Ole Miss Recognized as State’s Top Job Placement University Post Graduation

The University of Mississippied was dubbed the top university in the state for job placement, according to Zippia.com. Photo courtesy of Zippia.com.

Upon college graduation, seniors look high and low for careers in the job market. Ole Miss potential graduates do not have to fret, according to Zippia.com—a career expert website. The University of Mississippi was recently announced to be the top job placement university in the state of Mississippi, although it placed number 41 in the country.

The website stated in 2015 The Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA reported that 60.1 percent of incoming freshman noted alumni from their respective university find jobs post graduation. This percentage was rise from 2013 where only 53.1 percent noted the issue was an important matter.

Zippia.com used information from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) database or the CollegeScoreCard data to produce a map and list of the top universities in each state that made the issue of utmost importance.

The website used IPEDS to search for the college in each state with the highest listed job placement rating based on employment level 10 years after graduation.

After looking at those specific universities, states and data, the website ranked the schools with the best job placement post graduation in order.

The top ten universities with the best job placement:

1. Virginia Military Institute — Virginia
2. Saint John’s University — Minnesota
3. Assumption College — Massachusetts
4. Hastings College — Nebraska
5. Wartburg College — Iowa
6. Saint Michael’s College — Vermont
7. Rhodes College — Tennessee
8. University of Mary — North Dakota
9. Susquehanna University — Pennsylvania
10. Illinois Wesleyan University — Illinois

For more information on each state’s job placement post graduation, visit Zippia.com.