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Graduation Retention Rates
Percent of graduates from SWFL post-secondary institutes that work in SWFL Since 2000
Region average
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Construction Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Educational Services Accommodation and Food Services Retail Trade Health Care and Social Assistance Unclassified Public Administration Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Professional and Technical Services Other Services, Except Public Administration Finance and Insurance Administrative and Waste Services Wholesale Trade Information Transportation and Warehousing Manufacturing Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction Utilities Management of Companies and Enterprises
19.7% 52.3% 52.1% 49.0% 46.6% 45.3% 42.7% 42.4% 41.9% 41.3% 41.2% 39.6% 38.4% 37.9% 36.1% 33.1% 32.6% 29.7% 28.8% 28.1% 25.3%
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An estimate the retention rates for SWFL graduates is provided by Economic Modeling Systems International (EMSI). This proxy is obtained by analyzing reported information through online employment profiles such as LinkedIn and Indeed, and dates back to 2000. The current report breaks the analysis down by providing retention rates by industry. Of the 89,701 SWFL graduates found online, 37,472 of them were employed in Southwest Florida, giving the region a graduation retention rate of 41.8 percent. The real estate and rental and leasing industry has done the best job at keeping Southwest Florida graduates employed locally, with 52.3 percent of graduates employed in the industry working in the region. Construction was close behind the real estate and rental and leasing industry, with a graduation retention rate of 52.1 percent, followed by the arts, entertainment and recreation industry (49 percent). Forty-nine percent of SWFL graduates that worked in the educational services industry were employed in region, as were 45.3 percent of employees in the accommodation and food services industry.
Table 2-24: Graduation Retention Rates
Graduates from SWFL post-secondary institutes that work in SWFL since 2000 By Industry
Industry Graduated in SWFL Graduated and employed in SWFL Retention Rate
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction Construction Manufacturing Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation and Warehousing Utilities 279 121 3,712 4,910 2,055 8,850 1,507 281
Information 2,380
Finance and Insurance Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Professional and Technical Services Management of Companies and Enterprises Administrative and Waste Services Educational Services Health Care and Social Assistance 4,454 3,190 8,317 137 5,530 5,370 9,571
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 1,704
Accommodation and Food Services
4,775 Other Services, Except Public Administration 3,256 Public Administration 3,100
Unclassified 809
Unknown 15,393 115 34 1,934 1,412 680 3,778 447 71 777 1,690 1,669 3,291 27 1,998 2,500 4,058 835 2,165 1,249 1,279 339 7,124
Total, all industries
Source: EMSI
89,701 37,472
41.2% 28.1% 52.1% 28.8% 33.1% 42.7% 29.7% 25.3% 32.6% 37.9% 52.3% 39.6% 19.7% 36.1% 46.6% 42.4% 49.0% 45.3% 38.4% 41.3% 41.9% 46.3% 41.8%
