The following two tables show the Graduate Employment Survey jointly conducted by the local universities.
NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS, 2023
| Degree | Proportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who were employed1 | Gross Monthly Salary2 |
|---|
| Median | Mean | 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile |
|---|
| NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE | | | | | |
| Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Arts | 80.4% | $4,291 | $3,745 | $3,400 | $5,000 |
| Bachelor of Arts (Hons) | 86.5% | $4,083 | $4,008 | $3,500 | $4,500 |
| Bachelor of Social Sciences | 89.0% | $4,304 | $4,015 | $3,720 | $4,500 |
| Faculty of Dentistry | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Dental Surgery | 100.0% | $4,589 | $4,550 | $4,500 | $4,950 |
| Faculty of Law | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Laws3 | 96.9% | $7,244 | $7,000 | $6,000 | $7,100 |
| Faculty of Science | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Science* | 88.2% | $4,642 | $4,250 | $3,650 | $4,800 |
| Bachelor of Science (Hons) | 89.6% | $4,290 | $4,000 | $3,600 | $4,500 |
| Bachelor of Science (Computational Biology)** | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy)3** | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Bachelor of Science (Pharmaceutical Science) (Hons) | 96.6% | $3,999 | $3,900 | $3,625 | $4,200 |
| Bachelor of Science (Data Science and Analytics) | 83.2% | $5,166 | $5,000 | $4,500 | $5,500 |
| NUS Business School | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Business Administration | 87.8% | $6,002 | $5,167 | $4,077 | $7,500 |
| Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) | 94.5% | $5,413 | $4,800 | $4,000 | $5,800 |
| Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy)* | 92.3% | $4,199 | $3,600 | $3,520 | $3,820 |
| Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) | 96.5% | $4,850 | $4,200 | $3,600 | $5,450 |
| Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) | 92.0% | $4,239 | $4,000 | $3,800 | $4,500 |
| School of Computing | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) | 92.4% | $6,877 | $6,333 | $5,500 | $7,700 |
| Bachelor of Computing (Information Security) | 89.5% | $5,707 | $5,500 | $5,000 | $6,210 |
| Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) | 91.4% | $5,937 | $5,500 | $5,000 | $6,000 |
| Bachelor of Science (Business Analytics) | 93.6% | $6,030 | $5,500 | $5,000 | $6,600 |
| College of Design and Engineering | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) | 87.6% | $4,243 | $4,100 | $3,740 | $4,600 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) | 85.7% | $4,602 | $4,405 | $4,000 | $4,760 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) | 93.9% | $4,139 | $4,000 | $3,800 | $4,500 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) | 92.2% | $4,918 | $4,800 | $4,340 | $5,350 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science)* | 77.8% | $4,605 | $4,500 | $4,000 | $5,200 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) | 76.9% | $4,299 | $4,243 | $3,900 | $4,588 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) | 94.6% | $4,744 | $4,600 | $4,280 | $4,990 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) | 83.0% | $4,371 | $4,346 | $4,000 | $4,700 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) | 89.2% | $4,722 | $4,490 | $$4,030 | $5,046 |
| Bachelor of Arts (Architecture)3** | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Bachelor of Landscape Architecture* | 93.8% | $3,506 | $3,450 | $3,350 | $3,500 |
| Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design) | 85.7% | $4,139 | $4,000 | $3,600 | $4,500 |
| Bachelor of Science (Project and Facilities Management) | 87.0% | $4,000 | $3,855 | $3,650 | $4,299 |
| Yong Loo Lin School (Medicine) | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery3** | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Bachelor of Science (Nursing) | 98.1% | $3,923 | $3,850 | $3,500 | $4,200 |
| Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons) | 97.8% | $3,981 | $4,000 | $3,700 | $4,250 |
| YST Conservatory of Music | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Music | 70.8% | $4,053 | $4,000 | $3,400 | $4,500 |
| Yale-NUS College | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Arts with Honours | 91.3% | $4,908 | $4,250 | $3,850 | $5,500 |
| Bachelor of Science with Honours | 82.9% | $5,490 | $4,600 | $4,100 | $6,372 |
| Multi-Disciplinary Programmes | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) | 89.9% | $5,737 | $5,595 | $4,900 | $6,355 |
| Bachelor of Environmental Studies4 | 96.9% | $4,142 | $4,000 | $3,600 | $4,400 |
| NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | | | | | |
| College of Business (Nanyang Business School) | | | | | |
| Accountancy | 96.6% | $4,119 | $3,600 | $3,600 | $4,000 |
| Accountancy and Business | 97.2% | $5,030 | $4,650 | $4,000 | $5,344 |
| Business | 91.8% | $4,609 | $4,255 | $3,800 | $5,000 |
| Double Degree in Business and Computer Engineering/Computing5 | 94.7% | $6,799 | $6,210 | $5,500 | $7,000 |
| College of Engineering | | | | | |
| Aerospace Engineering | 87.5% | $4,845 | $4,763 | $4,150 | $5,700 |
| Bioengineering | 86.7% | $4,077 | $4,043 | $3,775 | $4,450 |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | 92.0% | $4,299 | $4,200 | $3,950 | $4,550 |
| Civil Engineering | 97.5% | $4,012 | $4,000 | $3,600 | $4,232 |
| Computer Engineering | 89.3% | $5,631 | $5,400 | $4,700 | $6,200 |
| Computer Science | 88.3% | $5,440 | $5,200 | $4,800 | $6,000 |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence* | 83.3% | $5,352 | $5,250 | $4,600 | $6,250 |
| Double Degree in Engineering and Economics6* | 100.0% | $5,812 | $5,405 | $4,900 | $6,500 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 87.1% | $4,803 | $4,800 | $4,200 | $5,100 |
| Environmental Engineering | 60.6% | $4,099 | $4,115 | $3,800 | $4,337 |
| Information Engineering and Media | 75.0% | $4,857 | $4,800 | $4,400 | $5,100 |
| Maritime Studies | 93.8% | $4,302 | $4,200 | $4,000 | $4,500 |
| Materials Engineering | 83.1% | $4,351 | $4,200 | $3,900 | $4,645 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 85.0% | $4,481 | $4,400 | $4,000 | $4,864 |
| College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences | | | | | |
| Art, Design and Media | 80.6% | $3,515 | $3,498 | $3,000 | $3,755 |
| Chinese | 83.6% | $4,007 | $4,090 | $3,450 | $4,530 |
| Communication Studies | 88.7% | $3,719 | $3,675 | $3,350 | $4,000 |
| Economics | 80.6% | $4,561 | $4,314 | $4,000 | $4,975 |
| English | 83.3% | $3,803 | $3,775 | $3,300 | $4,180 |
| History | 88.5% | $4,233 | $4,200 | $3,800 | $4,500 |
| Inter-Disciplinary Double Major7 | 88.9% | $4,085 | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,300 |
| Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | 80.4% | $3,899 | $3,950 | $3,500 | $4,238 |
| Philosophy | 87.9% | $4,056 | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,550 |
| Psychology | 83.2% | $3,913 | $4,000 | $3,550 | $4,268 |
| Public Policy and Global Affairs | 85.1% | $4,401 | $4,202 | $3,800 | $5,124 |
| Sociology | 86.4% | $3,994 | $4,008 | $3,540 | $4,400 |
| College of Science | | | | | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences8 | 88.1% | $4,116 | $3,980 | $3,575 | $4,300 |
| Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine9* | 96.3% | $3,358 | $3,350 | $3,200 | $3,600 |
| Chemistry and Biological Chemistry | 80.4% | $3,941 | $3,800 | $3,500 | $4,200 |
| Environmental Earth Systems Sciences10 | 96.3% | $4,202 | $4,138 | $3,750 | $4,650 |
| Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences11 | 80.2% | $4,574 | $4,250 | $3,800 | $4,800 |
| Physics and Applied Physics | 80.9% | $4,076 | $4,000 | $3,905 | $4,400 |
| National Institute of Education (NIE)12 | | | | | |
| Arts (and Education) | 100.0% | $4,185 | $4,200 | $3,948 | $4,600 |
| Science (and Education)* | 100.0% | $4,370 | $4,300 | $4,000 | $4,651 |
| Sports Science and Management | 92.5% | $3,837 | $3,850 | $3,250 | $4,319 |
| Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine | | | | | |
| Medicine10** | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY | | | | | |
| School of Accountancy (4-year programme)13 | | | | | |
| Accountancy | 95.5% | $4,463 | $3,900 | $3,600 | $4,700 |
| Cum Laude and above | 96.0% | $5,069 | $4,500 | $3,850 | $5,400 |
| School of Business (4-year programme)13 | | | | | |
| Business Management | 92.4% | $4,795 | $4,436 | $3,800 | $5,200 |
| Cum Laude and above | 95.5% | $5,244 | $4,875 | $4,000 | $5,500 |
| School of Economics (4-year programme)13 | | | | | |
| Economics | 93.4% | $4,937 | $4,500 | $4,000 | $5,254 |
| Cum Laude and above | 95.7% | $5,565 | $4,833 | $4,300 | $6,000 |
| School of Computing & Information Systems (4-year programme) - Information Systems13 | | | | | |
| Information Systems | 92.3% | $5,530 | $5,400 | $4,800 | $6,250 |
| Cum Laude and above | 95.0% | $5,866 | $5,625 | $5,000 | $6,666 |
| School of Computing & Information Systems (4-year programme) - Computer Science13 | | | | | |
| Information Systems | 92.7% | $6,120 | $5,800 | $5,100 | $6,500 |
| Cum Laude and above | 94.1% | $6,902 | $6,250 | $5,500 | $7,752 |
| School of Social Sciences (4-year programme)13 | | | | | |
| Social Sciences | 87.0% | $4,330 | $4,000 | $3,600 | $4,780 |
| Cum Laude and above | 86.8% | $4,547 | $4,312 | $3,700 | $5,000 |
| School of Law (4-year programme)13 | | | | | |
| Law14 | 99.2% | $6,509 | $7,000 | $5,800 | $7,000 |
| Cum Laude and above | 98.9% | $6,690 | $7,000 | $6,200 | $7,000 |
| SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES | | | | | |
| S R Nathan School of Human Development | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Early Childhood Education | 83.9% | $3,328 | $3,400 | $3,097 | $3,525 |
| Bachelor of Human Resource Management | 88.6% | $3,650 | $3,500 | $3,310 | $3,904 |
| Bachelor of Social Work** | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| School of Business | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Accountancy | 94.1% | $3,601 | $3,600 | $3,500 | $3,600 |
| Bachelor of Science in Business Analytics | 83.3% | $4,840 | $4,800 | $4,300 | $5,200 |
| Bachelor of Science in Finance | 86.0% | $4,965 | $4,500 | $4,000 | $5,200 |
| Bachelor of Science in Marketing | 85.4% | $3,896 | $3,600 | $3,400 | $4,040 |
| Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management | 94.2% | $4,038 | $4,000 | $3,600 | $4,363 |
| School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Public Safety and Security* | 100.0% | $4,709 | $4,691 | $3,875 | $5,300 |
| School of Law | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Law14** | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
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Notes:
1) Employed refers to graduates working on a full-time permanent, part-time, temporary or freelance basis.
2) Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
3) Data on law, medicine and pharmacy graduates is obtained from a follow-up survey on 2022 graduates after they have completed their one-year practical law course/pupillage/housemanship/first-year residency/practical training. Data on architecture graduates is obtained from a follow-up survey on 2020 architecture graduates after they have completed their practical training.
4) The Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree is a multidisciplinary programme that allows students to specialise in either Environmental Biology within the Faculty of Science or Environmental Geography within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
5) Double Degree in Business and Computer Engineering/Computing includes Business and Computer Engineering, and Business and Computing.
6) Double Degree in Engineering and Economics includes Bioengineering and Economics, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Economics, Civil Engineering and Economics, Environmental Engineering and Economics, Computer Engineering and Economics, Computer Science and Economics, Materials Engineering and Economics, Aerospace Engineering and Economics, Mechanical Engineering and Economics.
7) Interdisciplinary Double Major includes English Literature and Art History, Psychology and Linguistics & Multilingual Studies, Economics and Media Analytics, Economics and Psychology, Economics and Public Policy & Global Affairs, Psychology and Media Analytics.
8) Biological and Biomedical Sciences includes Biological Sciences, Biological Sciences and Psychology, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences and BioBusiness.
9) Data on Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine, and Medicine graduates is obtained from a follow-up survey on 2022 graduates after they have completed their practical training/housemanship/first-year residency.
10) Environmental Earth Systems Science includes Environmental Earth Systems Science, Environmental Earth Systems Science and Public Policy & Global Affairs.
11) Mathematical and Mathematical Sciences includes Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Economics, Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Mathematics & Economics.
12) National Institute of Education (NIE) is an autonomous institute of NTU.
13) SMU’s courses are direct 4-year programmes and graduates could be awarded Cum Laude and above, High Merit, Merit or no awards. The data for SMU’s courses above is displayed in two categories: (i) overall results for all graduates within the course regardless of the award they attained, and (ii) results for the graduates awarded Cum Laude and above. Should the graduates undertake more than one Degree (e.g. Dual Degree programme), they have been classified based on their first Degree.
14) Data on law graduates is obtained from a follow-up survey on 2022 graduates after they have completed their practical law course/pupillage.
n.a. not available / not applicable
* – Data is based on a sample size of fewer than 30 respondents.
** – No data is shown due to the small number of graduates and/or low response rates.
SIT and SUTD, 2022
| Degree | Proportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who were employed1 | Gross Monthly Salary2 |
|---|
| Median | Mean | 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile |
|---|
| SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Design) | 91.2% | $5,725 | $5,190 | $4,600 | $6,600 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Product Development) | 94.9% | $4,408 | $4,200 | $3,900 | $5,000 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Systems and Design) | 89.5% | $5,046 | $4,500 | $4,000 | $5,300 |
| Bachelor of Science (Architecture and Sustainable Design)3 | 90.6% | $4,335 | $4,100 | $3,900 | $4,500 |
| SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | | | | | |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Arts in Game Design* | 100.0% | $3,490 | $3,300 | $3,200 | $3,500 |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation | 80.0% | $3,125 | $3,200 | $2,835 | $3,500 |
| Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Game Design | 88.2% | $4,324 | $4,000 | $3,700 | $4,968 |
| Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation | 95.1% | $4,984 | $4,600 | $4,300 | $5,175 |
| Singapore Institute of Technology | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours | 97.7% | $3,431 | $3,400 | $3,200 | $3,460 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information & Communications Technology (Information Security) | 100.0% | $5,251 | $4,950 | $4,605 | $5,552 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information & Communications Technology (Software Engineering) | 100.0% | $5,215 | $5,000 | $4,590 | $5,500 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Aircraft Systems Engineering | 100.0% | $3,394 | $3,300 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Pharmaceutical Engineering | 98.3% | $3,736 | $3,600 | $3,300 | $4,000 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services) | 98.0% | $3,773 | $3,680 | $3,500 | $3,950 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)* | 96.3% | $3,788 | $3,700 | $3,485 | $4,250 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Telematics (Intelligent Transportation Systems Engineering) | 97.5% | $4,146 | $4,000 | $3,850 | $4,500 |
| Bachelor of Hospitality Business with Honours | 96.1% | $3,216 | $3,000 | $2,800 | $3,500 |
| Bachelor of Science (Diagnostic Radiography) | 100.0% | $3,880 | $3,700 | $3,500 | $4,025 |
| Bachelor of Science (Occupational Therapy) | 100.0% | $3,546 | $3,500 | $3,400 | $3,690 |
| Bachelor of Science (Radiation Therapy)* | 100.0% | $3,328 | $3,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 |
| SIT- DigiPen Institute of Technology | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Systems Engineering (ElectroMechanical Systems) | 100.0% | $4,402 | $4,370 | $3,700 | $4,900 |
| SIT- Massey University | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours | 96.4% | $3,322 | $3,300 | $3,000 | $3,500 |
| SIT- Newcastle University | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering | 79.2% | $3,836 | $3,700 | $3,350 | $4,200 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Electrical Power Engineering | 98.3% | $3,691 | $3,600 | $3,500 | $3,850 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Marine Engineering* | 100.0% | $3,819 | $3,750 | $3,400 | $4,250 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering | 93.4% | $3,787 | $3,650 | $3,600 | $4,000 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Naval Architecture* | 100.0% | $3,592 | $3,400 | $3,250 | $3,850 |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Offshore Engineering* | 82.4% | $3,575 | $3,550 | $3,350 | $3,850 |
| SIT-Trinity College Dublin | | | | | |
| Bachelor in Science (Physiotherapy) | 97.9% | $3,591 | $3,525 | $3,400 | $3,800 |
| SIT-University of Glasgow | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil Engineering | 92.8% | $3,719 | $3,675 | $3,500 | $3,933 |
| Bachelor of Science with Honours in Nursing | 98.3% | $3,697 | $3,700 | $3,350 | $3,990 |
| Technische Universität München | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering | 95.7% | $3,645 | $3,557 | $3,400 | $3,865 |
| Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering & Information Technology* | 81.5% | $3,806 | $3,700 | $3,250 | $4,265 |
| The Culinary Institute of America | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Business Administration in Food Business Management | 91.9% | $2,817 | $2,700 | $2,500 | $3,100 |
| The Glasgow School of Art | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Communication Design | 94.4% | $2,989 | $3,000 | $2,700 | $3,200 |
| Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Interior Design | 94.3% | $2,807 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $3,100 |
| University of Liverpool | | | | | |
| Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Criminology and Security | 95.5% | $4,001 | $3,850 | $3,400 | $4,500 |
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(Data for 2023 is not yet available as at time of published)
Notes:
1) Employed refers to graduates working on a full-time permanent, part-time, temporary or freelance basis.
2) Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
3) Data on Architecture and Sustainable Design graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on 2019 Architecture and Sustainable Design graduates after they have completed their practical training.
Source: Graduate Employment Survey
