The LSE Careers Service runs an annual survey to see what our graduates are doing three years after leaving the School - the class of 2001 were surveyed in 2004, and so on. The following is a comparative summary of their destinations. For HESA's national version of this survey, please see their 2005 Longitudinal summary|
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Class of 2003 (surveyed 2006)
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Class of 2004 (surveyed 2007)
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Class of 2005 (surveyed 2008)
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Class of 2005 (national average)
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Working
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79.7%
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80.8%
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83.0%
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82.2%
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Working & Studying
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9.8%
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9.9%
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12.7%
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6.7%
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Studying
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8.4%
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7.5%
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3.3%
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5.7%
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Taking time out/travelling/other
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1.5%
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1.4%
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0.4%
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3.8%
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Unemployed
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0.7%
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0.4%
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0.6%
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2.6%
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Average salaries 3 years after graduating
Disclosing salary information is not compulsory on the longitudinal survey. Because LSE students go on to work around the world in a variety of sectors, from field work for charities in third world countries to hedge funds, salaries vary wildly - from £1000 p/a to £800,000! Below are the average salaries of all those who responded to the survey as employed, by year group:
Class of 2003: £34,395
Class of 2004: £39,838
Class of 2005: £39,262
Class of 2005: £24,500
(national average)
Response rates for this survey
Unlike the DLHE survey, LSE's own longitudinal survey is not compulsory to all UK universities - it is for our research purposes only. We have no target response rates for the survey.
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Number of cohort responded
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% of cohort responded
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Class of 2003
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771
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20%
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Class of 2004
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1028
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22%
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Class of 2005
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674
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23.3%
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