Alumni Magazine Issue 4

Notre Dame graduate salaries on a high LONG TERM STUDY PUTS GRADUATES AHEAD OF NATIONAL AVERAGE The Federal Government’s aim to provide relevant and transparent information to prospective students continued this year in two comprehensive nationwide surveys of current and graduate students. As part of the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) initiative, the Student Experience Survey (SES) held in May showed that Notre Dame outperformed universities Australia-wide to claim leadership in providing a quality educational experience (qilt.edu.au). Notre Dame also excelled in the Graduate Outcomes Survey – Longitudinal (GOS-L) held in September. Australia’s largest survey of higher education graduates in the workforce, the GOS-L tracks employment outcomes of graduates in the workforce for three years. The results of the GOS-L revealed that bachelor level graduates from Notre Dame who entered full time employment in the first year of the survey (2015) earned an average of $61,000, compared to the national average of $56,700. Three years later (2018) the same group had maintained a lead, earning an average of $71,000 compared to the national average of $70,000. Postgraduate salaries were also ahead of the national average. Three years after graduation Notre Dame’s postgraduates were reported as earning an average of $97,900, compared to the national average of $90,000. Labour force participation is also at an all-time high with 95.1 percent of bachelor degree graduates finding work in the medium term compared to the national average of 92.2 percent. Postgraduates were also ahead at 96.1 percent compared to the national average of 94.2 percent. A C C O L A D E S Alumni Magazine – Page 16