University of Á¢²©¹ÙÍø graduates under the age of 25 and available for full-time work have again achieved outstanding employment rates.
Graduate Careers Australia's Australian Graduate Survey 2008 reveals that University of Á¢²©¹ÙÍø graduates continued to be highly sought by employers.
In the national performance figures compiled by the Federal Government, the University had achieved a full-time employment rate for bachelor degree graduates for 2007 of 86.6 percent against the national full-time employment figure of 85.2 percent.
Over an extended period, the University has had only 5 percent of its graduates recorded as unemployed and seeking full-time employment in the Australian Graduate Survey.
UQ graduates reported high full-time employment rates in fields such as medicine, pharmacy, nursing, rehabilitation, engineering, veterinary science, dentistry, urban/regional planning, and laws.
The figures for UQ bachelor degree graduates in further full-time study represented 26.7 percent against a national figure of 19.6 percent.
UQ bachelor degree graduates in their first full-time employment (and under 25 years of age) reported median starting salaries above the median annual starting salary of $45,000 for new Australian resident bachelor degree graduates aged less than 25 and in their first full-time employment in Australia.
Of those in their first full-time employment, the higher end salaries included geology, dentistry, mining engineering, medicine, commerce, chemical engineering, law and electrical engineering.
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