What it measures
- Awards by level, from certificates to doctorates
- Awards by broad field of study
- The number of institutions granting awards in each state
What it does not measure
Most misreadings of labor data come from asking a dataset a question it was not built to answer. These are the limits worth holding onto.
- Whether graduates take jobs in their field or in the same state
- Demand for workers
Update cadence
Annual; provisional then final releases.
Occupation pages name the specific release behind each figure and when it was imported, so you can see how current a number is rather than assuming it is new. More on that on about the data.
How JobMarketHealth uses it
- Shown on every state labor-market page (50 states and DC) as structural talent-supply context, from a saved, validated copy of the official NCES release. It is labeled provisional until NCES publishes final data.
- State totals follow NCES methodology and include NCES-imputed values for nonresponding institutions; each state discloses its imputed share. No institution-level figures are shown.
- IPEDS is not used in Job Market Health scores or direction language.
Where it sits
This dataset is displayed as context on the pages described above and is not an input to the score. Read the methodology.
Official source
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics publishes Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System: Completions. JobMarketHealth organizes and derives from that public data and is not its publisher.
Related guides
- How to compare local job marketsOccupational data goes local through OEWS employment and concentration. Monthly demand data mostly does not, so local comparisons need care about what is being compared.
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