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Colleges With the Most Students Who End Up Working In State and Out of State

By  Chronicle Staff
November 18, 2018

Students who migrated outside the state for jobs after attending college tended to flock in the highest numbers to predictable places. Among the colleges listed below, the top choice for out-migrating students of colleges in Southern California was the Phoenix metropolitan area, and for students of colleges in Northern California, the Seattle area. Out-migrating students who attended colleges in Florida were most likely to take jobs in the Atlanta area, while New York was a common destination among people who attended many colleges in the Northeast. Colleges whose former students tended to stay in state were also those that had relatively high first-time enrollment of in-state students and that had relatively high percentages of students receiving state or local financial aid. Students who attended highly selective private nonprofit colleges seemed to be the least likely to remain in the state.

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Students who migrated outside the state for jobs after attending college tended to flock in the highest numbers to predictable places. Among the colleges listed below, the top choice for out-migrating students of colleges in Southern California was the Phoenix metropolitan area, and for students of colleges in Northern California, the Seattle area. Out-migrating students who attended colleges in Florida were most likely to take jobs in the Atlanta area, while New York was a common destination among people who attended many colleges in the Northeast. Colleges whose former students tended to stay in state were also those that had relatively high first-time enrollment of in-state students and that had relatively high percentages of students receiving state or local financial aid. Students who attended highly selective private nonprofit colleges seemed to be the least likely to remain in the state.

4-year public institutions

Most likely to work in same state

RankInstitution Employed in stateMost-common in-state county where employedWorking in top in-state countyMost-common out-of-state county where employedWorking in top out-of-state countyTotal in sampleStudents awarded state or local financial aid, 2015-16In-state enrollment, fall 2016
1. Miami Dade College 85.9% Miami-Dade, FL 126,510 Fulton, GA 1,555 175,608 39.4% 98.3%
2. California State U.-East Bay 84.9% San Francisco, CA 26,013 King, WA 527 61,886 62.1% 99.4%
3. California State Polytechnic U. at Pomona 84.6% Los Angeles, CA 40,355 Maricopa, AZ 814 86,307 57.4% 98.6%
4. California State U. at Los Angeles 84.6% Los Angeles, CA 42,206 Maricopa, AZ 495 59,909 60.6% 99.7%
5. Sam Houston State U. 84.5% Harris, TX 30,126 Los Angeles, CA 412 71,449 59.2% 98.0%
6. Texas State U. 84.4% Travis, TX 31,355 Los Angeles, CA 794 102,860 48.3% 98.2%
7. U. of Texas at San Antonio 83.4% Bexar, TX 42,677 Los Angeles, CA 542 79,915 29.9% 97.8%
8. Broward College 83.4% Broward, FL 47,663 Fulton, GA 920 89,266 67.0% 98.7%
9. San Jose State U. 83.3% San Francisco, CA 60,428 King, WA 1,702 173,704 49.7% 98.6%
10. Stephen F. Austin State U. 83.0% Harris, TX 12,094 Denver, CO 322 55,319 35.9% 99.2%

Most likely to work outside state

RankInstitution Employed in stateMost-common in-state county where employedWorking in top in-state countyMost-common out-of-state county where employedWorking in top out-of-state countyTotal in sampleStudents awarded state or local financial aid, 2015-16In-state enrollment, fall 2016
185. U. of Delaware 19.6% New Castle, DE 20,757 Philadelphia, PA 20,039 113,955 12.5% 39.5%
184. U. of New Hampshire 20.4% Rockingham, NH 6,120 Suffolk, MA 24,423 81,468 1.0% 41.9%
183. West Virginia U. 23.1% Monongalia, WV 9,461 Allegheny, PA 10,168 110,076 36.3% 46.1%
182. U. of Virginia 27.2% Albemarle, VA 13,801 Washington, DC 23,009 149,031 5.9% 69.7%
181. U. of Vermont 27.4% Chittenden, VT 13,283 Suffolk, MA 6,240 60,676 12.1% 25.4%
180. U. of Maryland at College Park 29.3% Baltimore City, MD 25,474 Washington, DC 62,398 304,870 16.5% 71.9%
179. Rutgers U. at New Brunswick 30.8% Middlesex, NJ 21,183 New York, NY 74,096 253,902 24.9% 91.7%
178. Troy U. 30.9% Montgomery, AL 7,389 Fulton, GA 4,251 85,111 0.1% 76.6%
177. U. of Kansas 31.5% Johnson, KS 19,047 Jackson, MO 24,116 151,122 8.4% 60.1%
176. U. of Iowa 31.6% Johnson, IA 19,655 Cook, IL 19,996 159,241 1.9% 54.6%

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4-year private nonprofit institutions

Most likely to work in same state

RankInstitution Employed in stateMost-common in-state county where employedWorking in top in-state countyMost-common out-of-state county where employedWorking in top out-of-state countyTotal in sampleStudents awarded state or local financial aid, 2015-16In-state enrollment, fall 2016
1. Dallas Baptist U. 84.1% Dallas, TX 11,350 Los Angeles, CA 117 22,374 34.9% 89.8%
2. U. of the Incarnate Word 79.9% Bexar, TX 11,827 St. Louis City, MO 239 20,728 64.3% 96.5%
3. U. of La Verne 79.2% Los Angeles, CA 14,618 Maricopa, AZ 366 33,074 53.7% 95.4%
4. Loyola Marymount U. 79.1% Los Angeles, CA 28,952 New York, NY 937 50,897 17.1% 65.9%
5. Lawrence Technological U. 77.8% Wayne, MI 10,996 Cook, IL 297 24,984 42.4% 89.0%
6. Touro College (N.Y.) 77.5% New York, NY 9,883 Miami-Dade, FL 269 27,078 60.0% 78.3%
7. St. Edward’s U. 77.4% Travis, TX 11,876 Los Angeles, CA 264 23,741 43.3% 82.0%
8. Keiser U. at Ft. Lauderdale 76.9% Broward, FL 6,725 Fulton, GA 346 43,190 40.2% 83.6%
9. Baker College of Flint 76.7% Wayne, MI 5,657 Maricopa, AZ 246 32,406 18.4% 95.0%
10. Lewis U. 76.0% Cook, IL 13,783 Maricopa, AZ 263 27,963 39.9% 90.9%

Most likely to work outside state

RankInstitution Employed in stateMost-common in-state county where employedWorking in top in-state countyMost-common out-of-state county where employedWorking in top out-of-state countyTotal in sampleStudents awarded state or local financial aid, 2015-16In-state enrollment, fall 2016
218. Dartmouth College 4.9% Grafton, NH 2,088 New York, NY 7,459 51,145 1.0% 2.4%
217. Middlebury College 6.0% Addison, VT 627 New York, NY 3,499 22,755 1.9% 5.1%
216. Princeton U. 7.4% Mercer, NJ 2,524 New York, NY 10,581 49,225 1.8% 17.9%
215. Norwich U. 8.3% Chittenden, VT 768 Suffolk, MA 1,524 21,817 10.5% 9.8%
214. Yale U. 8.7% New Haven, CT 5,649 New York, NY 18,188 86,400 0.3% 7.0%
213. U. of Notre Dame 9.4% St. Joseph, IN 5,711 Cook, IL 11,572 91,176 1.3% 6.0%
212. Wesleyan U. (Conn.) 9.8% Middlesex, CT 759 New York, NY 4,965 22,723 2.2% 8.2%
211. Trinity College (Conn.) 10.9% Hartford, CT 1,376 New York, NY 3,727 27,443 2.7% 15.0%
210. Brown U. 12.1% Providence, RI 6,098 New York, NY 8,965 53,163 0.9% 4.5%
209. Williams College 14.6% Suffolk, MA 1,691 New York, NY 2,859 20,169 4.4% 13.4%

Note: Data for this table are drawn from an analysis by Emsi, a labor-market analytics company, of millions of people who attended and/or graduated from 3,740 private, public, and community colleges. Current job locations were collected from more than 40 sources, including social profiles and résumés in which people mentioned a college. Only the most-recent job mentioned was counted. People may not necessarily live in the county or state where they work. Public institutions with fewer than 50,000 people in the sample, and private nonprofit institutions with fewer than 20,000 in the sample were excluded from the table above. Small colleges whose names might easily be confused with nearly identically named colleges were also excluded. Figures for larger institutions may include combined data for students who attended the university’s medical, law, business, and other schools. More Emsi data on migration can be found here. The “Students awarded state or local financial aid” column shows the percentage of full-time, first-time undergraduates who received such aid in 2015-16. The “In-state enrollment” column shows the percentage of first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students from the United States who were from the institution’s state in the fall of 2016. First-time students whose state was unknown were excluded from the calculation. Percentages are rounded, but colleges were ranked before rounding. Questions or comments on the Chronicle List should be sent to Ruth Hammond.

Sources: Emsi for migration data; U.S. Department of Education for financial-aid and enrollment data; Chronicle analysis

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A version of this article appeared in the November 23, 2018, issue.
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