diff --git a/backend/courses/migrations/0069_userprofile_has_been_onboarded.py b/backend/courses/migrations/0069_userprofile_has_been_onboarded.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..debbd6d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/courses/migrations/0069_userprofile_has_been_onboarded.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.2 on 2025-12-04 22:35
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("courses", "0068_merge_20250819_1758"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="userprofile",
+            name="has_been_onboarded",
+            field=models.BooleanField(
+                default=False,
+                help_text="Defaults to False, changed to True once the user completes onboarding.",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/courses/models.py b/backend/courses/models.py
index a7c25153b..67953c9f3 100644
--- a/backend/courses/models.py
+++ b/backend/courses/models.py
@@ -1436,6 +1436,11 @@ class UserProfile(models.Model):
     )
     # phone field defined underneath validate_phone function below
 
+    has_been_onboarded = models.BooleanField(
+        default=False,
+        help_text="Defaults to False, changed to True once the user completes onboarding.",
+    )
+
     def validate_phone(value):
         """
         Validator to check that a phone number is in the proper form. The number must be in a