Columbia ranked tenth on CoworkingCafe's recent list of " Top Small U.S. Cities for Starting a Career After College 2025." Several other Missouri cities made similar lists based on population size.

Unemployment is rising among recent college grads as employers turn to artificial intelligence to handle entry-level work.

Researchers are offering a tip to college graduates entering "one of the toughest markets for entry-level jobs in years," per the Wall Street Journal: The most promising locations aren't America's ...

A look at the current job market for recent college graduates isn’t exactly reassuring. Unemployment for degree-holders age 22 to 27 is almost 6%, the highest it’s been since the pandemic.

In 2025, the job-finding rate for college grads is just 0.9 percentage points higher than for non-degree holders, Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius found.