The best college in each state for getting a job in 2018

The best college in each state for getting a job in 2018The best college in each state for getting a job in 2018As the unemployment ratecontinues to shrink to figures not seen for nearly half a century, its becoming more and more important for college graduates to prepare for a competitive workforce.This means picking the right major, having a great internship and work experiences, but most of all, choosing the right college to attend in the first place.If you missed our study last year about the best college in each state for finding a job,check it out.Given that a new crop of recent grads just entered the workforce (welcome to the Thunderdome, class of 2018), we figured wed redo our analysis for the newest bunch, and see which schools set their students up best for success after graduation.Below is a list of the top 50, but first, heres the best of the bestPennsylvania Lebanon Valley CollegeRhode Island Salve Regina UniversityOhio Ohio Northern UniversityOregon Oregon Health S cience UniversityNew York Hobart and William Smith CollegesSouth Dakota University of Sioux FallsWisconsin University of Wisconsin PlattevilleMassachusetts Endicott CollegeNebraska Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityConnecticut Quinnipiac UniversityUsing theIntegrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)andDepartment of Education College Scorecard data, 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 start.Then, we looked at the ratings themselves and ranked each states 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.Ok, thats it Now, onto the list.1. PENNSYLVANIACollege Lebanon Valley CollegeCity Annvilletischordnung Rate 96.185%LVC tops the rankings as the best college in the United States for finding a j ob. With 40+ majors and just a 101 student-to-faculty ratio, career guidance is a big deal at LVC, and it shows with their ranking.2. RHODE ISLANDCollege Salve Regina UniversityCity NewportPlacement Rate 95.896%Besides its campus emitting images of Hogwarts, Salve Regina Universitys second best quality is getting its graduates jobs. The school keeps growing, as it just graduated its largest class ever.3. OHIOCollege Ohio Northern UniversityCity AdaPlacement Rate 95.527%ONU consistently beats the placement rate national average for its graduates.4. OREGONCollege Oregon Health Science UniversityCity PortlandPlacement Rate 95.509%It isnt too often one can say their campus is a hospital, but such is the case with Oregon Health Science University, with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland.5. NEW YORKCollege Hobart and William Smith CollegesCity GenevaPlacement Rate 95.447%Another college with a picturesque campus, Hobart and William Smith Colleges is one of the top liber al arts colleges in the country. Many of their students take advantage of their reputed study abroad programs, as well.6. SOUTH DAKOTACollege University of Sioux FallsCity Sioux FallsPlacement Rate 95.428%The private liberal arts university only has about 1,500 students, but gets the vast majority of those students jobs after graduation.7. WISCONSINCollege University of Wisconsin PlattevilleCity PlattevillePlacement Rate 95.337%With an in-state tuition of just above $7,500, Wisconsin-Platteville offers one of the best bang-for-your buck educations for any in-state school.8. MASSACHUSETTSCollege Endicott CollegeCity BeverlyPlacement Rate 95.309%Alright, were serious this time. Endicott College may have the best looking campus in the country. Just do yourself a favor and google it. With 90% of employed graduates working in careers related to their major, the views arent the only reason to attend Endicott.9. NEBRASKACollege Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityCity LincolnPlacement Rate 95.217 %NWU is a private, coeducational university in the states capital. Bringing some shine the college is the fact that it is among the nations leaders in Fulbright scholars.10. CONNECTICUTCollege Quinnipiac UniversityCity HamdenPlacement Rate 95.172%If you start at Quinnipiac, you arent likely to leave the university boasts a retention rate of 90% from first to second-year students. The school is also among the best colleges for veterans.Here are the rest of the statesThis article first appeared on Zippia.