High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, May 16, 2008
Higher Education Graduates from HEIs and FECs
In 2005/06 58% of graduates from Scottish institutions were female and 42% male. Of the 74,515 graduates, 40% obtained a first degree, 37% obtained a sub degree and 23% obtained a postgraduate qualification. , a rise of over 6.6% 4,630 graduates on 2004/05 (which showed similar increases on 2003-04) - compared to 1999-00 the increase is 9.9%. In 2005/06, 74,515 students successfully completed a higher education course in Scotland
The number of graduates from the rest of theThe number of graduates of Scottish origin has risen by 3,125 to 55,640 since last year (an increase of 6%) to a similar level as in 1999-00 (55,475), the number of foreign graduates increased by 15% on last year to 12,725 - almost double the number since 1999-00.UK dropped by 4% on 2004-05.
Over half of graduates from full-time courses, 57%, had obtained permanent or temporary employment in the UK 6 months after graduating (a rise of 1 percentage point since 2004-05 and 3 percentage points since 2003-04), representing 81% of postgraduates 62% of first degree and 37% of sub-degree graduates, with a further 3% obtaining employment overseas. 29% of responding graduates continued in study/training. Unemployment among graduates remains stable at 5%.
For all levels of study women were slightly more likely than men to be in employment, while men were slightly more likely to be in further study/training. 54% of sub-degree level graduates pursued further study/training.
The majority of graduates (64%) in permanent UK employment at the time of the survey were working as associate professional or technical staff or as professionals (this incorporates 85% of postgraduate and 64% of first degree graduates) sub-degree level graduates were mostly working as associate professionals or technical staff (42%). 11% of sub-degree level graduates were employed as managers compared to 9% of first degree and 7% of postgraduate graduates.
Postgraduates were mainly working in finance and business services 47% and first degree and sub-degree level graduates mainly worked in health, social and community work sectors (34% and 29% respectively).
90% of graduates of Scottish origin who were in permanent employment at the time of the survey were employed in Scotland . 41% of Scottish graduates in the rest of the UK gained permanent employment in Scotland (as did 23% of EU domiciled graduates). 6% of Scottish graduates gained employment in the rest of the UK and 3% overseas.
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
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