State is retaining more college graduates than anytime in past 50 years, surveys show.

Coordinators of a program that aims to keep Oklahoma college graduates working in the state are reporting success.

You've seen them - around the Chesapeake campus, walking through downtown, moving into the house just down the street. They're young professionals, people in their mid-20s to mid-30s, who've chosen to build their lives in Oklahoma. And their numbers are growing.

The greater grads program played a major part in me deciding to stay in Oklahoma City for my MBA and to jump start my career.