Graduate Outcomes Survey – Longitudinal PG 2023

What are Deakin graduates doing three years after graduation?

Findings from the 2019 Graduate Outcome Survey – Longitudinal (GOS-L), the national survey of higher education graduates 3 years after graduation.

664 Deakin postgraduates from 2019 responded to the 2023 GOS-L which gave a 46% response rate.

Overall employment

• 95% are employed full time
• 66% were working as a professional
• 21% were working as a manager
• 37% have changed occupation within the same business.

Graduates in full time employment

• 3 years ago, 80% were working full time. Now, 95% are in full-time work
• 86% have been employed full time in their role for at least 12 months
• 42% found their new* job via internet ads (*previous 12 months).

Graduates were in diverse work

• 136 occupations
• 96 industries
  
• Employers based in nine countries

Knowing what they know now...

• 81% of graduates would still study at Deakin
• 67% of graduates would still study the same qualification or study area.

Source: 2023 Graduate Outcome Survey – Longitudinal Institutional Research and Surveys Academic Governance and Standards Deakin University.