Spanberger says Virginia is losing nearly half its college graduates. Here’s who they are

Date:

February 19, 2026

Within five years of graduation, 50.6% are still in Virginia, but 49.3% are gone.

These numbers matter for two reasons, both of them economic:

This is talent that is leaving the state. Just as sports fans fret about a college athlete who enters the transfer portal, we ought to worry about lots of our college graduates entering the economic equivalent.

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Spanberger says Virginia is losing nearly half its college graduates. Here’s who they are

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