Program Validation
Confirm feasibility before you invest. Before you hire faculty, build curriculum, or seek approval — know with certainty that your program will succeed.
Seven specialist analyses. Financial projections grounded in comparable program data. A definitive GO / NO-GO recommendation — not a maybe.
Seven deliverables. One comprehensive answer.
Validation goes far deeper than Market Scan surface signals — every analysis is verified against primary data, comparable programs, and employer reality.
Deep Market Validation
Beyond Discovery surface signals. Demand verified with primary employer data, salary benchmarks validated against BLS, hiring pipeline depth confirmed.
Financial Projections
Full 5-year financial model: enrollment projections, tuition revenue, cost analysis, break-even timeline, and ROI — based on comparable program data, not guesses.
Employer Demand Verification
The actual employer landscape: who's hiring, how many open positions, growth trajectory, and which employers will partner on work-based learning.
Regulatory Analysis
State approval requirements, accreditation considerations, licensing and certification alignment, and Workforce Pell eligibility scoring.
Competitive Deep-Dive
Beyond listing competitors. Analyzes their enrollment trends, program strengths and weaknesses, tuition pricing, and where they're vulnerable.
Implementation Roadmap
Timeline from approval to first cohort. Faculty requirements, equipment and space needs, partnership opportunities, and marketing budget.
GO / NO-GO Recommendation
A clear, evidence-based recommendation. Not hedging — a definitive answer backed by seven independent specialist analyses.
Seven specialist analyses, working in sequence.
Each discipline produces an independent finding. Together they build the complete picture.
Market Analyst
Verifies employment demand signals, cross-references BLS projections, and quantifies the local hiring pipeline.
Financial Analyst
Builds the 5-year financial model: enrollment curves, tuition modeling, cost structure, break-even point, and ROI benchmarks from comparable programs.
Employer Analyst
Maps the specific employer landscape — not just industry categories. Which companies, how many positions, what wages, and who's open to partnership.
Regulatory Analyst
Navigates state approval pathways, accreditor requirements, certification body alignments, and scores Workforce Pell grant eligibility.
Competitor Analyst
Performs a surgical competitive analysis: competitor enrollment data, pricing, program gaps, and positioning vulnerabilities.
Institutional Fit Analyst
Evaluates how the program aligns with your college's mission, existing infrastructure, budget capacity, and strategic priorities.
Curriculum Designer
Scopes the implementation: what faculty, equipment, and space this program requires — and a realistic timeline from approval to first cohort.
Not a feasibility study. A decision.
Every number is verified
Financial projections are anchored to comparable program data — actual enrollment figures, actual cost structures from programs like yours. No spreadsheet fantasies.
GO / NO-GO, not a maybe
We commit to a recommendation. If the program isn't viable, we say so clearly — and explain exactly why, so you can redirect resources confidently.
Implementation-ready, not theoretical
The roadmap tells you what faculty to hire, what equipment to budget, and what your marketing plan should look like — before you write a single course.
Seven independent analyses, cross-checked
Each specialist works from the same base data but reaches their conclusions independently. Conflicts surface and get resolved. You get a coherent, internally consistent picture.
Know before you build.
One Validation pays for itself if it stops a single failed program — or confirms one that becomes a revenue engine.
Full Validation — includes Market Scan deliverables
- Everything in Market Scan
- Deep Market Validation
- Full 5-Year Financial Projections
- Employer Demand Verification
- Regulatory & Accreditation Analysis
- Competitive Deep-Dive
- Implementation Roadmap
- GO / NO-GO Recommendation
Email us at hello@withwavelength.com — we'll follow up within 48 hours.
After Validation
A GO recommendation means you're cleared to build. The next stages take you from validated concept to fully operational program.
Curriculum Design & Development
Competency mapping, course architecture, and learning outcomes built from real occupation data and employer input.
Pathway Development
Stackable credential design, articulation agreements, and career pathway mapping for maximum student outcomes.
Content → Launch → Quality Control
Course content creation, marketing strategy, launch readiness review, and ongoing outcomes tracking.