The ranking by Zippia, a career services website, draws upon federal data in rating ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ among the top universities in the country for employment 10 years after they first enrolled.
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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has been . The career services website based its 2019 rankings on data from the federal government's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
The IPEDS data estimates that 94.5 percent of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ graduates were employed 10 years after they first enrolled.
The top North Carolina colleges for employment 10 years after enrollment (IPEDS data):
1. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ – 94.5%
2. Johnson C. Smith University – 93%
3. Wake Forest University – 92.7%
4. Duke University – 92.7%
This is the third year that Zippia has produced its "Best College in Each State For Getting a Job" ranking. According to the company, "while you’d hope that every college education nets you the opportunity to play for a team in the working world, the fact of the matter is that the college you went to has a big impact on your chances of getting a job. Some colleges offer majors and internships that help you fit right into a job after graduating, while others leave you in a jarring state of “what’s next."
A survey of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's Class of 2018 found that nine months after graduation, 94 percent were employed, in graduate school, completing a fellowship or working for a service organization. Among the Class of 2018, 89 percent had completed an internship during their time at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, and 67 percent participated in internships that led to job offers.