Is a STEM program right for me — Scranton, PA

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What the assessment measures

280 items in five modules — what you love to do, how you work, fifteen STEM working traits, thirty real situations, and where you want your work to land — matched against forty careers in eight families. Then a sixth module drafts your mission, vision and values in your own words. Progress saves as you go; it is free and complete today.

Is a STEM program right for me. Right for you means the traits the work runs on are traits you already have or want to grow. The assessment shows the gap or the margin on every one. A STEM program is a path to a career. Find the career that fits first, then the STEM Farm track that starts at zero and ends in that job with verified proof at every gate.

Careers the Scranton, PA economy leans on

7 counties across Pennsylvania; 3 metro. Economies: 3 tourism and recreation, 1 mining and energy and 1 government. Flags: 1 housing stress.

Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%Software Developer+15%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Web Developer+7%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Computer Programmer-6%Data Scientist+34%Information Security Analyst+29%Actuary+22%Operations Research Analyst+21%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Computer Network Architect+12%Medical Scientist+9%Statistician+8%Mathematician+8%Mathematics Professor+7%Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Biomedical Engineer+6%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Geoscientist+5%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Environmental Scientist+4%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%Industrial Engineer+11%Mechanical Engineer+9%Electrical Engineer+7%Aerospace Engineer+6%Marine Engineer & Naval Architect+6%Civil Engineer+5%Environmental Engineer+4%Chemical Engineer+3%

Counties in this labor market

Lackawanna County, PA Luzerne County, PA Monroe County, PA Pike County, PA Susquehanna County, PA Wayne County, PA Wyoming County, PA

Metros around Scranton, PA

Philadelphia, PA7 counties Pittsburgh, PA8 counties Allentown–Bethlehem, PA–NJ5 counties Harrisburg, PA7 counties Youngstown, OH5 counties Erie, PA9 counties State College, PA4 counties Altoona, PA5 counties Williamsport, PA9 counties Bradford, PA–NY5 counties Germantown, MD5 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "is a stem program right for me" different from a personality type test?

A type test gives you a label. STEM Compass gives you a profile on fifteen working traits and eight kinds of impact, then a directional match against each career — a number you can explain, not a letter code.

Does it cost anything?

No. The full assessment is open at tienesesto.org/stem-assessment, and every result links to a STEM Farm track that starts from zero.

Sources. Career traits, education paths and value lines are the STEM Compass assessment library. Employment growth is U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020). Salary is not shown anywhere in this campaign on purpose: the assessment measures fit and what the work is worth to the world.