University of Á¢²©¹ÙÍø graduates under the age of 25 and available for full-time work have again achieved outstanding employment rates and high graduate salaries.
The Graduate Destination Survey 2002 released this week reveals that University of Á¢²©¹ÙÍø graduates continued to be highly sought by employers.
In the compiled by the Federal Government, the University had achieved a full-time employment rate for bachelor degree graduates for 2002 of 81.6 percent against the national full-time employment figure of 81.3 percent.
UQ had averaged 84.1 percent over the past four years, 2 percent better than the national figure of 82.1 percent in the same time frame.
Over an extended period, the University has had 5 percent or less of its graduates recorded as unemployed and seeking full-time employment in the Graduation Destinations Survey.
In national figures, the University has achieved full-time employment rates averaging 88 percent over the past five years, against a national figure of 78 percent.
UQ graduates reported high full-time employment rates in fields such as Medicine (100 percent); Dentistry (100 percent); Chemical Engineering (100 percent); Pharmacy 98.2 percent); Mining Engineering (100 percent); Physiotherapy (95.1percent); Speech Therapy 96.6 percent); and Veterinary Science 93.3 percent).
UQ bachelor degree graduates in their first full-time employment and under 25 years of age reported starting salaries higher than the national median starting salaries of $37,000 for males (UQ $38,000) and matching the national median of $35,000 for females.
Of those in their first full-time employment, the higher end salaries included investment banking and dentistry, with one UQ Commerce graduate reporting a salary of $120,000 as an analyst for an investment banker.
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