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Underlying data files for LEO: Graduate and postgraduate outcomes publication
Coverage
Employment and earnings outcomes for graduates and postgraduates of English Higher Education (HE) providers, one, three, five and ten years after graduation (YAG), 2015/16 to 2021/22 tax years.
File formats and conventions
Format
Files are Comma Separated Value (CSV)
Conventions
- Earnings figures are rounded to the nearest £100
- Employment outcome percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%
- All populations are rounded to the nearest 5 full-person equivalent (FPE) individuals
- c = data has been suppressed due to small numbers. z = there is no result (N/A)
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Data set details
- Theme
- Higher education
- Publication
- Graduate labour market outcomes (LEO)
- Release
- Tax year 2021-22
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 187,251
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Lower quartile of earnings of graduates
- Median earnings of graduates
- Upper quartile of earnings of graduates
- Sustained employment only
- Sustained employment with or without further study
- Sustained employment further study or both
- Further study with or without sustained employment
- No sustained destination
- Activity not captured
- Overseas graduates
- Unmatched graduates
- Graduates
- Matched graduates
- Graduates included in outcomes calculation
- Graduates included in earnings figures
- Filters
- Domicile
- Years after graduation
- Qualification level
- Subject studied
- Study mode
- Provider type
- Graduate sex
- Free school meal status
- Prior attainment level
- Ethnicity
- Age band at start of study
- Local area HE participation grouping
- Term time residence
- Region after HE study
- Region prior to HE study
- Time period
- 2015-16 to 2021-22
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code_current | region_name_current | academic_year | YAG | qualification_level | country_of_domicile_grouped | sex | subject_name | ethnicity_major | ethnicity_minor | inst_type | study_mode | age_band | POLAR4 | prior_attainment | FSM | region_name_origin | residence | grads | grads_uk | unmatched_percent | overseas_percent | matched | activity_not_captured | no_sust_dest | sust_emp_only | sust_emp_with_or_without_fs | sust_emp_fs_or_both | fs_with_or_without_sust_emp | earnings_include | earnings_LQ | earnings_median | earnings_UQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201516 | Tax year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Total | Total | 2004/2005 | 10 YAG | First-degree | UK | Female + male | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 222895 | 215100 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 205065 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 80.3 | 85.5 | 86.2 | 5.9 | 155260 | 19000 | 30400 | 42100 |
| 201516 | Tax year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Total | Total | 2004/2005 | 10 YAG | Level 7 (research) | UK | Female + male | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 1510 | 1440 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 1300 | 16.2 | 3.3 | 72.4 | 79.1 | 80.4 | 8.1 | 870 | 22300 | 35500 | 48700 |
| 201516 | Tax year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Total | Total | 2004/2005 | 10 YAG | Level 7 (taught) | UK | Female + male | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 93685 | 89840 | 10.5 | 4.1 | 80410 | 10.9 | 3.9 | 79 | 84.4 | 85.3 | 6.3 | 59130 | 19800 | 34000 | 45800 |
| 201516 | Tax year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Total | Total | 2004/2005 | 10 YAG | Level 8 | UK | Female + male | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7730 | 7300 | 12.5 | 5.5 | 6385 | 14.5 | 2.9 | 77.7 | 82.1 | 82.6 | 4.8 | 4655 | 28900 | 42100 | 55600 |
| 201516 | Tax year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Total | Total | 2009/2010 | 5 YAG | First-degree | UK | Female + male | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 253445 | 246635 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 241195 | 6.7 | 5 | 77.5 | 86.7 | 88.4 | 10.8 | 179315 | 17900 | 25600 | 33700 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| activity_not_captured | Activity not captured |
| age_band | Age band at start of study - Filter by Age band at start of study |
| country_of_domicile_grouped | Domicile - Filter by Domicile |
| earnings_include | Graduates included in earnings figures |
| earnings_LQ | Lower quartile of earnings of graduates |
| earnings_median | Median earnings of graduates |
| earnings_UQ | Upper quartile of earnings of graduates |
| ethnicity_minor | Ethnicity - Filter by Ethnicity |
| fs_with_or_without_sust_emp | Further study with or without sustained employment |
| FSM | Free school meal status - Filter by Free school meal status |
| grads | Graduates |
| grads_uk | Graduates included in outcomes calculation |
| inst_type | Provider type - Filter by Provider type |
| matched | Matched graduates |
| no_sust_dest | No sustained destination |
| overseas_percent | Overseas graduates |
| POLAR4 | Local area HE participation grouping - Filter by Local area HE participation grouping |
| prior_attainment | Prior attainment level - Filter by Prior attainment level |
| qualification_level | Qualification level - Filter by Qualification level |
| region_name_current | Region after HE study - Filter by Region after HE study |
| region_name_origin | Region prior to HE study - Filter by Region prior to HE study |
| residence | Term time residence - Filter by Term time residence |
| sex | Graduate sex - Filter by Graduate sex |
| study_mode | Study mode - Filter by Study mode |
| subject_name | Subject studied - Filter by Subject studied |
| sust_emp_fs_or_both | Sustained employment further study or both |
| sust_emp_only | Sustained employment only |
| sust_emp_with_or_without_fs | Sustained employment with or without further study |
| unmatched_percent | Unmatched graduates |
| YAG | Years after graduation - Filter by Years after graduation |
Footnotes
- All populations are rounded to the nearest 5 full-person equivalent (FPE) individuals
- Employment outcome percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%; differences in outcome percentages are calculated using unrounded values.
- Earnings figures are rounded to the nearest £100; percent changes and differences in earnings are calculated using unrounded values.
- Prior attainment defined by UCAS points achieved at A level.
- POLAR quintile ranges from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 5 (most advantaged)
- c = data has been suppressed due to small numbers. z = there is no result (N/A)
- In the 2021/22 tax year, 1 YAG (one year after graduation) relates to those who graduated in the 2019/20 academic year, 3 YAG to graduates in 2017/18, 5 YAG to graduates in 2015/16 and 10 YAG to graduates in 2010/11.
- Free school meals (FSM) status is based on the school census records at any point between school years 6 and 11.
- In contrast to the UK domicile section of this release, which looks at matched graduates only, employment and/or further study outcomes for international graduates are calculated as a percentage of all graduates, excluding only those identified by DWP/HMRC or SLC as permanently living overseas.
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