Graduate outcomes by university and subject (LEO data) 2015/16: Scotland
This experimental statistics release presents employment and earnings outcomes for graduates of higher education five years after graduation.
This document is part of a collection
Gender
Figure 3 shows the annualised median earnings for graduates from Scottish Institutions and subject area five years after graduation split by gender. It shows that in most subjects, males have higher median earnings than females five years after graduation.
Median earnings can vary between subject and gender for various reasons. See 'Data Quality' for some of the issues to consider when looking at this data.
Figure 3: Comparison of distributions of annualised earnings of graduates* for each subject area five year after graduation (lower quartile, median and upper quartile), male and female, Scotland, 2015/16
* UK domiciled First degree qualifiers 2009-10
Table 1: Median annualised earnings of graduates* by subject studied and gender five years after graduation, 2015/16
| Subject | Median earnings 2009-10 cohort | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Scotland | |
| Medicine & Dentistry | 49,800 | 46,900 | 48,100 |
| Veterinary Science | 38,100 | 34,400 | 35,300 |
| Economics | 35,000 | 34,900 | 35,000 |
| Engineering & Technology | 35,200 | 32,300 | 34,700 |
| Mathematical Sciences | 32,700 | 30,400 | 31,800 |
| Education | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Law | 30,600 | 28,500 | 29,500 |
| Architecture, Building & Planning | 29,400 | 27,000 | 28,700 |
| Physical Sciences | 28,600 | 26,700 | 27,600 |
| Nursing | 30,200 | 27,300 | 27,500 |
| Computer Science | 27,300 | 25,000 | 26,900 |
| Business & Administrative Studies | 28,700 | 25,300 | 26,700 |
| Subjects Allied to Medicine (excluding Nursing) | 29,900 | 25,700 | 26,300 |
| Languages (excluding English Studies) | 28,300 | 25,200 | 26,100 |
| Social Studies (excluding Economics) | 26,000 | 24,500 | 25,200 |
| Historical & Philosophical Studies | 25,700 | 24,300 | 25,100 |
| Biological Sciences (excluding Psychology) | 25,100 | 24,200 | 24,600 |
| Agriculture & Related Subjects | 26,600 | 21,600 | 23,700 |
| English Studies | 22,200 | 24,300 | 23,500 |
| Psychology | 22,200 | 22,700 | 22,700 |
| Mass Communications & Documentation | 22,000 | 21,800 | 21,800 |
| Combined | 18,700 | 22,200 | 20,200 |
| Creative Arts & Design | 20,400 | 19,500 | 19,700 |
* UK domiciled First degree qualifiers 2009-10
Contact
There is a problem
Thanks for your feedback