Estimating the Graduate Coverage of Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
Estimating the Graduate Coverage of Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
Working Paper Number: CES-25-61
Abstract
This paper proposes a new methodology for estimating the coverage rate of the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes data product (PSEO), both as a share of new graduates and as a share of total working-age degree holders in the United States. This paper also assesses how representative PSEO is of the broader population of college graduates across an array of institutional and individual characteristics.
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