Private Education Institution Graduate Employment Survey 2022/2023

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 2022/23, and the comparative graduate employment outcomes from other GES, please refer to our media release.

 

About 9,100 individuals completed full-time bachelor's level EDP graduates across 26 PEIs between May 2022 and April 2023, out of which 40.8% 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 2021/22 and 2022/23 cohorts and AU and Post-National Service Polytechnic graduates from the 2023 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:2021/222022/2320232023
Employed 86.5%83.2%89.6%95.1%
In Full-Time Permanent Employment 60.9%58.7%84.1%69.2%
Freelancing5.1%5.7%1.5%7.3%
In Part-time /Temporary Employment 20.5%18.9%4.0%18.5%
   Voluntary14.7%14.1%2.9%17.7%
   Involuntary5.9%4.7%1.1%0.8%
Unemployed 13.5%
16.8%10.4%4.9%
   Unemployed but starting work soon2.2%2.2%3.6%1.9%
   Unemployed and still looking for a job11.3%14.6%6.8%3.0%
Median Gross Monthly Salary
(Full-Time Permanent Employment)
$3,200$3,400$4,313$2,963

 

Note: Employment figures may not add up due to rounding off.

1 The 2023 Joint AU Graduate Employment Survey (JAUGES) results were published on 22 February 2024. This includes fresh graduates who graduated in May 2023 from NTU, NUS, SMU and SUSS only.

The 2023 Joint Polytechnic Graduate Employment Survey results were published on 12 January 2024.

Employment Outcomes of Fresh Graduates of Full-Time EDPs by Institution (for institutions with 10 or more respondents1)

 

 Private Education Institution2022/2023 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
1PARKWAY COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH*100.0%90.9%N.A.65.4%11
2
CURTIN EDUCATION CENTRE
83.0%
66.0%
$3,225
25.9%
53
3
SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT86.1%62.4%$3,50050.2%1,552
4
KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY81.0%52.8%$3,00041.5%326
5
PSB ACADEMY77.8%
51.3%
$3,200
36.4%
275
6
JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY
78.8%
50.5%
$3,050
21.7%
99
7
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE
59.6%44.2%
$3,35028.3%52
8ERC INSTITUTE71.4%42.9%N.A.39.4%14
9RAFFLES COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION*90.0%40.0%N.A.13.2%10
10SINGAPORE RAFFLES MUSIC COLLEGE*33.3%16.7%N.A.96.2%12

* Median gross monthly salaries for selected PEIs are not shown due to the small sample size of respondents in full-time permanent employment.

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 2022/23

 

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

JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY

11

KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY

12

LONDON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & FINANCE

13

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE

14

NANYANG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

15

NGEE ANN ACADEMY

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

SISH 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

 

Notes: Private Education Institutions are arranged in alphabetical order

If you have received an email and/or letter inviting you to participate in the annual Private Education Institution Graduate Employment Survey (PEI GES) 2022/2023, please click here.


                               
25 Apr 2024