The University of Michigan has long supported communities across the state through economic partnerships, educational initiatives and world-class health care.
But new alumni data from Steppingblocks shows the university is also helping prepare students for many of Michigan’s most in-demand, high-wage jobs, adding talent in fields that directly support businesses, hospitals, state infrastructure and communities statewide.
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Of the nearly 700,000 living U-M alumni, 42% live in Michigan, according to U-M’s Government Relations. That number is even higher for recent graduates, with two-thirds of U-M alumni who graduated in the last five years living in-state.
According to recent Steppingblocks alumni career data, nearly 200,000 of those U-M alumni are currently employed in Michigan, with a significant number working in the 50 “hot jobs” recently identified by the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics as the most in-demand, high-wage careers through 2032.
Most of the positions on the state’s new “Hot 50 Jobs” list require a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral/professional degree. U-M offers degrees directly tied to 36 of them, and its graduates work across all 50.
“States grow or stall based on whether they can meet their workforce needs,” said Laurie McCauley, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. “Michigan’s ability to staff its hospitals, grow its industries, and maintain its infrastructure depends on a steady flow of highly trained people. When our graduates stay in Michigan and move into these high-demand roles, they expand what the state is able to build, deliver and sustain.”
The university’s most visible contributions to Michigan’s hot jobs are in health care, information technology, engineering, and business and management.
U-M’s impact on Michigan’s workforce, by the numbers
Using alumni data from U-M’s Class of 2015, this snapshot shows how the university is helping supply talent for many of the state’s fastest-growing, most in-demand jobs.
Source: Steppingblocks. Percentages reflect the share of U-M’s Class of 2015 graduates working in hot jobs who are employed in Michigan.
