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Early Destinations of Students Qualifying from Scottish Higher Educations Institutions 2012-13
Statistics on the first destinations of leavers from Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)in 2012-13
Table 2: First destination of leavers from Scottish HEIs by subject area: 2012-13
Leavers from Scottish HEIs
| No. of Leavers | Study/Training (%) |
UK employment (%) |
Overseas employment (%) |
Believed unemployed (%) |
Other (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All subjects | 47,900 | 18.5 | 66.0 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.1 |
| Medical Studies | 7,085 | 8.9 | 84.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Allied Medicine | 5,595 | 8.9 | 83.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1,490 | 8.8 | 88.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Science and Engineering | 14,050 | 24.4 | 58.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 3.7 |
| Agriculture | 460 | 23.5 | 60.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 4.1 |
| Biological Sciences | 4,330 | 28.6 | 55.4 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| Engineering and Technology | 3,815 | 18.9 | 64.9 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 2.2 |
| Information Technology | 2,170 | 20.3 | 57.6 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 3.6 |
| Mathematical Sciences | 780 | 26.6 | 59.4 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.2 |
| Physical Sciences | 2,280 | 31.2 | 50.8 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 3.8 |
| Veterinary Science | 215 | 2.3 | 86.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| Business and Social Studies | 14,995 | 19.3 | 63.3 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
| Architecture | 1,370 | 16.9 | 69.5 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 2.2 |
| Business Administration | 6,405 | 14.6 | 66.0 | 9.1 | 6.1 | 4.3 |
| Law | 2,200 | 34.3 | 51.2 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
| Mass Communication | 740 | 9.6 | 72.9 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 5.3 |
| Social Studies | 4,280 | 21.0 | 61.7 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
| Education and the Arts | 11,160 | 15.9 | 69.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| Creative Arts | 2,755 | 19.8 | 62.9 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 4.1 |
| Education | 4,260 | 2.7 | 92.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Humanities | 1,950 | 28.8 | 49.8 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| Languages | 2,195 | 25.1 | 48.5 | 12.2 | 6.9 | 7.3 |
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 610 | 19.6 | 40.8 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 33.2 |
| Supplementary Subject Information | ||||||
| Economics and Politics | 1,345 | 23.6 | 49.3 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 6.0 |
| English | 975 | 28.3 | 50.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 6.8 |
| Geography | 600 | 26.4 | 54.3 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 3.8 |
| Psychology | 1,470 | 27.4 | 57.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Data weighted according to response rates (see Methodological Notes, Section 3)
Number of leavers rounded to the nearest 5
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