Download this year’s What do graduates do? 2021/22 report from the UK's largest higher education survey. You’ll find subject-by-subject data, commentary and analysis.

What do graduates do? 2021/22, based on Graduate Outcomes 2018/19 survey data, reveals a graduate labour market in relatively good health at the time of survey. Of the 198,875 UK-domiciled first-degree graduates who responded to the survey:

• The majority of graduates were in employment 15 months after graduating.
• 7.7% were unemployed and looking for work.
• 72.4% of employed graduates were in a professional-level job.
• 8.8% of graduates were in further study.
• The average salary for graduates who went straight into full-time employment in the UK was £24,492.