Statistics Publication Notice: Early Destinations of Students Qualifying from Scottish Higher Education Institutions 2011-12

Statistics on the first destinations of leavers from Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), 6 months after qualifying.


Table 1: First destination of leavers from Scottish HEIs by level of qualification obtained and gender: 2011-12

Leavers from Scottish HEIs

No. of Leavers Study/Training
(%)
UK employment
(%)
Overseas employment
(%)
Believed unemployed
(%)
Other
(%)
All Qualifications 47,415 19.0 65.0 5.4 6.2 4.5
Male 19,685 21.0 60.4 7.0 7.5 4.1
Female 27,725 17.6 68.2 4.2 5.3 4.8
Postgraduate 11,670 8.1 70.5 12.1 6.4 3.0
Male 5,150 9.2 65.2 15.6 7.3 2.7
Female 6,520 7.2 74.7 9.3 5.6 3.3
First Degree 29,550 19.7 65.7 3.7 6.5 4.4
Male 11,970 21.6 61.6 4.5 8.2 4.1
Female 17,580 18.4 68.5 3.1 5.4 4.6
Sub-Degree 6,195 36.2 50.8 1.0 4.3 7.7
Male 2,570 41.8 45.3 1.7 4.8 6.4
Female 3,625 32.3 54.7 0.5 4.0 8.5

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Data weighted according to response rates (see Methodological Notes, Section 3)
Number of leavers rounded to the nearest 5

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