Graduate Outcomes Survey

More than 80% of third-level graduates are in employment nine months after graduation, according to the latest Graduate Outcomes Survey conducted by the Higher Education Authority.

This survey is a nationally representative annual survey of graduates across the higher education system.

Graduates are surveyed nine months after graduation. For the Class of 2023, the survey was distributed in Spring/Summer 2024.

Overall, 80.2% of graduates are in employment nine months after graduation. Employment is highest for Education graduates (90.3%) and lowest for Arts & Humanities graduates (64.5%).

This is down from 83% for the Class of 2022 and 81.9% for the Class of 2021.

The new research found that Technological Universities generally have higher employment rates than Universities as more of their graduates tend to go directly into employment rather than pursue further study.

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