Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) from Scottish Colleges: 2016-2017

Employment and earnings outcomes for those successfully completing a Higher National Certificate (HNC) or Higher National Diploma (HND) course at Scottish college in 2012-2013 and who go on to employment, with no further enrolments in tertiary education.


Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)

Table 6 shows median total earnings by SIMD Quintiles (Q1-5) for those who completed HNC or HND courses at college. Individuals from Q4 had the highest median earnings of £16,200. The lowest earnings were seen for individuals from Q1 (the 20% most deprived areas), with median earnings of £14,800.

The differences in earnings between adjacent quintiles is relatively small across most quintiles, with the largest median earnings gap of £700 seen between Q1 and Q2. Further information on SIMD quintiles is available in the 'Data Quality' section of this release.

Table 6: Total earnings for full-time HNC/HND college completers who left education in 2012/13 by SIMD: 2016/17 tax year

SIMD Quintile Median total earnings
2012/13 cohort (£)
Q1 - 20% most deprived 14,800
Q2 15,500
Q3 15,800
Q4 16,200
Q5 - 20% least deprived 15,900
All 15,600

Notes:

  • Only includes Scottish domiciled completers of college in Scotland
  • Hours worked are not taken into account and include part-time and full-time earnings.
  • Only includes those completing an HNC or HND with no record of further study.

Contact

Email: Euan.Shields@gov.scot

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