Galway Bay fm newsroom – A new report published by the GMIT Careers Office shows that 94% of graduates are either in employment or further education, eight months after graduation.
This breaks down as 55% of the graduates being in paid employment and 39% in further education.
Of the number of graduates in employment, 92% of them are working in Ireland and of that figure 69% are working along the western seaboard.
Comparing figures, graduates in paid employment increased from 50% in 2014 to 55% in 2015, which is in line with the national trend.
The First Destination Survey surveyed 1,914 graduates between November 2015 and June 2016 via online survey, telephone survey, follow-up calls and LinkedIn.