A study was conducted by the Iowa State Department of Education to gather follow-up data on former students who completed employment-preparation programs at one of the 15 community colleges in Iowa during 1984-85. Study findings, based on college data and responses from 1,091 of a sample of 3,676 program completers and 444 of 583 employers of former students, included the following: (1) the total number of completers of vocational programs statewide for the participating community colleges was 10,122; (2) 5,404 or 54.4% of the total were reported as currently employed; (3) of the currently employed completers, 4,879 (90.3%) were employed in an occupation related to their program of instruction, while only 525 (9.7%) were employed in an unrelated area; (4) 4,356 (81.6%) of the employed completers were currently employed in Iowa, while 18.4% were employed out of state; (5) the average weekly wage for completers employed in a field related to their program of instruction was $220.84 ($5.52 per hour); (6) 5.2% of the former students were pursuing additional education; 6.7% were not employed, but were actively seeking employment; and 1.6% were not in the labor market; (7) 74% of the respondents indicated that the vocational instruction they had received was of "some" to "major" importance in obtaining employment; and (8) over 80% of the employers of the program completers rated them as "good" or "very good" in terms of technical knowledge, work attitudes, and work quality. The bulk of the report consists of detailed data tables. Appendices include information on Iowa's Common Data System and sample survey instruments. (EJV)