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18 Doing Business in Connecticut | 2017 SPONSORED REPORT Connecticut's Talent: One of Our Most Abundant Resources C onnecticut is home to one of the most highly skilled and highly productive workforces in America — at every level of employment and across every sector of the economy. Better still, the state is commit- ted to helping organizations develop their employees — as demonstrated by an array of impressive workforce training initiatives. The statistics tell the story. According to 2015 U.S. Census Bureau data, Connecticut ranks: • #3 in the country for the percentage of employees with advanced degrees • #5 in the country for labor productivity Science and engineering talent is particularly abundant in Connecti- cut. Not only do we have a significant number of high-tech workers, but Con- necticut's concentration of employees with science and engineering doctorate degrees is almost 30 percent higher than the national average. (Source: National Science Foundation, 2016; calculations by CERC.) Highly qualified employees also abound in the insurance and financial services fields. In fact, according to the 2015 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Connecticut had almost double the insurance employees per capita than the national average. A robust pipeline of talent Contributing to the strength of this workforce are the many leading educational institutions across the state. Currently, there are more than a quarter of a million students attend- ing 40 public and private institutions of higher learning in Connecticut. In the 2016 Best Colleges ranking from U.S. News and World Report: • Yale ranked as the third-ranked university in the country • UConn ranked among the top 20 public universities in the United States • United States Coast Guard Academy (in New London) ranked as the #1 regional college in the North Connecticut's next generation of highly skilled workers prepare for rewarding careers in the state's booming advanced manufacturing sector. Both students and companies alike benefit from Connecticut's array of certificate and degree programs as well as its support of hands-on pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships. Photo Credit: Asnuntuck Community College