According to a recent survey done by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), Ontario university graduates are getting well-paying jobs in their fields soon after graduation. The study looked not only at graduates’ employment but at their earnings, the connection between their career and their degree, and at how their skills from in university benefited them in the workplace.
The 2013 grad survey said “93 per cent [of grads] have secured employment two years after graduation.”
The average salary for these graduates was $49,398 two years after graduation, which is up from the average $42,636 six months after graduation.
Information from those 2011 graduates indicated the majority of students were able to find full-time employment relevant to their degree. The table of data stated “86% of Humanities graduates were employed 6 months after graduation, and that after two years 93% of grads from Health Professions courses found pertinent career opportunities.”
The introductory paragraph to the survey said, “the best path to career success for Ontario students is still a university degree.”
