Schools with the Highest Employment Rates in 2011
NerdWallet's college and career study found the average rate of employment after graduation to be 50% across all schools. This list highlights the best of the best - programs with an employment rate of over 80%.
| School | Employment Rate |
| 1)University of Massachusetts-Amherst School of Nursing | 92% |
| 2)Georgetown University McDonough School of Business | 89% |
| 3)Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business | 87% |
| 4)Boston College Connell School of Nursing | 86% |
| 5)Boston College Carroll School of Management | 86% |
| 6)University of Pennsylvania Wharton School | 85% |
| 7)Pennsylvania State University College of Information Sciences & Technology | 85% |
| 8)University of Arizona | 84% |
| 9)Iowa State University College of Design | 83% |
| 10)Purdue University College of Technology | 83% |
| 11)North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy, Nursing & Allied Sciences | 83% |
| 12)University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business | 82% |
| 13)Pennsylvania State University School of Nursing | 81% |
| 14)Iowa State University College of Business | 81% |
| 15)University of Massachusetts-Amherst Isenberg School of Management | 80% |
| 16)Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science | 80% |
Sources:
- http://www.umass.edu/oapa/reports/senior_survey/senior_survey.pdf
- http://careerweb.georgetown.edu/explore/seniorsurvey/Classof2011/283557.html
- http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/offices/irpa/pdf/heoa/post-grad_plans_survey_2011.pdf
- http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/WHA_2011cp.pdf
- http://studentaffairs.psu.edu/career/postgrad.shtml
- https://students.asu.edu/career/gradstats
- http://www.career.iastate.edu/files/2012/03/2010-2011-Post-Graduation-Placement-Statistics.pdf
- https://www.cco.purdue.edu/Common/PostGradSummaryMay11.pdf
- http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/career/2011annualreport.pdf
- http://careercenter.nd.edu/assets/69296/2011_future_plans_final.pdf
- http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/Students/gps1/explore/survey/pdf/scs.pdf
