When it comes to post-graduation plans, many seniors must choose whether to leave North Carolina or to stay.
Almost 50 percent of students will leave the state after graduation, according to a new report by Career Services that will be released later this month.
Ray Angle, director of University Career Services, said there might be a public concern that the state does not get a solid return on its investment in the public university system.
“Across the state there is always the concern that we are losing our intelligent people out-of-state and we are training them here,” Angle said.
Ian Lee, a graduate of the class of 2012 and a former member of The Daily Tar Heel’s editorial board, initially worked in Research Triangle Park, but later decided to take a job at a cyber-security start-up in Massachusetts.
Lee said he believes it is important for students to be happy where they are.
“UNC’s primary focus has to be on students first, the state second,” Lee said.
The decision to keep people in-state boils down to what the state has to offer, Angle said.