re: People continued to flee Louisiana in 2022

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I might be over-thinking it (especially for a Friday afternoon), but my concern (and the reason I’m torn on it) is that it makes the calculation of whether it’s worth it from the student’s perspective difficult at best and probably impossible.

If staying in LA slows/delays your career progression compared to moving to an area that’s better for your major, that could mean foregoing hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation over the course of your career…even if the difference in entry level comp is only a few thousand.

Additionally, even if you keep a graduate instate for five years, is that even enough to make it worthwhile from the state’s perspective if most of those grads end up leaving after that anyway? I’d think it’s still probably a net loss for the state.

It’s a tough problem. Just don’t know how LA can fix it without potentially introducing more problems.