diff --git a/packages/frontend/app/components/new-user.hbs b/packages/frontend/app/components/new-user.hbs
index 73bff184ca..b2b40e1255 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/app/components/new-user.hbs
+++ b/packages/frontend/app/components/new-user.hbs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         {{/if}}
       </div>
       <div class="item" data-test-password>
-        <label for="password-{{templateId}}">
+        {{!-- <label for="password-{{templateId}}">
           {{t "general.password"}}:
         </label>
         <input
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@
           {{on "input" (pick "target.value" (set this "password"))}}
           {{on "keyup" (queue (fn this.addErrorDisplayFor "password") (perform this.saveOrCancel))}}
         />
-        <ValidationError @validatable={{this}} @property="password" />
+        <ValidationError @validatable={{this}} @property="password" /> --}}
+        <PasswordValidator />
       </div>
       <div class="item" data-test-school>
         <label for="primary-school-{{templateId}}">
diff --git a/packages/frontend/app/components/new-user.js b/packages/frontend/app/components/new-user.js
index 8fdc46c8c8..ba2ab215a6 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/app/components/new-user.js
+++ b/packages/frontend/app/components/new-user.js
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ export default class NewUserComponent extends Component {
   @Length(1, 100)
   @NotBlank()
   username = null;
-  @tracked @NotBlank() password = null;
+  @tracked
+  @Length(5)
+  @NotBlank()
+  password = null;
   @tracked @Length(1, 20) phone = null;
   @tracked schoolId = null;
   @tracked primaryCohortId = null;
diff --git a/packages/frontend/app/components/password-validator.hbs b/packages/frontend/app/components/password-validator.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c815e5d694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/app/components/password-validator.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{{#if (has-block)}}
+  {{#let (unique-id) as |templateId|}}
+    <div class="password-validator" data-test-password-validator>
+      <label for="password-{{templateId}}">
+        {{t "general.password"}}:
+      </label>
+      {{yield
+        this.password
+        this.setPassword
+        this.addErrorDisplayFor
+        this.keyboard
+        this.hasErrorForPassword
+        this.passwordStrengthScore
+      }}
+    </div>
+  {{/let}}
+{{else}}
+  {{#let (unique-id) as |templateId|}}
+    <div class="password-validator" data-test-password-validator>
+      <label for="password-{{templateId}}">
+        {{t "general.password"}}:
+      </label>
+      <input
+        id="password-{{templateId}}"
+        type="text"
+        value={{this.password}}
+        {{on "input" (pick "target.value" this.setPassword)}}
+        {{on "keyup" (queue (fn this.addErrorDisplayFor "password"))}}
+        {{on "keyup" this.keyboard}}
+        data-test-password-input
+      />
+      {{#if this.hasErrorForPassword}}
+        <ValidationError @validatable={{this}} @property="password" />
+      {{else if (gt this.password.length 0)}}
+        <span
+          class="password-strength {{concat 'strength-' this.passwordStrengthScore}}"
+          data-test-password-strength-text
+        >
+          {{#if (eq this.passwordStrengthScore 0)}}
+            {{t "general.tryHarder"}}
+          {{else if (eq this.passwordStrengthScore 1)}}
+            {{t "general.bad"}}
+          {{else if (eq this.passwordStrengthScore 2)}}
+            {{t "general.weak"}}
+          {{else if (eq this.passwordStrengthScore 3)}}
+            {{t "general.good"}}
+          {{else if (eq this.passwordStrengthScore 4)}}
+            {{t "general.strong"}}
+          {{/if}}
+        </span>
+        <meter
+          max="4"
+          value={{this.passwordStrengthScore}}
+          data-test-password-strength-meter
+        ></meter>
+      {{/if}}
+    </div>
+  {{/let}}
+{{/if}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/frontend/app/components/password-validator.js b/packages/frontend/app/components/password-validator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de17ae1c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/app/components/password-validator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import Component from '@glimmer/component';
+import { cached, tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';
+import { action } from '@ember/object';
+import { service } from '@ember/service';
+import { isEmpty } from '@ember/utils';
+import { dropTask, timeout } from 'ember-concurrency';
+import { validatable, Length, NotBlank } from 'ilios-common/decorators/validation';
+import { TrackedAsyncData } from 'ember-async-data';
+
+@validatable
+export default class PasswordValidatorComponent extends Component {
+  @service intl;
+
+  @tracked @Length(5) @NotBlank() password = null;
+  @tracked isSaving = false;
+  @tracked passwordStrengthScore = 0;
+
+  @cached
+  get hasErrorForPasswordData() {
+    return new TrackedAsyncData(this.hasErrorFor('password'));
+  }
+
+  get hasErrorForPassword() {
+    // console.log('hasErrorForPassword', this.hasErrorForPasswordData.value);
+    return this.hasErrorForPasswordData.isResolved ? this.hasErrorForPasswordData.value : false;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  async keyboard(event) {
+    const keyCode = event.keyCode;
+
+    if (13 === keyCode) {
+      await this.save.perform();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @action
+  async setPassword(password) {
+    this.password = password;
+    await this.calculatePasswordStrengthScore();
+  }
+
+  async calculatePasswordStrengthScore() {
+    const { default: zxcvbn } = await import('zxcvbn');
+    const password = isEmpty(this.password) ? '' : this.password;
+    const obj = zxcvbn(password);
+    this.passwordStrengthScore = obj.score;
+  }
+
+  save = dropTask(async () => {
+    this.addErrorDisplaysFor(['password']);
+    const isValid = await this.isValid();
+    if (!isValid) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    await timeout(250); // artificial "validation processing"
+    this.clearErrorDisplay();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/tests/pages/components/password-validator-test.js b/packages/frontend/tests/pages/components/password-validator-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c32d0ca214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/tests/pages/components/password-validator-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupRenderingTest } from 'frontend/tests/helpers';
+import { render } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
+import { component } from 'frontend/tests/pages/components/password-validator';
+
+module('Integration | Component | password-validator', function (hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it renders', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    assert.ok(component, 'component exists');
+    assert.strictEqual(component.label, 'Password:', 'has Password label');
+  });
+
+  test('it fails blank password', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    assert.false(component.hasError, 'no error with no input');
+    await component.submit();
+    assert.true(component.hasError, 'shows blank password error');
+  });
+
+  test('it fails short password', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    await component.fillIn('abc');
+    await component.submit();
+    assert.true(component.hasError);
+  });
+
+  test('it passes valid password', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    await component.fillIn('abcde');
+    assert.false(component.hasError);
+  });
+
+  test('password strength 0 display', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    await component.fillIn('12345');
+    assert.strictEqual(component.meter.value, 0);
+    assert.strictEqual(component.strength.text, 'Try Harder');
+    assert.ok(component.strength.hasZeroClass);
+  });
+
+  test('password strength 1 display', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    await component.fillIn('12345ab');
+    assert.strictEqual(component.meter.value, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(component.strength.text, 'Bad');
+    assert.ok(component.strength.hasOneClass);
+  });
+
+  test('password strength 2 display', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    await component.fillIn('12345ab13&');
+    assert.strictEqual(component.meter.value, 2);
+    assert.strictEqual(component.strength.text, 'Weak');
+    assert.ok(component.strength.hasTwoClass);
+  });
+
+  test('password strength 3 display', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    await component.fillIn('12345ab13&!!');
+    assert.strictEqual(component.meter.value, 3);
+    assert.strictEqual(component.strength.text, 'Good');
+    assert.ok(component.strength.hasThreeClass);
+  });
+
+  test('password strength 4 display', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<PasswordValidator />`);
+
+    await component.fillIn('12345ab13&HHtB');
+    assert.strictEqual(component.meter.value, 4);
+    assert.strictEqual(component.strength.text, 'Strong');
+    assert.ok(component.strength.hasFourClass);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/frontend/tests/pages/components/password-validator.js b/packages/frontend/tests/pages/components/password-validator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75e284af8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/tests/pages/components/password-validator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import {
+  clickable,
+  create,
+  fillable,
+  hasClass,
+  isVisible,
+  text,
+  triggerable,
+  value,
+} from 'ember-cli-page-object';
+
+const definition = {
+  scope: '[data-test-password-validator]',
+  label: text('label'),
+  fillIn: fillable('input'),
+  value: value('input'),
+  validate: clickable('button'),
+  hasError: isVisible('.validation-error-message'),
+  submit: triggerable('keyup', 'input', { eventProperties: { key: 'Enter' } }),
+  strength: {
+    scope: '[data-test-password-strength-text]',
+    hasZeroClass: hasClass('strength-0'),
+    hasOneClass: hasClass('strength-1'),
+    hasTwoClass: hasClass('strength-2'),
+    hasThreeClass: hasClass('strength-3'),
+    hasFourClass: hasClass('strength-4'),
+  },
+  meter: {
+    scope: '[data-test-password-strength-meter]',
+  },
+};
+
+export default definition;
+export const component = create(definition);