How to say "it gives an opportunity" in a word?

The phrase is often used in a written speech. E.g.:

  • Everybody needs an education. It gives you an opportunity to have a good job and to succeed in life.

How to rephrase that:

  • It enables you...

  • It lets you...

  • It allows you...

None seems good enough. How can you say it better?


How about it empowers you?

to give ability to; enable; permit

The term has a fairly strong connotation, if that is what you wish to convey.


I like the idiom "open the door to (something)"

Everybody needs an education. It opens the door to success.