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Tax year 2021-22
LEO Graduate outcomes provider level data
Data guidance
Published
Description
Underlying data files for the tables and charts in the LEO Graduate Outcomes provider level data publication.
Coverage
Employment and earnings outcomes for graduates of English Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), one, three, and five years after graduation (YAG), 2015/16 to 2021/22 tax year.
File formats and conventions
Format
Files are Comma Separated Value (CSV)
Conventions
Earnings figures are rounded to the nearest £100
Employment outcome percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%
c = data has been supressed due to small numbers. z = there is no result (N/A)
Data files
All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.
Employment outcomes and earnings by subject
Filename
outcomes_earnings_subject_2122ees.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2021-22
Content
Description
Graduates' earnings and employment outcomes by subject area studied. This is the underlying data for the "Earnings by subject area studied" and "Employment outcomes by subject area studied" sections of the LEO graduate outcomes provider level data publication.
Coverage
UK domiciled first degree graduates from all HE providers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) with earnings data five years later in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Earnings are from the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation in 2016.
File formats and conventions
Format: Comma separated values.
Convention
Earnings are rounded to the nearest £100.
Employment outcomes are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
earnings_diff
Difference between maximum and minimum provider earnings
earnings_LQ
Lower quartile provider earnings
earnings_max
Maximum provider earnings
earnings_median
Median provider earnings
earnings_min
Minimum provider earnings
earnings_UQ
Upper quartile provider earnings
outcomes_diff
Difference between maximum and minimum %s of graduates from a provider in sustained employment, further study or both
outcomes_LQ
Lower quartile % graduates from provider in sustained employment, further study or both
outcomes_max
Maximum % graduates from provider in sustained employment, further study or both
outcomes_median
Median % graduates from provider in sustained employment, further study or both
outcomes_min
Minimum % graduates from provider in sustained employment, further study or both
outcomes_UQ
Upper quartile % graduates from provider in sustained employment, further study or both
providers_earnings
Number of HE providers included for earnings
providers_outcomes
Number of HE providers included for outcomes
subject_name
Subject area studied - Filter by subject area studied
Footnotes
All percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%
For the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation (5 YAG) refers to those who graduated in 2016, at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
Earnings data five years after graduation broken down by subject area studied and prior attainment band
Coverage
UK domiciled first degree graduates from all HE providers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) with earnings data five years later in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Earnings are from the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation in 2016.
File formats and conventions
Format: Comma separated values (CSV).
Conventions
Earnings figures are rounded to the nearest £100.
Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
earnings_LQ
Lower quartile provider earnings
earnings_max
Maximum provider earnings
earnings_median
Median provider earnings
earnings_min
Minimum provider earnings
earnings_UQ
Upper quartile provider earnings
PA_band
Prior Attainment Band - Filter by prior attainment band
prop_in_PA_band
Proportion of providers in the prior attainment band
providers_include
Number of providers in prior attainment band
subject_name
Subject Name - Filter by name of subject
Footnotes
All percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%
For the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation (5 YAG) refers to those who graduated in 2016, at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
Table 3 and Figure 3 each show proportions of providers in each prior attainment band by subject studied. Table 3 additionally shows the numbers of providers.
Difference between earnings of male and female graduates by subject
Filename
earnings_by_subject_sex_2122ees.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2021-22
Content
Description
Differences in the median earnings of female and male graduates five years after graduation broken down by subject of graduation.
Coverage
UK domiciled first degree graduates from all HE providers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) with earnings data five years later in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Earnings are from the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation in 2016.
File formats and conventions
Format: Comma separated values (CSV).
Conventions: Percentages are rounded to 0.1%.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
num_equal_earn
Number of providers where female median earnings are equal to male median earnings
num_fem_gtrearn
Number of providers where female median earnings are higher than male median earnings
num_mal_gtrearn
Number of providers where female median earnings are lower than male median earnings
num_providers
Number of providers with earnings data for male and female graduates
pct_equal_earn
Proportion of included providers where female median earnings are equal to male median earnings
pct_equal_within5pct
Proportion of included providers where the difference was less than 5%
pct_fem_5to15pctgtr
Proportion of included providers where female median earnings were 5%-15% greater than male median earnings
pct_fem_gtrearn
Proportion of included providers where female median earnings are higher than male median earnings
pct_fem_over15pctgtr
Proportion of included providers where female median earnings were 15%+ greater than male median earnings
pct_mal_5to15pctgtr
Proportion of included providers where female median earnings were 5%-15% lower than male median earnings
pct_mal_gtrearn
Proportion of included providers where female median earnings are lower than male median earnings
pct_mal_over15pctgtr
Proportion of included providers where female median earnings were 15%+ lower than male median earnings
subject_name
Subject area of study - Filter by name of subject
Footnotes
All percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%
For the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation (5 YAG) refers to those who graduated in 2016, at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
Table 5 and Figure 5 each show proportions of providers with particular bandings of sex differences in earnings. Table 5 additionally shows the numbers of providers from which the proportions have been calculated.
Comparisons of earnings by subject between tax years
Filename
tax_year_comparison_2122ees.csv
Geographic levels
National
Time period
2021-22
Content
Description
Comparison in earnings five years after graduation between cohorts in two tax years, 2015-16 and 2021-22 broken down by subject area studied. This is the underlying data for the "Comparison of earnings between tax years" section of the publication.
Coverage
Earnings of all UK domiciled first degree graduates from HE providers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Earnings information is provided for all graduates living in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) during the 2021-22 tax year five years after graduation in 2016.
File formats and conventions
Format: Comma separated values (CSV)
Conventions: Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
num_providers_1516_2122
Number of providers with earnings data for 2015-16 and 2021-22 tax years
prop_10_20_pct_increase_1516_2122
Proportion of providers with 2021-22 median earnings 10% to 20% greater than 2015-16 median earnings
prop_20_plus_pct_increase_1516_2122
Proportion of providers with 2021-22 median earnings over 20% greater than 2015-16 median earnings
prop_5_10_pct_increase_1516_2122
Proportion of providers with 2021-22 median earnings 5% to 10% greater than 2015-16 median earnings
prop_5_plus_pct_decrease_1516_2122
Proportion of providers with 2021-22 median earnings more than 5% lower than 2015-16 median earnings
prop_within_5_pct_1516_2122
Proportion of providers with 2021-22 median earnings within 5% of the 2015-16median earnings
subject_name
Subject area studied - Filter by name of subject
Footnotes
All percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%
For the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation (5 YAG) refers to those who graduated in 2016, at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
Table 6 and Figure 6 each show proportions of providers with particular ranges of change in earnings between the two tax years. Table 6 additionally shows the numbers of providers from which the proportions are calculated.
This file provides earnings data five years after graduation broken down by the region graduates currently live in.
Coverage
Earnings of all UK domiciled first degree graduates from HE providers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Earnings information is provided for all graduates living in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) during the 2021-22 tax year five years after graduation in 2016.
File formats and conventions
Format: Comma Separated Values (CSV).
Conventions:
Earnings are rounded to the nearest £100.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
earnings_diff
Difference between maximum and minimum provider earnings
earnings_LQ
Lower quartile provider earnings
earnings_max
Maximum provider earnings
earnings_median
Median provider earnings
earnings_min
Minimum provider earnings
earnings_UQ
Upper quartile provider earnings
num_providers_included
Number of providers included for earnings
region_name_current
Region of domicile in current tax year (2021-22) - Filter by current region
Footnotes
For the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation (5 YAG) refers to those who graduated in 2016, at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
We made adjustments to raw median graduate earnings to compensate for two features of the data: (1) earnings differ between regions where graduates are currently living, and (2) the region of the HE provider is associated with where graduates live and earn money five years after graduation. This datafile summarises graduates' adjusted earnings by the region of the HE provider.
Coverage
Earnings of all UK domiciled first degree graduates from HE providers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Earnings information is provided for all graduates living in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) during the 2021-22 tax year five years after graduation in 2016.
File formats and conventions
Format: Comma separated values
Conventions: Earnings are rounded to the nearest £100.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
earnings_diff
Difference between maximum and minimum provider earnings
earnings_LQ
Lower quartile provider earnings
earnings_max
Maximum provider earnings
earnings_median
Median provider earnings
earnings_min
Minimum provider earnings
earnings_UQ
Upper quartile provider earnings
num_provider
Number of HE providers included for earnings
region_name_provider
Region of HE provider - Filter by HE provider region
Footnotes
For the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation (5 YAG) refers to those who graduated in 2016, at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
We made adjustments to raw median graduate earnings to compensate for two features of the data: (1) earnings differ between regions where graduates are currently living, and (2) the region of the HE provider is associated with where graduates live and earn money five years after graduation. This datafile provides comparisons of raw and adjusted earnings by the region of the HE provider.
Coverage
All UK domiciled first degree graduates from HE providers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and living five years later in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Median earnings are during the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation in 2016.
File formats and conventions
Format: Comma separated values (CSV).
Conventions: Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
Variable names and descriptions
Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:
Variable name
Variable description
decrease_5_10_pct
Proportion of included institutions where adjusted earnings are more than 5% to 10% lower than raw median earnings
decrease_over_10_pct
Proportion of included institutions where adjusted earnings are more than 10% lower than raw median earnings
increase_5_10_pct
Proportion of included institutions where adjusted earnings are more than 5% to 10% higher than raw median earnings
increase_over_10_pct
Proportion of included institutions where adjusted earnings are more than 10% higher than raw median earnings
num_providers
Number of providers included in the adjusted earnings calculation
region_name_provider
Region of HE provider - Filter by HE provider
within_5_pct
Proportion of included institutions where adjusted earnings are within 5% of raw median earnings
Footnotes
All percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%
For the 2021-22 tax year, five years after graduation (5 YAG) refers to those who graduated in 2016, at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
Table 7 and Figure 7 each show proportions of providers with particular levels of adjustment. Table 7 additionally shows the numbers of providers from which these proportions are calculated.