Where Do College Graduates Go For Jobs?

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Where do college graduates go for jobs?

Thinking about college? You may want to consider where you will likely locate to land your first job after you graduate and in what industry.

A good way to do this? Check out the U.S. Census Bureau’s Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO), which shows where college graduates get jobs and in what industries. On top of that, it does it by institution and type of degree.

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The data address a major gap in education statistics by providing a much clearer picture of how graduates transition from school to employment.

The PSEO project tabulates employment flows and earnings outcomes by institution, degree level, and degree field, and provides counts of employment by employer industry sector and Census Division.

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The figures below show where graduates with bachelor’s degrees from four flagship institutions work by Census Division.

Where graduates with a bachelors degree from four flagship institutions work by region

Currently, the PSEO statistics include data from the University of Texas System, Colorado Department of Higher Education, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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