There are many types of student portfolios used within academia: the prior learning portfolio, credentialing portfolio, developmental portfolio, capstone portfolio, individual course portfolio, and the comprehensive education portfolio. The comprehensive education portfolio (CEP), as used by the authors, is a student portfolio, developed over time, that includes examples of educational knowledge, skills, experiences, and achievements as well as professional development related to the learning outcomes. The contents provide evidence of the individual's knowledge and analytical, research, technology, and communications skills and applications, along with reflections on experiential learning beginning with the undergraduate experience. This article briefly reviews the importance of the comprehensive education portfolio. The benefits that students, particularly adult students, can obtain from constructing the CEP in terms of contents and process when it includes a career focus are highlighted. (Contains 1 table.)