1. What Do I Want to Be? This Way to College
UCanGo2 is an initiative designed to provide information about planning, preparing and paying for college.
Workbooks and flyers are provided to students and parents and can be downloaded directly from our college access website, UCanGo2.org.

2. High School Student Workbook
Why Go to College?
What Do I Want to Be?
How Do I Get There?
Where Do I Go?
How Do I Pay For It?
The UCanGo2 High School Student Workbook covers five main areas of college planning.
This PowerPoint covers the second section, ‘What Do I Want to Be?’.
This section examines the differences between a career and a job.
It encourages you to evaluate your interests, hobbies and skills.
It helps you create a career plan based on your talents.
It highlights the most popular jobs in Oklahoma.

3. A long-term profession that typically requires specialized training.
Job vs. Career
Job
A regular activity performed in exchange for payment that may be a short-term position.
Career
A long-term profession that typically requires specialized training.
VS.
Working at a fast-food restaurant part-time while you’re in school is a job. Restaurant management is a career.
Mowing lawns in the summer is a job. Owning a lawn care business is a career.

4. Investigate Your Interests
Visit OKcollegestart.org for information about career exploration, Oklahoma colleges, interview tips and much more.
OKcollegestart.org has many career assessments that your students can take. After students take their assessments, they will be able to see some careers that match their interests.
Visit Okcollegestart.org’s Career Planning section to help your students get started.

5. Investigate Your Interests
The Career Clusters provides a description of career categories and career options that may interest you.
The Career Clusters page pairs with a Career Interest Survey that can be found on UCanGo2.org. Students can also use this survey to find more careers that may be of interest to them.

6. Develop a Career Plan Your Career Plan should include: A specific goal
The training required
A list of skills needed
Work and activities to help you gain experience
A plan of action for accomplishing your goal
The UCanGo2 High School Student Workbook offers a sample career plan for you.
There’s also a blank form for you to fill out with your future career plans.

7. Most Popular Jobs in Oklahoma
Ten Fastest Growing Occupations in Oklahoma Requiring a Bachelor’s Degree
Occupation
Hourly Salary
Annual Salary
Operations Research Analysts
$28.35
$58,960
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
$27.23
$56,640
Biomedical Engineers
$32.41
$67,410
Forensic Science Technicians
$31.27
$65,050
Personal Financial Advisors
$29.72
$61,810
Interpreter & Translators
$16.20
$33,700
Computer Systems Analysts
$36.73
$76,400
Film & Video Editors
$18.56
$38,600
Software Developers & Systems Software
$35.78
$74,420
Market Research Analyst & Marketing Specialists
$25.44
$52,910
This chart highlights the ten fastest growing jobs in Oklahoma that require you to have a bachelor’s degree.

8. Most Popular Jobs in Oklahoma
Ten Fastest Growing Occupations in Oklahoma Requiring
Postsecondary Training or an Associate Degree
Occupation
Hourly Salary
Annual Salary
Occupational Therapy Assistants
$28.50
$59,290
Physical Therapy Assistants
$27.60
$57,410
Web Developers
$24.34
$50,620
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
$16.59
$34,500
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
$31.90
$66,350
Environmental Engineer Technicians
$17.57
$36,550
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
$14.98
$31,170
Geophysical Data Technicians
$25.92
$53,920
Medical Engineering Technicians
$26.14
$54,380
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
$14.99
This chart provides the ten fastest growing jobs in Oklahoma that require training, certification or an associate degree.

9. Check out these publications on our website for other helpful college planning tools.
In this section of the Student Workbook, we’re highlighting the ‘Developing My Career Plan Worksheet and Sample Worksheet.’

10. You can use this form to enter your career goals and state how you plan to meet them.

11. Helpful Publications College Planning Checklists Finish the FAFSA in
Five Steps
College
Terms
Glossary
Your Transition
to College
Brochure
Scholarship
Success Guide
FAFSA Facts
You’ll find all of these materials under the Publications link at UCanGo2.org.
College Fair
Worksheet
High School
Student
Workbook
Are You
Looking
for Money?
What Do I
Want To Be?
Worksheet
Campus
Visit
Checklist
My Classes &
Achievements
Worksheet

12. Questions?

13. Contact Us Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Oklahoma College Assistance Program
Outreach Department
(toll free)