HighPoint Degree Planner review
A PeopleSoft-focused planner for roadmaps, prerequisite checks, and what-if advising.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
HighPoint Degree Planner is academic planning software for higher-education institutions using PeopleSoft Campus Solutions. It gives students and advisors a structured way to create semester-by-semester degree roadmaps, check prerequisite and corequisite requirements, model what-if scenarios, and coordinate plans with catalog and enrollment data. Advisor collaboration tools and a mobile-optimized planning experience extend the workflow beyond a static degree checklist. The strongest fit is for PeopleSoft institutions that want clearer academic pathways and planning support tied to their existing institutional systems.
The buying model is contact sales, with the product presented through demo requests rather than a public plan menu. That approach suits institutions evaluating an implementation in the context of their advising and student information environment, but it gives buyers less immediate pricing detail for early comparisons. The product’s value proposition centers on planning capabilities: roadmap creation, requirement validation, scenario modeling, and coordination with live academic information. Institutions should expect the purchasing conversation to focus on institutional fit and deployment requirements rather than selecting from clearly separated self-serve tiers.
Integration is the defining ecosystem consideration. HighPoint Degree Planner is designed to operate with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and the PeopleSoft degree audit system, connecting planning activity with catalog and enrollment data. That makes it relevant for institutions already organized around PeopleSoft and looking to support proactive advising, reduce excess credit hours, and clarify course sequencing. Its focus is narrower than a broadly positioned, system-agnostic planning product, so institutions outside a PeopleSoft environment—or those seeking a different student information ecosystem—should compare alternatives built for their systems. Choose HighPoint when PeopleSoft compatibility and degree-roadmap workflows are central priorities; look elsewhere when broader platform coverage is the main requirement.
HighPoint Degree Planner pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Builds semester-by-semester degree roadmaps
- Validates prerequisites and corequisites before planning
- Connects catalog and enrollment data to planning
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires a contact-sales process
- Its clearest fit is within a PeopleSoft environment
- Does not present a broad, multi-system planning focus
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