APRIL 22, 2021 — The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the release of new states in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product: Louisiana, Ohio, Maine and Connecticut. With the addition of these new states, 336 institutions are included in the PSEO covering approximately 16% of all graduates in the United States in 2015. These new data expand PSEO’s coverage of sub-baccalaureate degrees and certificates, as well as increase the geographic diversity of the coverage. Additionally, users are able to access the data in new ways: by downloading the raw files, using the PSEO Explorer tool, or querying the Census API. These data provide an important look at employment outcomes of graduates, while also making the data accessible to the broader public.

PSEO tabulations show earnings and employment outcomes for graduates of post-secondary institutions in the United States and are generated by linking graduate transcript records to Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) wage data. This offers prospective students a comprehensive assessment tool to see how much money they could earn by degree and institution.

Highlights include:

One year after graduation, 75% of bachelor’s graduates from Louisiana State University and The Ohio State University stayed in state.
For registered nursing students that completed an associate degree from Southern Maine Community College, median earnings are $46,000 one year after graduation, and over 90% of health graduates were employed in the health care industry sector.
For social studies bachelor’s graduates from Western Connecticut State University, 26% are employed in the health care and social assistance industry sector.
With this release, the PSEO includes four historically Black colleges and universities: Grambling State University, Southern University and A&M College, Southern University at New Orleans, and Southern University at Shreveport.

The Census Bureau conducts the PSEO in cooperation with higher education institutional systems to examine college degree attainment and graduate earnings. Additional higher education institutions will be included in the database in the coming months, and PSEO is actively working on expanding the number of institutions represented.

No news release associated with this announcement. Tip sheet only.

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