DATA BITES

8.4%

Overall unemployment rate
Bureau of Labor Statistics

13.0% (AUGUST 2020)/
7.2% (AUGUST 2019)

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

$50,944

Average starting salary, Class of 2018 bachelor’s degree graduate
Summer 2019 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