Despite the number of physicians practicing in Nebraska rising from 3,950 in 2017 to 4,271 in 2023, those individuals are becoming increasingly concentrated in metropolitan areas of the state.
Thousands of college graduates throughout the great plains left their states according to an American Community Survey for the U.S. Census Bureau. This migration of people with higher education degrees
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“Brain drain,” the migration of people with a higher education degree, remains an issue in most of the Midwest and Great Plains. Recent U.S. Census data shows many states are losing some of their most educated residents.