Map out the narrative of your life with confidence.
Launch Plan is a non-profit organization that helps high school and college students test-drive their future by simulating how education, career, and lifestyle choices will impact their long-term financial well-being.
Test-drive your future before you live it.
What if you could see the future impact of today's decisions?
Launch Plan helps you confidently write the chapters of your life by simulating how today's education, career, and financial choices shape tomorrow's reality.
Financial Flight Simulator
Test different college majors and career paths
See real salary ranges and job market data
Calculate true cost of education vs. earning potential
Life Decision Lab
Choose a career path based on the lifestyle that fits you best
Career pivots and their financial implications
Impact of student loans on major life milestones
Generative Narratives of Your Life’s Financial Journey
Personalized financial projections
Alternative pathway comparisons
Risk assessment and reality checks are displayed as the chapters of your life
The Real Talk You Need - Student Debt Statistics:
Student loan debt totals $1.814 trillion nationally, held by about 42.5 million Americans Education DataThe Motley Fool (Education Data Initiative, 2025)
Average student loan debt was $39,375 by Q3 2025 Average U.S. Student Loan Debt: 2025 Statistics | BestColleges (Federal Student Aid)
The average U.S. household with student debt owes $55,777 Student Loan Debt: How Much Do Borrowers Owe in 2025? - NerdWallet (NerdWallet, 2025)
Student loan debt increased by 42% from 2014 to 2024 College Affordability Report: Statistics in 2025 | Bold.org
Financial Preparedness & Literacy:
Only 24% of students say they are prepared to deal with financial challenges in the real world Financial Literacy Statistics: United States & Global | NFEC (National Financial Educators Council, 2025)
76% of students report that they wish they had more help to prepare for their financial futures Financial Literacy Statistics: United States & Global | NFEC (National Financial Educators Council, 2025)
47% of US adults give their personal finance knowledge a grade of "C" or worse Financial Literacy Statistics (2025) (National Foundation for Credit Counseling, 2024)
Only 57% of U.S. adults could answer at least three out of five financial literacy questions correctly Financial Literacy Statistics 2025: Age, Income & Gender Trends You Need to Know (2025 data)