Credential Completions vs. Local Labor Demand
Education, health, and business graduate large classes relative to mapped Utah jobs — ratios counselors can pair with program ROI.
Counselors advising on high-demand fields need more than pay tables. Utah's credential–labor alignment shows education graduates at 194 per 1,000 mapped jobs, health at 162, and business at 57 — steep ratios do not mean students should avoid a field, but they flag where local competition may matter.
- Ratio = Utah completions ÷ mapped BLS employment — not unemployment forecasts.
- Pair with Program ROI for pay and debt by major.
- Full analysis: Credential–labor brief.
Source: Pathways & Outcomes analysis · IPEDS · BLS OEWS Utah
Education produces the steepest graduates-per-job ratio in mapped fields — not a placement rate.
| Field | Graduates (2024) | Related jobs | Per 1k jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 19,184 | 98,960 | 194 |
| Health professions | 26,015 | 160,770 | 162 |
| Business | 22,242 | 387,340 | 57 |
What this means for you
- Use graduates-per-job as a conversation frame, not a ranking of which majors to avoid.
- Education (194/1k) and health (162/1k) graduate large classes relative to mapped Utah jobs.
- See P-9 for policymaker framing.
Updated 2026-06-29. Sources: IPEDS 2023–24 · BLS OEWS Utah. Backlog C-10 · counselors.
Pathways & Outcomes original analysis; cite the report and link to the primary URL. Data vintage: IPEDS 2023–24 · BLS OEWS Utah.
APA: Pathways and Outcomes. (2026). Credential Completions vs. Local Labor Demand. https://pathwaysandoutcomes.org/utah/research/credential-completions-vs-local-labor-demand/
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