn’t say what we claimed, and some links never existed. All of them are rewritten from sources we opened and read; 42 scores changed, 21 down and 21 up. Futuristic careers now show their sources too.
  • ✦Each career’s personality profile now describes the people actually doing the job, from published research, instead of our guess at the ideal.
  • ✦Growth outlooks use the government’s new 2025–2035 projections, each from that job’s own line rather than a broader group.
  • ✦Salaries use the government’s May 2025 pay data. We fixed figures that didn’t hold up: top salaries match the role named, starting salaries are real first-job pay, and the share who reach the top is counted, not guessed.
  • ✦Architecture shows its two routes, each with its own price, and four other cost routes were corrected.
v2.3.0Costs, Colleges, and the ACTSeptember 22, 2026
  • ✦Every career page now shows what the credential costs, how long it takes after high school, and whether you pay or get paid along the way.
  • ✦Where two genuinely different routes lead to the same job, both are shown rather than averaged into one number that would fit neither. Several individual costs were corrected in the process, some of them by a wide margin.
  • ✦Prices are the published sticker, before scholarships and aid, and exclude living costs.
  • ✦Sixty-one careers listed no colleges at all, Archaeologist among them. All of them now show where to study, and careers you reach through an apprenticeship or a licence show that route instead — so plumber, welder and carpenter are no longer filed under an engineering degree nobody needs.
  • ✦Colleges now show an ACT range next to the SAT, and you can enter an ACT score instead of an SAT when we estimate your chances. Until now a student who took the ACT was scored as though they had never taken a test at all.
  • ✦Added nine Kentucky colleges. We carried none at all in the state before.
  • ✦Every US college that grants at least a bachelor’s degree is now findable — 2,310 of them beyond the 170 we write up in detail — and you can browse them by state. Searching for one we have not profiled says so plainly instead of “no colleges match your search”, and you can ask us to write it up. We will only email you if we actually add it.
v2.2.1CorrectionsSeptember 20, 2026
  • ✦Corrected the education needed for seven careers. Four of them asked for more schooling than the job actually requires — a data scientist, an AI/ML engineer and a DEI consultant are hired with a bachelor’s, most architects qualify through a five-year bachelor’s rather than a master’s, and a police officer needs a high school diploma. Telling someone to buy a degree the work does not ask for is the most expensive mistake we could make.
  • ✦Dietitian and athletic trainer now show a master’s, because both professions raised the bar and our pages had not caught up. Dietitians have needed a graduate degree since January 2024, and accredited bachelor’s programmes in athletic training stopped taking students after autumn 2022.
  • ✦Rewrote the longevity medicine page. It no longer claims the job reverses biological ageing, which the field’s own 2026 consensus asks practitioners to stop saying. There is no longevity degree: you train as a doctor, usually in internal medicine, and then specialise — so the starting salary now shows a resident’s pay rather than a figure with nothing behind it, and the ceiling reflects owning a practice rather than working in one.
  • ✦Added our own read on where longevity medicine is heading, alongside the government projection, with the reasoning and what would change our mind. The government has no code for the job, so its number covers all physicians.
  • ✦Removed two job titles from the psychologist page. “Counseling Psychologist” is not something a master’s qualifies you for in any state — that work is licensed differently — and listing it there was misleading.
v2.2.0What College Actually CostsSeptember 18, 2026
  • ✦Split required fees out of tuition for 158 of 161 colleges, so the total you see is the real one. Fees are not a rounding error: Penn charges $8,308 and SMU $8,080, while MIT charges $420 and Yale charges none at all. At the University of Oklahoma, fees are 47% of the in-state bill.
  • ✦Corrected room and board to a standard double room with a standard meal plan, instead of the most expensive option a college publishes. Purdue drops by $5,800; Wisconsin, Temple and Oklahoma come down too.
  • ✦Refreshed prices, SAT ranges, acceptance rates, transfer rates, enrollment and GPA for all 161 colleges against each college’s own published figures for 2026–27.
  • ✦Test-blind colleges no longer show an SAT range, and your score no longer changes your chances there. That is 15 schools, including all eight University of California campuses — they do not read scores, so a range would only tell you to work on something that cannot help you.
  • ✦GPAs we estimate are now labelled “est.” That is 92 of our 161 colleges, because more than half of them do not publish a figure we can verify.
  • ✦Colleges that give nearly every student a discount now show it as its own line, so you see both the list price and what you would be billed — Cooper Union’s half-tuition scholarship, and the Colorado state stipend at Mines and Colorado State.
  • ✦Corrected test policies at eight colleges, including three that have gone test-blind and one that stopped.
v2.1.0AI Risk RefreshSeptember 18, 2026
  • ✦Rewrote the AI risk explanation and sources for nine careers — software engineer, physician, registered nurse, nurse practitioner/PA, financial analyst, accountant, attorney, paralegal, and translator/interpreter — using the new 2025–2035 government job outlook and this year’s industry evidence. Figures we could no longer verify have been removed.
  • ✦Lowered AI risk for Paralegal and Translator/Interpreter from Critical to High. Both jobs are projected to hold roughly steady rather than shrink, and our top rating is meant for careers that are already contracting.
  • ✦The Translator/Interpreter page now says the split out loud: written translation is the part AI has largely taken, while live interpreting in courts and hospitals is the part it has not.
  • ✦Corrected the Translator/Interpreter outlook from “Declining” to “Stable” — the latest government projection shows slow growth, not decline.
  • ✦AI risk explanations now read as paragraphs instead of one solid block of text, and the example careers on the AI risk scale page match their actual ratings.
  • ✦Updated the Paralegal salary breakdown to the May 2025 government wage data.
v2.0.0Smarter Career MatchingAugust 2, 2026
  • ✦Your career matches are more distinctive. A handful of "fits everyone" careers used to crowd into almost every report — Interior Designer alone showed up in more than half of them. The matcher now corrects for that, so your results describe you rather than the average person.
  • ✦Match percentages mean more. The gap between your top match and your tenth used to be about 5 points, which told you almost nothing. It’s roughly double that now, and genuinely strong matches read higher.
  • ✦Having a talent a job doesn’t need no longer counts against you. If you’re musical, athletic, or drawn to the outdoors, that used to quietly lower your score for every career that doesn’t use it.
  • ✦Re-checked the personality profile of all 172 careers against occupational data — how much discipline each job really demands, and how much pressure it carries day to day. 115 careers were corrected.
  • ✦Corrected the Veterinarian profile after feedback from a working vet: it now reflects how structured and oversight-heavy the job actually is.
  • ✦Everyone’s results have been recalculated. Some people’s top career has changed.
v1.11.1Signup Abuse ProtectionJuly 7, 2026
  • ✦Strengthened signup protections to block automated spam registrations.
v1.11.0Career Salary RefreshMay 25, 2026
  • ✦Re-audited salary ranges for all 172 careers against the latest 2026 Bureau of Labor Statistics and industry data — both starting pay and top-end earnings are now current.
  • ✦Made the "top of the ladder" more honest for star-driven fields (pro athlete, actor, musician, producer, content creator): the ceiling now reflects what a genuinely successful working professional earns, with the rare megastar payday noted for context instead of shown as the norm.
  • ✦Relabeled the peak job title for many careers to a real, reachable role — for example, several "VP" ceilings are now the senior expert position they actually represent.
  • ✦Recalculated how rare each career's top end is, so the "percent who reach it" figures match real workforce numbers.
v1.10.0May 2026 RefreshMay 12, 2026
  • ✦Refreshed AI risk reasoning and sources for 12 careers (software engineer, paralegal, attorney, accountant, translator/interpreter, graphic designer, physician, journalist, actor, registered nurse, financial analyst, nurse practitioner/PA) with the latest 2025–2026 evidence
  • ✦Raised the AI risk score for Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant from 1 to 2 — now matches the physician and RN tier, since NP/PAs share the same ambient-scribe and clinical-decision-support exposure
v1.9.0College Explorer ExpansionApril 20, 2026
  • ✦9 new colleges added to the College Explorer, bringing the total to 161: University of San Diego, Smith College, Vassar, Barnard, Trinity University (San Antonio), Trinity College (Hartford), Baruch, University of Oklahoma, and Cal State Long Beach
  • ✦Expanded our inclusion criteria to better match what students actually apply to — a college now qualifies if it ranks top-150 in US News National, top-50 in US News Liberal Arts, or top-100 in Forbes or Niche
  • ✦Methodology page now documents the inclusion criteria explicitly — transparency about which colleges we include and why
v1.8.0Complete Program Rankings OverhaulApril 11, 2026
  • ✦Overhauled program rankings for all 50+ degrees across 152 colleges
  • ✦Every degree now has an expert-reviewed top 30 with consistent scoring
  • ✦Rankings cross-referenced against US News, QS, Niche, NRC, and specialty sources
  • ✦Added "Also Offering" distinction for schools that have programs but aren't top 30
v1.7.1Favorites, Visit Guides & Campus BeautyApril 5, 2026
  • ✦Save colleges to your favorites list with the heart button — filter the explorer to show only your saved schools
  • ✦Plan Your Visit section on every college page: guided and self-guided tour info with booking links
  • ✦Insider tips for all 152 colleges — the must-see spots, local food, and hidden gems that only students know about
  • ✦Campus beauty scores (1-5) for all 152 colleges with architectural descriptions
  • ✦Renamed section to "Campus Experience" — now covers social life, academics, Greek life, and campus aesthetics
v1.7.0Campus Culture ScoresApril 4, 2026
  • ✦Campus culture ratings for all 152 colleges: social life, academic pressure, and Greek life on a 1-5 scale
  • ✦Insider-knowledge blurbs describing each school's social atmosphere — what it actually feels like to be a student there
  • ✦New campus culture filters in the College Explorer to find schools that match your social style
v1.6.0AI Risk Rubric OverhaulMarch 15, 2026
  • ✦Published AI risk scoring rubric with clear 1-5 definitions so you know exactly what each rating means
  • ✦Re-scored all 155 careers against the new rubric with updated reasoning and sources
  • ✦Scores now weight entry-level impact more heavily — because that's what matters if you're planning your education
  • ✦76 careers adjusted, with the overall distribution shifting toward more realistic ratings
v1.5.0Degree Detail PagesMarch 14, 2026
  • ✦Dedicated page for every degree with coursework, difficulty ratings, and "is it right for me?" guidance
  • ✦High school subject recommendations to prepare for each major
  • ✦Graduate school and career next steps for every degree
v1.4.6Multi-Column Sorting & AI Risk UpdatesMarch 10, 2026
  • ✦Shift+click column headers on the career explorer to sort by multiple criteria at once
  • ✦Updated AI risk assessments for 11 careers with new Anthropic labor market research data
v1.4.5Interactive College MapMarch 5, 2026
  • ✦Interactive map on every college page showing the college's location across the US
  • ✦Similar colleges shown as numbered pins with bidirectional hover highlighting
  • ✦College logo displayed in the primary map pin
v1.4.4What Colleges Look For & About PageMarch 3, 2026
  • ✦New "What Colleges Look For" admissions guide — 10 factors ranked by importance with NACAC data
  • ✦New About page — the story of CareerHUD, as told by the AI that built it, with live git-verified stats
v1.4.3New Careers & College GlossaryMarch 2, 2026
  • ✦Added 4 new careers: Archaeologist, Video Editor, Screenwriter, and Curator
  • ✦All four thoroughly researched and independently audited for salary and AI risk accuracy
  • ✦New college glossary page with plain-language definitions of 35 college terms
  • ✦College badges (Public/Private, Liberal Arts, NCAA division) now link to their glossary definitions
v1.4.2NCAA Athletics & MascotsMarch 2, 2026
  • ✦NCAA athletics added to college pages: division, conference, mascot, and link to NCAA.com
  • ✦Filter colleges by athletic division (D1, D2, D3, NAIA, None)
  • ✦Search colleges by conference name (e.g. "Big Ten", "Ivy League")
  • ✦Streamlined college page header with direct admissions link
v1.4.1Campus & Neighborhood SafetyMarch 2, 2026
  • ✦Campus safety and neighborhood safety ratings added to all 151 college pages
  • ✦Four-tier system (Very Safe → Use Caution) based on Clery Act data, student surveys, and local crime statistics
v1.4.0Registration, Colleges & Career PagesMarch 1, 2026
  • ✦College cards now link directly to full college pages
  • ✦Notable alumni added to college profiles
  • ✦Career report cards now link to dedicated career pages
  • ✦"How to Become One" section on career pages
  • ✦Country is now required at sign-up and auto-detected from your location
  • ✦Age range selection replaces the old age checkbox (under 16 blocked)
  • ✦Profile page reorganized: personal info, school, and academic performance
  • ✦Updated privacy policy covering advertising, age protections, and IP detection
v1.3.2College Detail PagesFebruary 28, 2026
  • ✦Dedicated college pages with stats, cost breakdown, and top programs
  • ✦National ranking display for programs
  • ✦SAT Required tag highlighted in red
v1.3.1College Data QualityFebruary 27, 2026
  • ✦78 college GPAs updated to verified unweighted values
  • ✦21 additional colleges from cross-referencing 6 ranking sources
  • ✦Ultra-selective admissions info popup for <10% acceptance schools
v1.3.0College ExplorerFebruary 27, 2026
  • ✦151 college profiles with acceptance likelihood calculator
  • ✦Filter by major, region, size, and more
  • ✦"Straight Talk" sort balances quality with your admission chances
  • ✦Methodology page explaining our ranking approach
v1.2.0Privacy & VerificationFebruary 25, 2026
  • ✦Account deletion and personal data export
  • ✦Email verification on signup
  • ✦College student and adult options added to life stage
  • ✦Optional country field on profile
v1.1.5Emerging & Futuristic CareersFebruary 22, 2026
  • ✦Emerging careers research report
  • ✦Futuristic career profiles with dedicated purple theme
  • ✦Redesigned landing page
v1.1.4Multiple AssessmentsFebruary 21, 2026
  • ✦Take the assessment multiple times and compare results
  • ✦Choose your primary assessment
  • ✦Delete old assessments
  • ✦Enhanced Career Explorer filters with synced career type chips
v1.1.3Mobile ExperienceFebruary 19, 2026
  • ✦Mobile hamburger menu
  • ✦Optimized header and navigation for small screens
  • ✦School autocomplete in profile
v1.1.2Account & Assessment ToolsFebruary 16, 2026
  • ✦Password management and forgot password flow
  • ✦Abort an in-progress assessment
  • ✦Site feedback button on every page
v1.1.1Smarter MatchingFebruary 16, 2026
  • ✦Career matching overhaul with more accurate scoring
  • ✦"Why isn't this higher?" gap explanations on career cards
  • ✦More granular confidence percentages
v1.1.0Explore Hub & Dennis IndexFebruary 16, 2026
  • ✦Explore dropdown with Degrees and Career Paths pages
  • ✦Dennis Index career scoring with tiered rankings
  • ✦Redesigned home page
  • ✦Four-state salary sort in Career Explorer
v1.0.316 New Careers & Data AuditFebruary 15, 2026
  • ✦16 new careers added (106 total) including Aerospace Engineer
  • ✦Audit and correct data across 40+ careers
  • ✦Alternate name search (e.g. search "coder" to find Software Engineer)
  • ✦Recalibrate all 25 subject profiles for better matching
v1.0.2HUD RebrandFebruary 15, 2026
  • ✦Futuristic HUD aesthetic across all pages
  • ✦New HUD bracket favicon
v1.0.1Salary & Career InsightsFebruary 15, 2026
  • ✦Detailed salary ranges with researched career ceilings and top-earner titles
  • ✦AI risk ratings overhauled with new scale and per-career reasoning
  • ✦Career feedback — rate how well a career match fits you
  • ✦Automatic score recalculation when our algorithm improves
v1.0.0LaunchFebruary 14, 2026
  • ✦135-question career assessment measuring 31 psychological dimensions
  • ✦Career matching with 90 career profiles
  • ✦Interactive report with RIASEC radar, Big Five charts, strengths, and subject recommendations
  • ✦Dimension info popups showing which questions influenced each score
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