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 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 2020/21, and the comparative graduate employment outcomes from other GES, please refer to our media release.
About 9,400 individuals completed full-time bachelor’s level EDPs at PEIs between May 2020 and April 2021, out of which 45.3% responded to the PEI GES survey. Table 1 shows the employment outcomes of about 2,900 respondents who are economically active1 fresh graduates2 and excludes fresh graduates who are not economically active; part-time students; and mature learners. International students working or seeking employment overseas have also been excluded from the analysis to further ensure that the findings reflect that of local employment conditions.
TABLE 1: Employment Outcomes of PEI Graduates from the 2019/20 and 2020/21 cohorts and AU Graduates from the 2021 cohort
| Employment Indicators |
PEIs
(Full-time EDPs)
|
AUs13
(NTU, NUS, SMU and SUSS) |
Post-National Service Polytechnic Graduates14 |
| Proportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who were: |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021 |
2021
|
| Employed3 |
80.7% |
85.3% |
94.4% |
94.2% |
| In Full-Time Permanent Employment Rate4 |
49.0% |
46.4% |
84.0% |
63.3% |
| Freelancing5 |
3.0% |
3.2% |
1.7% |
7.8% |
| In Part-time6/Temporary7 Employment Rate |
28.7%* |
35.6%^ |
8.7%> |
23.2%~ |
| Voluntary8 |
14.8% |
20.2% |
5.7% |
20.9% |
| Involuntary9 |
13.9% |
15.5% |
3.0% |
2.3% |
| Unemployed |
19.3% |
14.7% |
5.6% |
5.8% |
| Unemployed but starting work soon10 |
3.2% |
2.3% |
2.4% |
1.4% |
| Unemployed and still looking for a job11 |
16.1% |
12.4% |
3.2% |
4.4% |
Median Gross Monthly Salary12
(Full-Time Permanent Employment) |
$2,900 |
$2,989 |
$3,800 |
$2,614 |
Notes to Table 1:
Employment figures may not add up due to rounding off.
* Includes 9.9%-points of graduates on the SGUnited Traineeships Programme
^ Includes 14.2%-points of graduates on the SGUnited Traineeships Programme
> Includes 3.6%-points of graduates on the SGUnited Traineeships Programme
~ Includes 2.7%-points of graduates on the SGUnited Traineeships Programme
1. Economically active graduates are defined as those who are working, or not working but actively looking and available for a job.
2. Fresh graduates are defined as those who have less than one year of full-time permanent work experience.
3. Employment refers to the number of graduates working on a full-time permanent, part-time, temporary or freelance basis, as a proportion of graduates in the labour force (i.e. those who were working or not working but actively looking and available for work).
4. Full-time Permanent Employment refers to employment of at least 35 hours a week and where the employment is not temporary. It includes those on contracts of one year or more.
5. Freelancers refer to those who operate their own business without employing any paid worker in the conduct of their business or trade.
6. Part-time Employment refers to employment of less than 35 hours a week.
7. Temporary Employment refers to casual, interim or seasonal employment, including those on contracts of less than one year.
8. Voluntary part-time/temporary employment refers to those who indicated that they were in part-time/temporary employment as they were pursuing/ preparing to commence further studies, taking active steps to start a business venture, due to personal choice and other reasons.
9. Involuntary part-time/temporary employment refers to those who indicated that they were in part-time/temporary employment as they tried but were unable to obtain a full-time permanent job offer so far.
10. Unemployed but starting work soon refers to those who indicated that they were not working as they had accepted a job offer and will start later or were taking steps to start business venture.
11. Unemployed and still looking for a job refers to those who indicated that they were not working, but actively looking and available for work.
12. Gross Monthly Salary comprises basic salary, fixed allowances, over-time pay, commissions and other regular cash payments, before deduction of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, other lump sum payments and payments-in-kind are excluded.
13. The 2021 Joint AU Graduate Employment Survey (JAUGES) results were published on 16 Feb 2022. This includes full-time undergraduates who graduated in May 2021 from NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS only.
14. The 2021 Joint Polytechnic Graduate Employment Survey results were published on 13 Jan 2022.
TABLE 2: Employment Outcomes of Fresh Graduates of Full-Time EDPs by Institution (for institutions with 10 or more respondents15)
[PEIs arranged in descending order by Full-Time Permanent Employment Rate]
|
|
Private Education Institution
|
2020/2021 GES Employment Rates and Salaries of Fresh PEI Graduates from Full-Time EDPs |
Response Rate16
|
No. of Economically Active
Fresh PEI Degree
Graduate Respondent17
|
Overall
Employment Rate |
Full-Time
Permanent Employment Rate |
Median Gross
Monthly Salary |
| 1 |
PARKWAY COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH |
81.3% |
81.3% |
$3,694 |
50% |
16 |
2
|
PSB ACADEMY
|
85.2%
|
55.5%
|
$3,000
|
31%
|
182
|
3
|
CURTIN EDUCATION CENTRE |
75.5% |
49.0% |
$2,750 |
31% |
49 |
4
|
SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT |
88.6% |
47.2% |
$3,000 |
54% |
2,018 |
5
|
ERC INSTITUTE
|
84.4%
|
43.8%
|
$2,700
|
38%
|
32
|
6
|
JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY
|
75.2%
|
43.6%
|
$3,000
|
35%
|
133
|
7
|
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE
|
72.2% |
42.6%
|
$2,500
|
36%
|
54
|
8
|
KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY
|
78.4%
|
38.8%
|
$2,800
|
44%
|
343
|
Notes to Table 2:
15. Results of PEIs with less than 10 respondents are not published as there are too few economically active fresh graduate respondents for the data to be meaningful.
16. Response rate refers to the percentage of graduates from full-time degree programmes in PEIs who responded to the survey.
17. 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.
TABLE 3: List of Private Education Institutions with Graduates from Full-Time EDPs that Participated in PEI GES 2020/21
|
1
|
AIR TRANSPORT TRAINING COLLEGE#
|
|
2
|
AMITY GLOBAL INSTITUTE
|
|
3
|
AUSTON INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
|
|
4
|
BAC COLLEGE (SINGAPORE)
|
|
5
|
BEACON INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
|
|
6
|
BMC INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
|
|
7
|
CURTIN EDUCATION CENTRE
|
|
8
|
DIMENSIONS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
|
|
9
|
EAST ASIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
|
|
10
|
ERC INSTITUTE
|
|
11
|
ESSEC
|
|
12
|
INFORMATICS ACADEMY
|
|
13
|
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND SPORTS COLLEGE
|
|
14
|
JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY
|
|
15
|
KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY
|
|
16
|
LONDON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & FINANCE
|
|
17
|
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE
|
|
18
|
NANYANG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
|
|
19
|
PARKWAY COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH
|
|
20
|
PSB ACADEMY
|
|
21
|
RAFFLES COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
|
|
22
|
S P JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
|
|
23
|
SDH INSTITUTE
|
|
24
|
SHRM COLLEGE
|
|
25
|
SINGAPORE COLLEGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
|
|
26
|
SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
|
|
27
|
SINGAPORE RAFFLES MUSIC COLLEGE
|
|
28
|
TMC ACADEMY
|
Note: Private Education Institutions are arranged in alphabetical order
# Air Transport Training College was deregistered as a PEI on 18 Mar 2022