Private Education Institution Graduate Employment Survey 2021/2022
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) conducts an annual Private Education Institution (PEI) Graduate Employment Survey (GES) for graduates from full-time Bachelor’s level external degree programmes (EDPs) in Singapore, to survey the employment outcomes of economically active fresh PEI graduates. The PEI GES aims to help prospective students make informed decisions on their education choices. It is mandatory for all PEIs offering EDPs to participate in the survey. Similar surveys are conducted for graduates of Autonomous Universities, polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education. To find out more about PEI GES 2021/22, and the comparative graduate employment outcomes from other GES, please refer to our media release.
About 8,800 individuals completed full-time bachelor’s level EDPs at PEIs between May 2021 and April 2022, out of which 41.1% responded to the PEI GES survey. Detailed results of the survey can be found below.
Definitions of the employment indicators can be found in Annex A of the media release.
Employment outcomes across PEI graduates from the 2020/21 and 2021/22 cohorts and AU and Post-National Service Polytechnic graduates from the 2022 cohort
| Employment Indicators | PEIs (Full-time EDPs) | AUs1 (NTU, NUS, SMU and SUSS) | Post-National Service Polytechnic Graduates2 | |
| Proportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who were: | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Employed | 85.3% | 86.5% | 93.8% | 92.7% |
| In Full-Time Permanent Employment | 46.4% | 60.9% | 87.5% | 65.4% |
| Freelancing | 3.2% | 5.1% | 1.8% | 10.1% |
| In Part-time /Temporary Employment | 35.6% | 20.5% | 4.5% | 17.2% |
| Voluntary | 20.2% | 14.7% | 3.6% | 16.2% |
| Involuntary | 15.5% | 5.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Unemployed | 14.7% | 13.5% | 6.2% | 7.3% |
| Unemployed but starting work soon | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 2.2% |
| Unemployed and still looking for a job | 12.4% | 11.3% | 3.6% | 5.1% |
| Median Gross
Monthly Salary (Full-Time Permanent Employment) | $2,989 | $3,200 | $4,200 | $2,800 |
Note: Employment figures may not add up due to rounding off.
1 The 2022 Joint AU Graduate Employment Survey (JAUGES) results were published on 20 February 2023. This includes fresh graduates who graduated in May 2022 from NTU, NUS, SMU and SUSS only.
2 The
2022 Joint Polytechnic Graduate Employment Survey results were published on 13 January 2023
Employment Outcomes of Fresh Graduates of Full-Time EDPs by Institution (for institutions with 10 or more respondents1)
| Private Education Institution | 2021/2022 GES Employment Rates and Salaries of Fresh PEI Graduates from Full-Time EDPs | Response Rate2 | No. of Economically Active Fresh PEI Degree Graduate Respondent3 | |||
| Overall Employment Rate | Full-Time Permanent Employment Rate | Median Gross Monthly Salary | ||||
| 1 | PARKWAY COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH | 93.8% | 87.5% | $4,135 | 72.7% | 16 |
| 2 | MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE | 88.2% | 70.6% | $3,500 | 39.1% | 17 |
| 3 | SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT | 88.5% | 62.3% | $3,200 | 50.0% | 1,722 |
| 4 | CURTIN EDUCATION CENTRE | 82.8% | 60.9% | $2,950 | 30.0% | 64 |
| 5 | PSB ACADEMY | 84.5% | 60.8% | $3,000 | 34.1% | 181 |
| 6 | KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY | 82.9% | 57.7% | $3,000 | 38.4% | 246 |
| 7 | JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY | 75.8% | 48.4% | $3,000 | 24.5% | 95 |
Notes:
1 Results of PEIs with fewer than 10 respondents are not published as there are too few economically active fresh graduate respondents for the data to be meaningful.
2 Response rate refers to the percentage of graduates from full-time degree programmes in PEIs who responded to the survey.
3 Results of PEIs based on a small sample size of fewer than 30 full-time fresh PEI degree graduates may not be representative of the institution’s graduate employment outcomes. Users should exercise caution in interpreting the data.
List of Private Education Institutions with Graduates from Full-Time EDPs that Participated in PEI GES 2021/22
1 | AMITY GLOBAL INSTITUTE |
2 | AUSTON INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT |
3 | BAC COLLEGE (SINGAPORE) |
4 | BEACON INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE |
5 | CURTIN EDUCATION CENTRE |
6 | DIMENSIONS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE |
7 | EAST ASIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT |
8 | ERC INSTITUTE |
9 | ESSEC |
10 | INFORMATICS ACADEMY # |
11 | JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY |
12 | KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY |
13 | LONDON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & FINANCE |
14 | MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE |
15 | NANYANG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT |
16 | PARKWAY COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH |
17 | PSB ACADEMY |
18 | RAFFLES COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
19 | S P JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT |
20 | SDH INSTITUTE |
21 | SHRM COLLEGE |
22 | SINGAPORE COLLEGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE |
23 | SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT |
24 | SINGAPORE RAFFLES MUSIC COLLEGE |
| 25 | STANFORT ACADEMY |
26 | TMC ACADEMY |
| 27 | TRENT GLOBAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT |
Notes: Private Education Institutions are arranged in alphabetical order
# Informatics Academy was deregistered as a PEI on 20 May 2022