Geographical Placements - 2002

As shown in Table 14, approximately 50% of the full-time jobs held by the 2001-2002 graduates were located in South Carolina.
Table 14
Geographical Placements

Frequency Percent
South Carolina       91     49.8
Southeast - Outside South Carolina       26     14.2
United States - Outside Southeast        31     16.9
Unknown             35     19.1
Total     183   100.0
Most South Carolina graduates tend to accept full-time employment in their home state.  Of the 99 South Carolina respondents,  66.7% began work in South Carolina after graduation.  Of the out of state respondents, 35.8% remained in South Carolina after graduation (See Table 15).

Table 15
Geographical Placements by State Residence


Area of Employment  Out of State South Carolina Resident
South Carolina     35.82                66.67
Southeast - Outside South Carolina     22.39                11.11
United States - Outside Southeast      29.85                   9.09 
Unknown      11.94                 13.13 
Total   100.00
  N = 67		              100.00
             N = 99

Of the 147 respondents who were employed full-time and declared the location of their current job, approximately 52% work in 6 cities (N=76).  Charleston has the highest concentration of graduates (N=49), followed by North Charleston (N=8) and Mount Pleasant (N=6).  For a list of cities with at least 4 graduates see Table 16.  Appendix A and Appendix B provide complete lists of cities and states where graduates are currently employed.

Table 16
Geographical Placements by Selected Cities


City  Number
Charleston, SC     49
Charlotte, NC       4
Columbia, SC       5
Greenville, SC       4
Mount Pleasant, SC       6
North Charleston, SC       8

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