Graduate Employment Survey 2014 (Published 2015)

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[Edit: Please see the latest article Graduate Employment Survey 2015 (Published 2016).]

Law, Medicine, Business and IT are tops yet again in the latest Graduate Employment Survey Results. However, there are 3 newcomers among the top 10 degree programmes (ranked by average gross salary) – Architecture, Dental Surgery and Aerospace Engineering.

In the top 10, NUS took 5 places, while SMU got 4 and NTU just 1.

Coincidentally this year, all top 5 degree programmes are for protected professions – doctors, lawyers and architects. These professionals need licences to practise, and the licence numbers are controlled by the respective government bodies.

Fresh lawyers earn an average gross monthly salary of $5k+. Doctors came in just shy of $5k, while the rest in the top 10 make between $3.9k and $4.4k.

At the bottom of the table are: Industrial Design, Art Design & Media, Applied Sciences, Arts and Science.

If you compare employability, Psychology and Industrial Design have poor full-time permanent employment rates at below 60%.

Data used in this article are based on the 2014 Graduate Employment Survey Results consolidated and released by MOE today (27th Feb, 2015). See also our GES ranking for the previous year.

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The following are this year’s rankings. As usual, we rank first by Average Gross Monthly Salary, and then by Permanent Employment Rate.

By Average Gross Monthly Salary (in brackets are the 75th-percentile salaries)

  1. SMU Law (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – $5,571 (6,000)
  2. SMU Law (4-years programme) – $5,332 (5,950)
  3. NUS Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B) (Hons) – $5,247 (5,800)
  4. NUS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery – $4,886 (5,200)
  5. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) – $4,400 (4,750)
  6. SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,151 (4,540)
  7. SMU Business Management (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,116 (4,500)
  8. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – $4,090 (4,300)
  9. NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery – $4,054 (4,020)
  10. NTU Aerospace Engineering – $3,911 (4,070)
  11. SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,903 (4,300)
  12. SMU Economics (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,824 (4,350)
  13. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) – $3,789 (4,039)
  14. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) – $3,762 (4,080)
  15. SMU Business Management (4-year programme) – $3,752 (4,000)
  16. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) – $3,719 (4,000)
  17. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) – $3,712 (4,000)
  18. NUS Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Hons) – $3,670 (4,000)
  19. SMU Economics (4-year programme) – $3,645 (4,000)
  20. NTU Accountancy and Business – $3,597 (4,000)
  21. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) – $3,571 (3,800)
  22. SMU Social Sciences (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,545 (3,955)
  23. NTU Arts (with Education) – $3,536 (3,700)
  24. SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – $3,530 (4,000)
  25. NTU Computer Engineering – $3,512 (3,800)
  26. NTU Science (with Education) – $3,475 (3,750)
  27. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science) – $3,465 (3,790)
  28. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) – $3,434 (3,650)
  29. NTU English – $3,432 (3,990)
  30. NTU Business and Computing – $3,431 (4,000)
  31. SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) – $3,420 (3,614)
  32. NTU Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering – $3,415 (3,575)
  33. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) – $3,407 (3,614)
  34. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce) – $3,386 (3,500)
  35. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration – $3,367 (3,300)
  36. NUS Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons) – $3,353 (3,600)
  37. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) – $3,350 (3,600)
  38. NTU Electrical And Electronic Engineering – $3,336 (3,500)
  39. NUS Bachelor of Science (Hons) – $3,328 (3,600)
  40. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) – $3,323 (3,500)
  41. NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – $3,321 (3,400)
  42. NTU Business (3-yr direct Honours Programme) – $3,318 (3,600)
  43. NTU Information Engineering And Media – $3,318 (3,600)
  44. NTU Computer Science – $3,304 (3,700)
  45. NUS Bachelor of Social Sciences – $3,304 (3,600)
  46. NTU Mechanical Engineering – $3,289 (3,500)
  47. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) – $3,281 (3,500)
  48. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Hons) – $3,277 (3,600)
  49. NTU Materials Engineering – $3,261 (3,410)
  50. NTU Physics / Applied Physics – $3,241 (3,560)
  51. NTU Sports Science and Management – $3,229 (3,590)
  52. NTU Psychology – $3,228 (3,500)
  53. NTU Economics – $3,222 (3,500)
  54. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) – $3,215 (3,422)
  55. NTU Maritime Studies – $3,206 (3,500)
  56. NTU Bioengineering – $3,188 (3,400)
  57. NUS Bachelor of Science (Nursing) – $3,188 (3,386)
  58. NUS Bachelor of Science (Project and Facilities Management) – $3,181 (3,360)
  59. NTU Biological Sciences – $3,174 (3,400)
  60. SMU Social Sciences (4-year programme) – $3,166 (3,580)
  61. NTU Civil Engineering – $3,152 (3,300)
  62. NTU Linguistics And Multilingual Studies – $3,148 (3,500)
  63. NTU Sociology – $3,143 (3,260)
  64. NTU Mathematics & Economics – $3,142 (3,500)
  65. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Communications and Media) – $3,129 (3,300)
  66. NTU Environmental Engineering – $3,111 (3,500)
  67. NUS Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) – $3,108 (3,300)
  68. NTU Mathematical Science – $3,078 (3,300)
  69. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) – $3,058 (3,300)
  70. NTU Biomedical Science (Traditional Chinese Medicine) – $3,018 (3,400)
  71. NTU Chinese – $3,006 (3,300)
  72. NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours Programme) – $3,003 (3,000)
  73. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) – $2,989 (3,000)
  74. NTU Communication Studies – $2,976 (3,294)
  75. NUS Bachelor of Science – $2,973 (3,200)
  76. NUS Bachelor of Arts – $2,883 (3,010)
  77. NUS Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) – $2,831 (3,000)
  78. NTU Art, Design & Media – $2,791 (3,000)
  79. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design) – $2,603 (3,000)

 

By Permanent Employment Rate (in brackets are the median salaries)

  1. NUS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery – 100.0% ($5,000)
  2. NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery – 100.0% ($4,000)
  3. NUS Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons) – 100.0% ($3,500)
  4. NTU Arts (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,475)
  5. NTU Science (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,475)
  6. NTU Biomedical Science (Traditional Chinese Medicine) – 100.0% ($2,900)
  7. SMU Law (4-years programme) Cum Laude and above – 97.7% ($5,800)
  8. NUS Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B) (Hons) – 97.6% ($5,150)
  9. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) – 97.1% ($3,208)
  10. NUS Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Hons) – 96.7% ($3,630)
  11. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) – 96.5% ($3,600)
  12. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) – 96.3% ($2,912)
  13. SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – 96.1% ($3,500)
  14. NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours Programme) – 96.1% ($2,840)
  15. SMU Law (4-years programme) – 95.6% ($5,025)
  16. NTU Accountancy and Business – 95.6% ($3,300)
  17. NUS Bachelor of Science (Nursing) – 95.6% ($3,200)
  18. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) – 95.2% ($4,275)
  19. NUS Bachelor of Science (Project and Facilities Management) – 94.1% ($3,000)
  20. SMU Business Management (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – 94.0% ($3,600)
  21. NTU Computer Science – 93.7% ($3,200)
  22. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) – 92.9% ($3,230)
  23. NTU Civil Engineering – 92.9% ($3,100)
  24. NTU Maritime Studies – 92.5% ($3,050)
  25. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) – 92.4% ($3,500)
  26. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) – 92.0% ($3,500)
  27. SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) – 91.4% ($2,875)
  28. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – 90.6% ($3,520)
  29. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) – 89.8% ($2,838)
  30. NTU Business and Computing – 89.3% ($3,450)
  31. NUS Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) – 89.2% ($3,000)
  32. SMU Economics (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – 89.1% ($3,800)
  33. NTU Computer Engineering – 88.8% ($3,400)
  34. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) – 88.5% ($3,200)
  35. NTU Electrical And Electronic Engineering – 88.4% ($3,200)
  36. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) – 88.1% ($3,300)
  37. NTU Mechanical Engineering – 87.8% ($3,100)
  38. NTU Mathematics & Economics – 87.0% ($3,200)
  39. SMU Business Management (4-year programme) – 86.4% ($3,333)
  40. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) – 85.9% ($3,500)
  41. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce) – 85.7% ($3,200)
  42. SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – 84.2% ($4,050)
  43. SMU Social Sciences (4-year programme) – 84.1% ($3,000)
  44. SMU Economics (4-year programme) – 83.9% ($3,500)
  45. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration – 83.6% ($3,000)
  46. NTU Aerospace Engineering – 82.7% ($3,770)
  47. NTU Environmental Engineering – 82.2% ($3,000)
  48. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Communications and Media) – 82.1% ($3,088)
  49. NUS Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) – 81.8% ($2,800)
  50. SMU Social Sciences (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – 81.3% ($3,590)
  51. SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – 80.6% ($3,350)
  52. NTU Business (3-yr direct Honours Programme) – 80.2% ($3,100)
  53. NUS Bachelor of Social Sciences – 80.1% ($3,250)
  54. NTU Mathematical Science – 79.7% ($3,200)
  55. NTU Economics – 78.4% ($3,200)
  56. NTU Communication Studies – 77.9% ($3,000)
  57. NTU Materials Engineering – 77.7% ($3,150)
  58. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) – 77.1% ($3,000)
  59. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Hons) – 76.6% ($3,300)
  60. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) – 76.4% ($3,300)
  61. NTU Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering – 76.1% ($3,400)
  62. NUS Bachelor of Science (Hons) – 75.8% ($3,210)
  63. NTU Chinese – 75.8% ($3,000)
  64. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) – 73.8% ($3,300)
  65. NTU Information Engineering And Media – 73.2% ($3,200)
  66. NTU Sports Science and Management – 69.7% ($3,000)
  67. NTU Bioengineering – 69.7% ($3,000)
  68. NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – 68.3% ($3,100)
  69. NTU Art, Design & Media – 68.0% ($2,700)
  70. NTU Sociology – 67.9% ($3,100)
  71. NTU Linguistics And Multilingual Studies – 66.7% ($3,230)
  72. NUS Bachelor of Arts – 65.3% ($2,800)
  73. NTU Physics / Applied Physics – 63.2% ($3,100)
  74. NTU English – 63.0% ($3,100)
  75. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science) – 62.5% ($3,400)
  76. NUS Bachelor of Science – 61.4% ($3,000)
  77. NTU Biological Sciences – 60.8% ($3,000)
  78. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design) – 59.1% ($2,565)
  79. NTU Psychology – 54.9% ($3,100)
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  2. How come the unemployment rate so high? Especially for those graduate studying Arts ad Science. Close to 50% of NTU psychology cannot find a job after 6 months. This is crazy, then what are they doing?

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