College Board

College Board is a massive, globally recognized non-profit organization fundamentally dedicated to connecting students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1899 and headquartered in New York City, the organization operates as the absolute backbone of higher education admissions and readiness in the United States. Under the hood, College Board manages a colossal educational and technological infrastructure that develops and administers high-stakes, standardized assessments—most notably the SAT, PSAT, and the Advanced Placement (AP) program—while securely processing millions of student data points annually. Their primary target audience spans millions of ambitious high school students, thousands of global K-12 school districts, and university admissions offices that desperately need standardized, data-driven metrics to evaluate academic readiness and streamline scholarship distributions. What sets College Board apart in the broader EdTech and assessment landscape is its century-long institutional footprint and recent massive digital pivot; transitioning its iconic exams to fully digital formats (via the Bluebook app) while operating the BigFuture platform to guide students through college and career planning, effectively shaping the future of global higher education.