STEM program explorer — Pratt, KS

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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.

STEM program explorer. Exploration without a map is wandering. The assessment gives you the map — trait profile, impact profile, top families, top careers, and the ordinary day of each. 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 Pratt, KS economy leans on

4 counties across Kansas; 0 metro. Economies: 2 mining and energy and 2 farming. Flags: 3 population loss.

Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Geoscientist+5%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%Data Scientist+34%Information Security Analyst+29%Actuary+22%Operations Research Analyst+21%Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Software Developer+15%Computer Network Architect+12%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Medical Scientist+9%Statistician+8%Mathematician+8%Web Developer+7%Mathematics Professor+7%Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Biomedical Engineer+6%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Computer Programmer-6%

Counties in this labor market

Barber County, KS Comanche County, KS Kiowa County, KS Pratt County, KS

Metros around Pratt, KS

Kansas City, MO–KS14 counties Wichita, KS6 counties Topeka, KS6 counties Joplin, MO6 counties Manhattan, KS6 counties St. Joseph, MO–KS8 counties Bartlesville, OK6 counties Garden City, KS6 counties Hays, KS6 counties Dodge City, KS5 counties Hutchinson, KS5 counties Beloit, KS4 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "stem program explorer" 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.