Greater City Chamber Region

OKLAHOMA can provide an educated labor force and continuous business support through collaborative partnerships.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGES 2015-16 From 2012-16 Prepared to provide AND UNIVERSITIES Students the region with 141,502 3% an educated and 1 trained labor force to 2 support its business 4 Graduates functions and needs. 23,908 2 8 th Oklahoma's national rank in STEM job Research Universities TOP MAJORS OF STUDY 16 growth (2016) Regional Universities Liberal Arts 5 Community Colleges #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Business Health Arts and Engineering Education Private Professions Sciences

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN GRADUATES* A TALENT PIPELINE OF EDUCATED EMPLOYEES Over Five-Year Period All Degree Levels 42% 34% 23% 12% 9%

Past Past Future Arts and Engineering Computer and Biological and Homeland 5 years Future 5 years 5 years Sciences Information Biomedical Security and 344,365 5 years 110,509 113,824 Science Sciences Protective Current 344,709 Current Services year year *More than 500 graduates 141,502 23,908

OKLAHOMA GRADUATES EMPLOYED IN-STATE ONE-YEAR AFTER GRADUATION 2012-13 Graduates* 76% 81% 77% All Associate Bachelor's Graduates Degree Degree *Latest data available

Business Support Career Services Community Customized Services Services Training Small Business Career fairs CRC Assessment Sites Continuing education Development Centers Career service centers ESL (on site) Customized corporate Incubators and training Research Parks Internship placement Meeting facilities Job search training Veteran assistance Professional or technical Business Plan Development certificates Online job banks Centers of Excellence Business Forum Workforce training Business Counseling Résumé writing Government Contract Training Greater Chamber Region

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE TALENT DEVELOPMENT Aviation Sciences Aerospace Air traffic control Deaf education Aviation logistics Forensic sciences Aviation management Funeral services Flight training simulators Information assurance Mechanical and Aerospace Rehabilitation counseling Engineering Sign language Thermodynamics Forensics and Applied Technology Crime lab Digital forensics Forensic chemistry COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS American Fidelity Assurance Co. Mission to Mars Central Electric Cooperative Chemistry Chesapeake Energy Corp. Microbiology Dell Inc. Physics Emergency Medical Services Authority Fairview's Best National Weather Center HSI Sensing, Hermetic Switch Inc. Climatologists KiZE Concepts Engineers Lopez Foods Inc. Meteorologists Mercy Health Network Clinical research through the National Cancer Microsoft Corp. Institute Oklahoma ONE Gas, Inc. ONEOK Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Savannah Station Therapeutic Riding Temtrol The Chickasaw Nation The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tinker Air Force Base United States Fab Lab

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