Third year in a row: Employment rate for Stout grads hits 97.4 percent
14 Apr 2017
For the third year in a row, an increased number of University of Wisconsin-Stout graduates were working within six months of leaving campus, Chancellor Bob Meyer announced Tuesday, March 7, at a celebration of two historic developments in the university’s recent past.
Meyer announced that 97.4 percent of the 2015-16 graduates were working or continuing their education within six months of receiving their diplomas, compared with the 2014-15 employment rate of 97.3 percent. The 2013-14 rate was 97.1 percent and the 2012-13 rate 97 percent.
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