✅ A clear method to discover new career options
✅ Clarified exactly what they need from their future work
✅ A practical way to evaluate future job options
✅ Clarity on whether a college degree is necessary
✅ A focused shortlist of 3 ideal career paths
Ryan and Hannah Maruyama founded Degree Free to help families confidently navigate career planning.
Their methods have helped thousands of young adults find careers aligned with their goals, saving families millions in tuition and years of wasted time.
No, this isn’t a list—it's much better.
Picking from a random list of jobs without thinking about what your child needs from their work is wrong and won't help your family decide on a clear path.
You can find lists of jobs online (like right now on the device you're using to read this), but they won’t tell you what’s right for your child.
Instead, The Degree Free Way has step-by-step exercises to empower you to guide your child to career paths based on their goals and the life they want. Instead of looking at an infinite list of jobs, you'll have a career path that's just for them.
The workbook set is specifically designed for parents and their 16-20 year old children to make big decisions about their futures. That said, families have seen the most success with 16 year olds that still have time to explore their options. It's perfect if you want to proactively get ahead of important career decisions!
If you want a custom career plan for your child made by a professional with step-by-step instructions, then see if your child is a good fit for our Launch Program.
Yes, this is perfect for your situation! We'll help them figure it out!
The Degree Free Way guides you and your young adult through exercises to clearly identify their life goals. In the process, they'll discover careers they never even heard of before.
By the end, they'll have clarity and relief with 3 clear job paths aligned to their goals!
Absolutely. The Degree Free Way helps confirm whether that chosen career truly aligns with their life goals and clearly identifies if a degree is actually required. It's the perfect way to validate or fine-tune their choices.
The Degree Free Way isn't about grades or tests. It's about identifying practical career paths based on what your child actually needs and wants from life.
This workbook set will help them find amazing job options that fit their goals no matter how they do in school.
Traditional career counseling and assessments use random personality tests or interests to choose careers. This approach creates confusion, stress, and uncertainty about their future.
The Degree Free Way takes a different approach. It helps you identify your child's practical life goals first, then clearly guides them toward careers specifically aligned with those goals. It's simpler, clearer, and much more effective.
Yes! Our workbook provides proven exercises that have helped thousands of young adults clearly identify careers aligned with their unique life goals. You'll finish with 3 clear, practical career options and clarity on whether each path requires a degree.
Yes! You'll clearly identify whether a degree is actually required for your child’s ideal career paths. Families using this approach have collectively saved millions by confidently avoiding unnecessary tuition and debt.
No—they don’t have to do both. Although, lots of families do.
The Degree Free Way (Workbook Set): A self-guided, DIY introduction for families who have the time and energy to work through every exercise on their own. It’s ideal for 16-year-olds who are communicative about their goals, enjoy independent research, and don’t mind trial and error.
Degree Free Launch Program: Our full-service, custom 1-on-1 coaching program. We pair your child with a coach who walks them step-by-step from:
Defining their goals → Discovering a career path that they're interested in that helps them reach those goals → Creating an actionable clear plan to get those jobs
For a clear plan with "do this > then this > then this" style directions, see if your child is a fit for our Launch Program.
You'll get a workbook set that includes two workbooks:
While your child is doing the exercises, you will read ahead to know exactly what's coming and how to guide them. Plus, now you won't have to look over their shoulder the entire time.
Yes! We understand that this problem doesn't just go away when one of them finds their path.
During checkout, you'll have the opportunity to add extra sets at a special discounted price to make sure each young adult has their own workbook to personalize their career path.
We know you're both busy. So, we took out all the fluff. This is 100% actionable from the start.
It's specifically designed for you and your young adult to go from "I don't know what to do" to getting 3 jobs that work for them AND knowing if they have to buy a degree for those jobs in 1 weekend.
We ship orders every week day! Most receive their workbook sets the same week. But, depending on where you live, it can take up to 2 weeks to be delivered.
When your order ships, you'll receive an email from us with the tracking info.
We are unable to cancel orders, offer refunds, or process returns at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause! If you have any questions regarding book orders please feel free to email us at support@degreefree.com.
The Degree Free Way workbook set is just $59, giving you clear, confident career guidance tailored specifically to your child's future!
