Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) from Universities: 2019-20: Scotland
Earnings information for UK-domiciled first-degree graduates from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Scotland.
Ethnicity
Table 4 shows the median total earnings for UK-domiciled first-degree graduates from Scottish HEIs five years after graduation split by ethnicity (detailed level). It shows that graduates from ‘Black, Black British or other black backgrounds’ have the lowest earnings, with £25,300 in 2019/20. Those of ‘Asian (Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi) backgrounds’ earned £28,200, those of ‘White or White Scottish backgrounds’ earned £29,300, and those of ‘Mixed backgrounds’ earned £29,800.
Those from ‘other Asian backgrounds’ earned £27,500, those from ‘other white backgrounds’ earned £26,000, and those from ‘other ethnic backgrounds’ had the highest earnings of £31,500. Due to small cohort sizes, some ethnicities have been combined into a single ethnicity grouping (e.g. ‘Other black background’ was combined with ‘Black or Black British’). Grouping the ethnicities may obscure some of the underlying differences in earnings between the ethnicities which make up the groupings, however this approach was necessary to protect against disclosure issues given small cohort sizes.
| Ethnicity (detailed level) | HESA codes - see (2) | Median total earnings (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Black, Black British, or other black background | 21, 22, 29 | 25,300 |
| Mixed background | 41, 42, 43, 49 | 29,800 |
| Asian (Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi) background | 31, 32, 33 | 28,200 |
| White or White Scottish | 10, 13 | 29,300 |
| Other Asian background | 34, 39 | 27,500 |
| Other Ethnic background | 50, 80 | 31,500 |
| Other White background | 14, 15, 19 | 26,000 |
*UK-domiciled first-degree graduates 2013/14.
(1) Hours worked are not taken into account.
(2) Graduates whose ethnicity information is not known have been excluded from the table.
See HESA’s website for HESA codes used and more details: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c13051/a/ethnic.
Table 5 shows the median total earnings for UK-domiciled first-degree graduates from Scottish HEIs five years after graduation split by sex and ethnicity (high-level). It shows that those from ‘non-white backgrounds’ earn less than those from ‘white backgrounds’ for both males and females. Males who graduated in 2013/14 from ‘white backgrounds’ were earning £31,100 in 2019/20 compared to £28,500 for male graduates from ‘non-white backgrounds’. Females who graduated in 2013/14 from ‘white backgrounds’ were earning £28,200 in 2019/20 compared to £27,600 for female graduates from ‘non-white backgrounds’.
Ethnicity is determined by the graduates’ own self-assessment. See ‘Methodology’ section for more information.
| Median total earnings (£) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity (high-level) | Female graduates | Male graduates | All Graduates |
| All White backgrounds | 28,200 | 31,100 | 29,300 |
| All non-White backgrounds | 27,600 | 28,500 | 28,200 |
*UK-domiciled first-degree graduates 2013/14.
(1) Hours worked are not taken into account.
(2) Graduates whose ethnicity information is not known have been excluded from the table.
See HESA’s website for more details: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c13051/a/ethnic.
Contact
Email: FHEstatistics@gov.scot
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