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Higher Education Graduates and Graduate Destinations 2005-06

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Table 1: Graduates from higher education courses in Scotland by institution type: 1999-00 to 2005-06

All Graduates

Graduates from Higher Education Institutions

Graduates from Further Education Colleges

1999-00

68,385

42,310

26,080

2000-01

65,065

41,730

23,335

2001-02

63,430

44,105

19,325

2002-03

63,670

44,350

19,320

2003-04

65,720

45,565

20,160

2004-05

69,885

50,650

19,235

2005-06

74,515

52,345

22,165

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency ( HESA), Scottish Funding Council ( SFC).

In this table, all numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. Numbers may not sum to totals exactly due to rounding.

Graduates from the Open University in Scotland are not included in these tables. Refer to table 7 for Open University figures.

Bell College and the 8 UHIMI partner colleges became HEIs in 2001/02. In 2001/02 there were 1,666 higher education graduates from these 2 HEIs.

Since 2002-03 changes have been made to the method of data collection by the SFC, please refer to notes 3 and 4 in Notes to News Editors on page 18.

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