The U.S. Census Bureau has announced new data-sharing agreements with Brigham Young University-Idaho and the University of North Carolina System to expand its Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product. These partnerships will add information from 17 additional post-secondary institutions, raising the total coverage to 952 institutions across the country. The PSEO now includes approximately 35% of all college graduates in the United States.
The PSEO provides details about earnings and employment outcomes for college and university graduates, organized by degree level, major, institution, and state. This resource is used by students, parents, educational institutions, and workforce agencies to understand labor market results for graduates.
According to the Census Bureau, “The PSEO are made possible through data-sharing partnerships between universities, university systems, state departments of education, state labor market information offices, and the U.S. Census Bureau.” The agency explained that users can access this information by linking graduate transcript records to Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data using tools such as the PSEO Explorer tool, raw files, and the Census API.
Further details on this initiative are available on the PSEO data page.
