New York has been losing people to other states for a while. But something new happened during the pandemic: The people who left had higher incomes than those who stayed
Survey data collected for the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics in the 2017-2018 academic year showed that 59.1% of all undergraduates received federal grants, loans or both, with the share rising to 59.6% at four-year public colleges and universities and 64.2% at four-year private nonprofit ones.
All in all, it's looking like a new employment era for Americans without college degrees, which seems as if it could reshape the U.S. economy and society in lots of mostly positive ways.