Graduate Opportunity Index - Best Markets for New College Grads

[Matthew Schroeder]

An interesting article/research from Trulia & LinkedIn highlighting the best markets for new college grads in 2016.  It is called the Graduate Opportunity Index, and it is based on a mix of employment opportunity, housing affordability and percentage of new college graduates.  

Top markets include:

#1 Pittsburgh, #2 Indianapolis, #3 Kansas City, #4 Minneapolis, #5 Columbus, OH. 

Here is a link to the full article:  Graduate Opportunity Index - 2016

Articles/Rankings like this usually garner heated debate, so ... thoughts?

[Dallas Martin]

I've been living in Pittsburgh for 11 years now and can confirm that it has a solid job market.  The tech industry has replaced most of the old vanguard steel makers and manufacturing companies, although some of them are still around.  There are many startups here due in part to the universities such as Pitt and CMU.  And with big names such as Google and Uber moving in within the last decade, it really draws in the crowds.