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Science career path — Lafayette, IN

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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.

Science career path. A path has a start, a direction and a destination. The assessment gives the direction, the career pages the destination, and the STEM Farm track the start at zero. Science careers reward patience with proof that takes years, inquiry into how the world works, and meticulous records. Medicine adds empathy; earth science adds field practicality.

Careers the Lafayette, IN economy leans on

9 counties across Illinois and Indiana; 4 metro. Economies: 6 manufacturing, 2 farming, 1 government and 1 tourism and recreation. Flags: 4 population loss and 1 housing stress.

Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Geoscientist+5%Environmental Scientist+4%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Medical Scientist+9%Biomedical Engineer+6%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%

Counties in this labor market

Benton County, INCarroll County, INClinton County, INFountain County, INMontgomery County, INTippecanoe County, INVermilion County, ILWarren County, INWhite County, IN

Metros around Lafayette, IN

Chicago, IL11 countiesSt. Louis, MO12 countiesIndianapolis, IN13 countiesLouisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN12 countiesFort Wayne, IN11 countiesDavenport, IA–IL7 countiesPeoria, IL8 countiesRockford, IL7 countiesSouth Bend, IN–MI8 countiesEvansville, IN10 countiesChampaign, IL6 countiesSpringfield, IL10 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "science career path" 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.