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Providing prior meaningful in-state employment opps is crucial for retaining talent in Nebraska. Earnings thresholds to achieve at least a 50% chance of talent retention are $400 for in-state & $7,800 for OOS 2-year students, & $400 for in-state & $17,500...

Working in #Nebraska during college increases talent retention rates for both in-state and out-of-state, two-year and four-year college graduates. Learn more about talent retention in Nebraska: https://insights.nswers.org/briefs/nswers-talent-retention-brief-2024.pdf

Nebraska in-state college grads generally have talent retention rates above 75%. Out-of-state grads tend to have talent retention rates below 45% which emphasizes the potential workforce gains Nebraska could make by improving talent retention rates for out-of-state...

Two high-priority degree areas in Nebraska, STEM (50%) & Agriculture (59%), have college graduates with the lowest talent retention rates. In contrast, the high-priority field of Manufacturing has the highest rate (79%). Differences may be due to Nebraska’s labor...

The talent retention rate for 4-year college grads is 78% for in-state & 38% for out-of-state. To grow an additional 100 college-educated workers, #Nebraska 4-year public colleges would need to graduate an add. 130 in-state grads or an add. 265 out-of-state grads....

The talent retention rate for 2-year college grads is 84% for in-state & 37% for out-of-state. To grow an additional 100 college-educated workers, #Nebraska 2-year public colleges would need to graduate an add. 120 in-state grads or an add. 275 out-of-state grads....