DATA BITES

6.9%

Overall unemployment rate
Bureau of Labor Statistics

7.9% (OCTOBER 2020)/
4.4% (OCTOBER 2019)

Unemployment rate, bachelor’s degree grads age 20 – 24
Bureau of Labor Statistics

$53,889

Average starting salary, Class of 2019 bachelor’s degree graduate
Summer 2020 Salary Survey

58.7%

Percent of Class of 2018 bachelor’s degree grads employed full time within six months of graduation
First Destinations for the College Class of 2018