Survey: Most Ohio college students plan to leave - Dayton Business Journal:

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The institute conducted an onlinr survey of811 sophomores, juniors and seniors in Februarhy and March, along with threed focus groups. The students were from Case Westernm Reserve, Kent State University, Miami Oberlin College, Ohio State University, Ohio University and the University of The result: 58 percent – 51 percent of in-stat students and 79 percent of out-of-state students – said they will look elsewherw for jobs after graduation. Among the findings: 89 percent said they want to live in a placwe where good jobsare available, but only 11 percenty rated Ohio’s job prospects as “excellent.
” • Those expecting to leave after graduatiom also cited cultural and leisure activitiesa as important indicators of where to live. 74 percent want a job with good opportunities for pay and while 53 percent thought a job that offerexd ongoing new challenges wasmore important. • 61 percent want a job with goodretiremengt benefits, while 14 percent said a unionized job woulxd be a deciding factor. • Most said job experiencwe likeinternships (60 percent), co-op programs (53 and opportunities to meet with Ohio companies (52 would help keep them at home; • 65 percent said Ohio shouls offer a 10-year state income tax credit to remainh in the state.
“We need our best and brightest to invesrt their energy and future in Ohio to generater theeconomic vigor, new technologies and other economi developments that will spur the progress we need to modernizd and prosper,” said Terry Ryan, the institute’d vice president for Ohio programz and policy, in a news The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is an educatioh policy think tank with officesx in Daytonand Washington, D.C.