The Michigan College Most Likely To Land You A Job: Report

MICHIGAN — Earning a college degree undoubtedly propels a person to land their dream job post-graduation, but not all institutions carry the same prestige and weight. Thanks to a new report, we know which Michigan college gives its graduates the best odds: Kettering University in Flint, where graduates have a 95% chance of finding employment in their chosen fields, according to the new report.

Using the latest data on job placement ratings for colleges, the career-guidance site Zippia put together a brand new list of the schools in each state with the best record of getting their graduates jobs after graduation. Specifically, they looked at the employment levels for all college graduates a decade after students had earned their degrees, then identified the school in each state with the highest placement rate, and even ranked the 10 with the highest in the country.

Overall, Pennsylvania's Lebanon Valley College earned the top spot, with a placement rate at 96.185%. The number two school in the country was Salve Regina University in Rhode Island, (placement rate: 95.896%), and Ohio's Ohio Northern University (placement rate: 95.527%).

“Using the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), we searched for the college in each state with the highest listed job placement ratings, looking specifically at employment levels at year 10 after students have graduated,” Zippia explained. “Then, we looked at the ratings themselves and ranked each state’s top school according to their rating. For the purposes of readability, the top schools’ ratings were then rounded down to the last three decimal places, and we included the city the top ten colleges are located in.”

Kettering University is a private university centered around experiential learning in STEM and business fields. It was founded in 1919 and US News and World Report ranked it the 26th best college in the midwest for 2018.

Expect tuition fees to set you back some $40,000 a year -- but if Zippia is right, that’ll be paid off in no time with that near-guaranteed job post graduation.

Here's a quick look at the report's top 10 colleges most likely to land you a job:

1. Pennsylvania – Lebanon Valley College
2. Rhode Island – Salve Regina University
3. Ohio – Ohio Northern University
4. Oregon – Oregon Health & Science University
5. New York – Hobart and William Smith Colleges
6. South Dakota – University of Sioux Falls
7. Wisconsin – University of Wisconsin – Platteville
8. Massachusetts – Endicott College
9. Nebraska – Nebraska Wesleyan University
10. Connecticut – Quinnipiac University

Zippia.com is a website that provides career information and tools for professionals across various industries.

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