Statistics: higher education graduate employment and earnings

Official statistics on longitudinal education outcomes showing university graduate earnings and employment.

The longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) statistics bring together:

• education data from the Department for Education (DfE)
• employment, benefits and earnings data from:
  • the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  • Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

These statistics show employment and earnings of higher education graduates at different points after graduation. The data covers all academic years from 2003 to 2004 onwards.

Different data releases break the information down by:

• employment and earnings 1, 3, 5 and 10 years after graduation
• personal characteristics (gender, ethnicity, age)
• university attended
• subject studied and qualification achieved

Documents

• Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2018 to 2019
  • 25 March 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): subject by provider 2017 to 2018
  • 25 June 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes in 2017 to 2018
  • 21 May 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2017 to 2018
  • 25 March 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): region by provider 2016 to 2017
  • 23 January 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): regional outcomes 2016 to 2017
  • 18 July 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): subject by provider, 2016 to 2017
  • 26 June 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes in 2016 to 2017
  • 20 June 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): outcomes in 2016 to 2017
  • 25 March 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate Outcomes (LEO): international outcomes 2006 to 2016
  • 28 June 2018
  • Transparency data
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): subject by provider, 2015 to 2016
  • 21 June 2018
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes in 2015 to 2016
  • 24 May 2018
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2015 to 2016
  • 25 March 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes (LEO): including self-employment earnings data
  • 20 December 2017
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes for all subjects by university
  • 13 June 2017
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes, by degree subject and university
  • 1 December 2016
  • Official Statistics
• Graduate outcomes: longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) data
  • 4 August 2016
  • Official Statistics

Published 1 December 2016
Last updated 25 March 2021 + show all updates

1. 25 March 2021

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2018 to 2019’.

2. 25 June 2020

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): subject by provider 2017 to 2018’.

3. 21 May 2020

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes in 2017 to 2018’ to the collection.

4. 19 March 2020

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2017 to 2018’.

5. 23 January 2020

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): region by provider 2016 to 2017’.

6. 18 July 2019

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): regional outcomes 2016 to 2017’.
7. 26 June 2019

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): subject by provider, 2016 to 2017’

8. 20 June 2019

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): Postgraduate outcomes in 2016 to 2017’.

9. 28 March 2019

   Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): outcomes in 2016 to 2017’.

10. 28 June 2018

    Added “Graduate Outcomes (LEO): International outcomes 2006 to 2016”.

11. 21 June 2018

    Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): subject by provider, 2015 to 2016’ to the collection.

12. 24 May 2018

    Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): postgraduate outcomes in 2015 to 2016’ to the collection.

13. 15 March 2018

    Added ‘Graduate outcomes: 2015 to 2016’.

14. 20 December 2017

    Added ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): including self-employment earnings data’ to the collection.

15. 13 June 2017

    Added ‘Graduate outcomes for all subjects by university’.

16. 1 December 2016

    First published.