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Now What?: Life After College for Recent Graduates

Published Sep 1997
ihep
focus area Evidence-Based Completion

Report offering an extensive view of the transition from college, examining three key aspects of life after college: employment, education, and lifestyles

Since 1992, nearly seven million students have completed at least a bachelor’s degree in the U.S. system of higher education. For many of these graduates, life after college has meant success and achievement on both a personal and professional level. For others, it has meant challenges and struggles to “find their way” in the world after college. This report offers an extensive view of the transition from college, examining three key aspects of life after college: employment, education, and lifestyles.