Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese,
9 Oct 2012
Two of Australia's youngest universities are ranked near the top when it comes to students in full-time employment after graduation. At both the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) and the Australian Catholic University (ACU) more than 80% of graduates are now in full-time jobs.
For the more than 86,000 year 12 students from across NSW who will begin their Higher School Certificate Exams next Monday, 15 October, the possibility of finding full time employment after graduation from university is an important consideration when choosing where to continue their studies.
With applications to university now being received would-be students are investigating rankings of Australia's universities not only on an academic level but on the feedback from past graduates and percentages of those who are now fully employed.
In terms of graduate employment, 82.5% of UNDA former students are now working full-time with 80.5% of graduates from ACU also in full-time employment. The only university in Sydney ranked above the city's youngest universities was the University of NSW which has an 85.2% of its graduates in full-time work.
Each year the Australian Government's My University website ranks universities throughout Australia on the number of students, number of graduates in full-time study and number of graduates in full-time work.
In a surprise result, the two Catholic Universities came in ahead of the long established prestigious the University of Sydney which has 74.9 % of its graduates finding full-time work. Also outranked by UNDA and ACU were the University of Western Sydney with graduate employment at 68%, the University of Technology Sydney with 75.1% and Macquarie University with 69.0%.
According to Graduate Careers Australia, the university students who want to walk straight into jobs on completing their degrees would be most successful if they graduate with degrees in engineering, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing or medicine.
Jobs that are hardest to come by for graduates are those in the visual and performing arts, life sciences, chemistry, social sciences and psychology.
Medical graduates remain the highest at being offered full time employment with 98% finding jobs almost immediately. Pharmacists and mining engineers follow with 97% while only 52% of those graduating with degrees in the visual and performing arts likely to find full time work.
In 2011 the average starting income for graduates was $50,000 pa with graduating dentists earning almost double this amount at around $80,000 compared with mining engineers at $60,000 and medical doctors having incomes of $58,000 pa in their first year.
To find details of Australian university rankings go to http://myuniversity.gov.au/UniversitySearch
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9 Oct 2012
Notre Dame's Graduating Class of 2011
For the more than 86,000 year 12 students from across NSW who will begin their Higher School Certificate Exams next Monday, 15 October, the possibility of finding full time employment after graduation from university is an important consideration when choosing where to continue their studies.
With applications to university now being received would-be students are investigating rankings of Australia's universities not only on an academic level but on the feedback from past graduates and percentages of those who are now fully employed.
98 percent of medical graduates are offered full time employment
Each year the Australian Government's My University website ranks universities throughout Australia on the number of students, number of graduates in full-time study and number of graduates in full-time work.
In a surprise result, the two Catholic Universities came in ahead of the long established prestigious the University of Sydney which has 74.9 % of its graduates finding full-time work. Also outranked by UNDA and ACU were the University of Western Sydney with graduate employment at 68%, the University of Technology Sydney with 75.1% and Macquarie University with 69.0%.
Medicine, law, theology and philosophy students receive degrees at UNDA's graduation Ceremony
Jobs that are hardest to come by for graduates are those in the visual and performing arts, life sciences, chemistry, social sciences and psychology.
Medical graduates remain the highest at being offered full time employment with 98% finding jobs almost immediately. Pharmacists and mining engineers follow with 97% while only 52% of those graduating with degrees in the visual and performing arts likely to find full time work.
In 2011 the average starting income for graduates was $50,000 pa with graduating dentists earning almost double this amount at around $80,000 compared with mining engineers at $60,000 and medical doctors having incomes of $58,000 pa in their first year.
To find details of Australian university rankings go to http://myuniversity.gov.au/UniversitySearch
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