The Capital Region’s output of STEM and health-related degrees remained steady in 2024, even as its higher education institution landscape underwent significant changes, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG). In 2024, 17 traditional colleges1 and universities in the eight-county region awarded 3,396 STEM degrees,2 down 0.8 percent
As Capital Region students prepare to graduate this spring, those receiving degrees from local community colleges are increasingly getting jobs at manufacturers. In fact, among the state’s 10 economic development regions, community colleges in the Capital Region over the past decade saw the largest increase in graduates working in
Capital Region colleges and universities awarded their most advanced degrees in four years, driven by strong gains in life sciences graduate degrees, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). In 2022, 13 Capital Region institutions awarded 4,447 advanced degrees
The Capital Region’s pace of STEM degree awards remained stable in 2022, but local colleges and universities’ total degree output continued to decline, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Total and STEM Degree Awards In 2022, the
Nursing students train at Maria College. As hospitals throughout the Capital Region face severe shortages of registered nurses and other personnel, local higher education institutions in 2021 awarded their greatest number of RN degrees in more than a decade and their overall output of degrees in health professions
The nursing, software-IT and engineering fields dominate the Capital Region’s list of STEM and health-related occupations with the most favorable long-term growth outlooks, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of new estimates from the New York State Department of Labor. Between 2018 and 2028, NYS DOL projects 158
The life sciences vitalized the Capital Region’s STEM talent pipeline during the pandemic. In 2020, the eight-county region’s traditional colleges and universities saw an 8.3 percent increase in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees1 – boosted by sizeable gains in biological and biomedical sciences degree awards at the University
The new Certified Manufacturing Associate (CMfgA) from SME — a nationally recognized certifying body in manufacturing — quickly prepares individuals for high-demand, entry-level manufacturing jobs. In SME’s latest blog, learn how educators and workforce organizations are using the CMfgA to prepare new workers and help local manufacturers: McHenry County
