Each year, the Ohio Board of Regents requests all 46 state-assisted college and university campuses offering technical associate degree programs to provide information on degrees awarded by program and to survey recent graduates concerning their employment status and the relationship between their job and their field of study. Between summer 1986 and spring 1987, the colleges awarded 12,221 technical associate degrees in business, engineering and industrial technology, health technologies, agriculture and natural resources, and public services. The colleges were requested to survey their graduates two months after graduation, and to conduct follow-up surveys of non-respondents as necessary. Study findings, based on a statewide response rate of 84.9%, included the following: (1) community colleges accounted for 33.3% of the total degrees awarded, technical colleges for 39.2%, and urban technical centers for 17.2%; (2) 41.3% of the degrees were awarded to business majors, 20.7% to engineering technologies graduates, 27.3% to health technologies graduates, 3.1% to agriculture and natural resources majors, and 7.6% to public services graduates; (3) of the 10,381 respondents, 9.9% were continuing their education and were unavailable for employment; (4) of the 9,070 graduates who entered the labor market upon graduation, 94.3% found employment and 82.1% found jobs related to their training; and (5) the placement rate for agriculture and natural resources graduates increased from 90.9% in 1986 to 93.4% in 1987. The study report analyzes placement findings by program. (AYC)