Graduate outcomes
Graduate outcomes
Graduate outcomes - data from 2018/2019 graduates
Earnings
- 83% of the 3,107 UK-based Leeds graduates in employment were in professional or managerial level roles, down 0.1% since the year before.
- 7.19% earned less than £18, 30.47% earned between £18,000 - £24,000
- 33.49% earned between £24,000 - £30,000
- 19.98% earned between £30,000 - £39,000
- 5.52% earned between £39,000 - £48,000
- 3.34% earned over £48,000
Destinations
5.2% of Leeds graduates eligible for work were unemployed, up 1.2% on the year before.
Of all graduates:
- 71.04% were working
- 10.07% were both working and studying
- 8.45% were only studying
- 4.13% were doing other things
- 1.43% were due to start a new role or course
- 4.87% were unemployed
Graduate voice
- 85% of Leeds graduates agree or strongly agree that what they are doing is meaningful, up 0.6% on the year before
- 78.7% of Leeds graduates agree or strongly agree that what they are doing is in line with their future plans, down 1.1% on the year before
- 68.9% of Leeds graduates agree or strongly agree that they are using the skills learned during their studies, down 0.7% on the year before
Further study
18.5% of Leeds graduates went on to do further study, down 1.3% on the year before
Of those:
- 30.68% were doing Research Postgraduate courses
- 41.53% were doing Taught Postgraduate courses
- 11.87% were doing Postgraduate diplomas or certificates
- 7.24% were doing a professional qualification
- 2.75% were doing a further undergraduate degree
- 0.72% were doing other diploma or certificates
- 2.46% were doing other qualifications
- 2.75% were doing no formal qualification