Data set from Graduate labour market statistics

Graduate Employment Rates by Degree Class

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Published 29 June 2023

Last updated 29 June 2023

Graduate employment rates by degree class in 2022

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Data set details

• Theme: Higher education
• Publication: Graduate labour market statistics
• Release: Calendar year 2022
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Employment Rate Accuracy
  • Graduate Employment Rate
  • Graduate High-Skilled Employment Rate
• Filters:
  • Degree class
  • Graduate Age Group
• Time period: 2022

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	graduate_group	graduate_characteristic	Degree_class	Employment_rate	High_skill_emp_rate	Unemployment_rate	Inactivity_rate	employ_accuracy_flag	hse_accuracy_flag	unemploy_accuracy_flag	Inactive_accuracy_flag
2022	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Graduates 16-64	Degree class	First	88.6	69.1	2.3	9.3			**
2022	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Graduates 16-64	Degree class	Lower Second 2:2	86.3	64.1	2.4	11.6			**
2022	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Graduates 16-64	Degree class	Third	84.7	56.7	4.6	11.2			**	**
2022	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Graduates 16-64	Degree class	Upper Second 2:1	88.5	68.6	2.3	9.4
2022	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Graduates 21-30	Degree class	First	88.3	64.7	3.1	9			**	**

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 10 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Degree_class	Degree class - Select the Degree Class you are interested in
employ_accuracy_flag	Employment Rate Accuracy
Employment_rate	Graduate Employment Rate
graduate_group	Graduate Age Group - Select the Graduate Age Group you are interested in
High_skill_emp_rate	Graduate High-Skilled Employment Rate

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Footnotes

1. The graduate group does not include postgraduates.
2. Where no figure is shown, the data has been suppressed due to sample size.
3. Some figures have been calculated using small sample sizes and therefore should be interpreted with caution due to uncertainty. Please check corresponding CSV data downloads for information on which groups are affected.

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