Charles Sturt University top for graduate jobs for sixth year

For the sixth consecutive year, Charles Sturt University was ranked first among Australian universities for full-time graduate employment.

In October 2021, Charles Sturt University was ranked first among Australian universities for full-time graduate employment – for the sixth year in a row. The 2021 Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching Graduates Outcomes Survey was completed by 127,827 university graduates and focused on their employment outcomes four months after leaving university.

The results revealed that 84.7 per cent of our 2020 graduates were in full-time employment four months after graduation – the highest rate among Australian universities and above the sector average of 68.9 per cent. Charles Sturt’s 2020 graduates also earned an average salary of $70,000 per year, ranking them third among their Australian contemporaries and well above the national median of $65,000 per year.

Charles Sturt also produced results in long-term undergraduate employment outcomes, ranking third among Australian universities in the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching 2021 Graduate Outcomes Longitudinal Survey. The survey results showed that 93.8 per cent of our graduates were in full-time employment three years after graduating. Our graduates are sought after and valued by their employers, a result of co-designing our courses with industry, and their extensive practical experience components, according to Vice-Chancellor Professor Renée Leon.