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Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) from Universities: 2022-23: Scotland

Earnings information for UK domiciled graduates from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Scotland.


Ethnicity

Table 3 shows the median total earnings for UK-domiciled first-degree graduates from Scottish HEIs five years after graduation split by ethnicity. It shows that graduates in 2016/17 from non-white backgrounds earned £32,100 on average in 2022/23, compared to £33,600 on average for graduates from a white background.

The lowest earnings were seen among graduates from Asian backgrounds, with those of Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi backgrounds earning £30,800 on average, and those from other Asian backgrounds earning £30,700 on average. The highest earnings were seen among graduates from Other White backgrounds, who earned £36,100 on average.

Due to small cohort sizes, some ethnicities have been combined into a single ethnicity grouping (e.g. ‘Other black background’ was combined with ‘Black or Black British’). Grouping the ethnicities may obscure some of the underlying differences in earnings between the ethnicities which make up the groupings, however this approach was necessary to protect against disclosure issues given small cohort sizes.

Differences in median earnings between males and females persist across both white and non-white graduates, with males having higher median earnings than females.

Table 3: Median total earnings of graduates* from Scottish HEIs by sex and ethnicity five years after graduation, 2022/23 tax year

Ethnicity (detailed breakdown)

Median total earnings (£)

Asian – Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi background

30,800

Black, Black British, or other Black background

31,000

Mixed background

35,000

Other Asian background

30,700

Other Ethnic background

35,800

Other White background

36,100

White, White British or White Scottish

33,200

Ethnicity (breakdown by sex)

 

Non-white backgrounds – female graduates

30,700

Non-white backgrounds – male graduates

35,000

Non-white backgrounds – all graduates

32,100

White backgrounds – female graduates

32,700

White backgrounds – male graduates

35,400

White backgrounds – all graduates

33,600

*UK-domiciled first-degree graduates 2016/17
[1] The table presents the total earnings for those in sustained employment five years after graduation. Hours worked are not taken into account.
[2] Graduates whose ethnicity information is not known have been excluded from the table. Please see the Data and Methodology section for more details on these ethnicity groupings or HESA’s website for more details: Student 2016/17 - Ethnicity | HESA
[3] Graduates with a sex recorded as neither male nor female are not included to prevent disclosure given the small cohort size.

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Email: FHEstatistics@gov.scot

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