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

The best college in each state for getting a job in 2018 The best college in each state for getting a job in 2018 As the unemployment rate  continues to shrink to figures not seen for nearly half a century, it’s 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 we’d 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, here’s the best of the best: Pennsylvania â€" Lebanon Valley College Rhode Island â€" Salve Regina University Ohio â€" Ohio Northern University Oregon â€" Oregon Health Science University New York â€" Hobart and William Smith Colleges South Dakota â€" University of Sioux Falls Wisconsin â€" University of Wisconsin â€" Platteville Massachusetts â€" Endicott College Nebraska â€" Nebraska Wesleyan University Connecticut â€" Quinnipiac University Using the  Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)  and  Department 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 state’s 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, that’s it! Now, onto the list.1. PENNSYLVANIA College: Lebanon Valley College City: Annville Placement Rate: 96.185% LVC tops the rankings as the best college in the United States for finding a job. With 40+ majors and just a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio, career guidance is a big deal at LVC, and it shows with their ranking. 2. RHODE ISLAND College: Salve Regina University City: Newport Placement Rate: 95.896% Besides its campus emitting images of Hogwarts, Salve Regina University’s second best quality is getting its graduates jobs. The school keeps growing, as it just graduated its largest class ever. 3. OHIO College: Ohio Northern University City: Ada Placement Rate: 95.527% ONU consistently beats the placement rate national average for its graduates. 4. OREGON College: Oregon Health Science University City: Portland Placement Rate: 95.509% It isn’t 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 YORK College: Hobart and William Smith Colleges City: Geneva Placement Rate: 95.447% Another college with a picturesque campus, Hobart and William Smith Colleges is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. Many of their students take advantage of their reputed study abroad programs, as well. 6. SOUTH DAKOTA College: University of Sioux Falls City: Sioux Falls Placement 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. WISCONSIN College: University of Wisconsin â€" Platteville City: Platteville Placement 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. MASSACHUSETTS College: Endicott College City: Beverly Placement Rate: 95.309% Alright, we’re 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 aren’t the only reason to attend Endicott. 9. NEBRASKA College: Nebraska Wesleyan University City: Lincoln Placement Rate: 95.217% NWU is a private, coeducational university in the state’s capital. Bringing some shine the college is the fact that it is among the nation’s leaders in Fulbright scholars. 10. CONNECTICUT College: Quinnipiac University City: Hamden Placement Rate: 95.172% If you start at Quinnipiac, you aren’t likely to leave â€" 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 states:This article first appeared on Zippia.