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Post-Graduation Report: 2002-2003 bachelor's degree graduates
States where new graduates reported being employed
Employed bachelor's degree graduates were asked to report their work locations. 
Top 20-25 states are listed with the number of graduates who accepted employment in those states.
Previous years' numbers shown for comparison.
Note that year to year, consistently well over half of the newly employed graduates are employed in Virginia.
      Degrees received in academic year:
02-03
01-02
   2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000
1998-1999
Rank Rank State where employed
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    Total employed grads: 1,712 1,650 2,070 2,365 2,128
1 1 Virginia 1,050
947
1,192

1,377

1,256
    Virginia % of total: 61.3% 57.3% 57.5% 58.2% 59.0%
2 2 Maryland 134
134
146
 187 158
3 3 Washington, DC 86
78
97
 99 128
4 4 North Carolina 64
57
98
 143 118
5 5 Pennsylvania 41
45
63
 50 46
6 7 New Jersey 35
38
40
 39 30
7 8 New York 33
21
41
 39 39
8 14 South Carolina 29
14
21
 34 25
9 tie 6 Florida 21
40
53
 42 38
9 tie 11 tie Georgia 21
15
31
 44 34
11 11 tie California 20
15
37
 - -
12 19 Tennessee 13
7
12
 - -
13 15 Massachusetts 12
12
14
 27 11
14 tie 10 Ohio 9
18
15
 17 15
14 tie 16 West Virginia 9
10
14
 15 7
16   Rhode Island 8
-
8
 7 5
17 9 Texas 6
20
25
 24 19
18 tie 11 tie Connecticut 5
15
10
 20 12
18 tie   Indiana 5
-
-
 7 6
18 tie   Vermont 5        
18 tie   Washington (state) 5
-
9

7

11
  17 Colorado -
9
13
 8 10
  18 Delaware -
8
6
 12 9
  20 tie Alabama -
6
-
 - -
  20 tie Illinois -
6
7
 10 8
  22 tie Michigan -
5
6
 23 9
  22 tie Wisconsin -
5
-
 - -
    Michigan 1
-
6
 23 9
    Kentucky -
-
5
 - -
    Oregon -
-
5
 7 5
    Arizona -
-
-
 7 2
(Numbers do not appear for years/states when that state was not in the top-ranked group.)
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