Where are college students going after they graduate?
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Thought this was an interesting look at where kids are headed after graduation these days...
https://joinhandshake.com/blog/employers/where-are-college-students-going-after-they-graduate/ "Handshake looked at platform data from August 2023 to August 2024 for applications to full time roles. Through this analysis, we used total application volume to determine candidate interest in locations across the US." Key takeaways: "New York City continues to be a top 3 city for applications for candidates in the South, West, and Northeast." College students by region: Northeast: 77% want to stay in that region Midwest: 59% want to stay in that region West: 68% want to stay in that region South: only 28% want to stay in that region College grads across the US: New York City alone accounted for 10% of all applications across the US. What’s more, over the last year, New York City received twice as many applications as Chicago, the next most popular city. New York City continues to be a top 3 city for applications for candidates in the South, West, and Northeast. The top 3 locations receiving the most applications from students have remained steady since last year: New York City, Chicago, and Washington, DC. There has been some decline in applications to locations that are major tech hubs, like San Francisco, Austin, and Seattle. Top 15 cities by application volume 2024 Rank YoY rank change New York, New York 1 0 Chicago, Illinois 2 0 Washington, District of Columbia 3 0 Boston, Massachusetts 4 −1 Dallas, Texas 5 1 San Francisco, California 6 −1 Atlanta, Georgia 7 1 Los Angeles, California 8 0 Austin, Texas 9 −2 Houston, Texas 10 1 Seattle, Washington 11 −2 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12 0 San Jose, California 13 −1 Minneapolis, Minnesota 14 −3 Phoenix, Arizona 15 0 College grads from the Northeast: Of all applications from students and recent grads at schools in the Northeast, 77% of applications were to jobs in that region. Despite the density of cities in the region, New York City is the top city drawing applications in the Northeast, accounting for 41% of all applications. Top 15 cities college students and recent grads in the Northeast are applying to: #1 New York City #2 Boston #3 Washington, DC #4 Chicago #5 San Francisco #6 Dallas #7 Philadelphia #8 Atlanta #9 Los Angeles #10 Baltimore #11 Seattle #12 Houston #13 Austin #14 San Jose #15 Minneapolis College grads from the Midwest: Of all applications from students and recent grads at schools in the Midwest, 59% were to jobs in the region. But Chicago is the main draw: 22% of all applications from candidates in the Midwest are submitted to jobs in Chicago Top 15 cities college students and recent grads in the Midwest are applying to: #1 Chicago #2 New York City #3 Washington, DC #4 Dallas #5 Boston #6 Detroit #7 Minneapolis #8 San Francisco #9 Atlanta #10 Columbus #11 Los Angeles #12 Indianapolis #13 Cincinnati #14 Houston #15 Naperville College grads from the West: Of all applications from students and recent grads at schools in the West, 68% were to jobs in that region. Unlike other regions, a single city did not capture a sizable share of applications. Student location interests from those in the West were more varied with Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City each accounting for 15% of all applications. Top 15 cities college students and recent grads in the West are applying to: #1 Los Angeles #2 San Francisco #3 New York #4 San Jose #5 Chicago #6 Washington, DC #7 Phoenix #8 Seattle #9 Irvine #10 San Diego #11 Dallas #12 Boston #13 Atlanta #14 Sacramento #15 Denver College grads from the South: Which cities are candidates in the South applying to? Of all applications from students and recent grads at schools in the South, 28% went to jobs in that region. New York City again was the top city drawing applications from candidates in the South, accounting for 25% of all applications. Top 15 cities college students and recent grads in the South are applying to: #1 New York City #2 Dallas #3 Atlanta #4 Washington, DC #5 Chicago #6 Austin #7 Houston #8 Boston #9 San Francisco #10 Tampa #11 Charlotte #12 Los Angeles #13 Miami #14 Denver #15 Raleigh |
Anonymous
| Sorry but “handshake blog” isn’t exactly the WSJ. |
Anonymous
It's data that the WSJ would probably quote. Handshake is used at a large number of university career centers across the country. I would want to know what percent of college grads are just going back to their regions of origin. Maybe the grads from the South are all the Yankees going home. |
Anonymous
How would you know? It’s behind a paywall remember? |
Anonymous
Possibly. I was surprised by the discrepancy between the regions. 77% of students from the Northeast wanted to stay in the region vs only 28% of students from the South wanted to stay. I wonder what the rates looked like before Republicans started attacking women and LGBTQ people in the South. Seems like kids these days just want to get TF out. |
Anonymous
| A better stat would be the employment rate of white collar jobs for these grads. Who cares about where they are going. |
Anonymous
| Well, it goes to show the "students are all fleeing to the south for college" posters the truth, that while these kids enjoy the warm weather and cheaper prices, they don't want to live long-term in the south |
Anonymous
| So much competition for NYC! |
Anonymous
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I don’t get the South stats when 1/2 the top 15 cities are in the South…unless Dallas, Austin and even DC (yeah it’s on the border, so maybe they throw it to the northeast…but it’s technically the South) aren’t considered the South.
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Anonymous
LOL read the other thread. Article after article showing migration including younger Gen z to the south. But keep telling yourself otherwise. |
Anonymous
| South by far! |
Anonymous
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This is why parents encourage their kids to stay regionally. I have heard so many parents say that they lost their kids to the West Coast--after sending them to school in California--they never returned.
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Anonymous
| My kids hate the south. They could not understand the trend of big Southern schools. They both are in New England. They might have chosen California--but in the end went to T10 in NE. |
Anonymous
| Which region has high taxes, horrible weather, and high housing prices? Hint not the South. |
Anonymous
+1 the high paying jobs are still not in the south. And I don't think kids are wanting to go south for college because of politics, but more because the NE colleges are getting harder to get into and the weather. |