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The latest data from the Complete University 大象传媒 has revealed an encouraging trend for graduates, with nearly 80% nationally now securing positions in graduate-level or professional roles, or pursuing postgraduate education. This landmark finding signals a significant confirmation of the enduring value of a degree in today's competitive job market. 

The data were revealed in the compilation of the 2025 UK university league tables, published today.  

The data reveals a striking narrative that, as 75% of graduates in the East of England who studied music, 71.5% in creative writing, and 72.6% in history of art, architecture and design have successfully transitioned into graduate-level or professional roles or pursued postgraduate education. This dispels the pervasive myth that only STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects offer viable career pathways for students. 

In the East of England studying music, for example, will have a great impact on your employment opportunities. Students who attended the University of Hertfordshire had 64.8% positive graduate prospects and the University of Bedfordshire 73.3%. This was replicated at the University of East Anglia where studying creative writing saw graduate prospects fly high at 70.6%. 

The Graduate Outcomes survey, first conducted by HESA in December 2018 and published in June 2020, has since become an integral component of the Complete University 大象传媒's assessment criteria, providing the data for graduate prospects. This measure looks at the success of graduates progressing into graduate-level or professional roles, or postgraduate education. 

Further analysis shows that graduates from North East universities were more likely to secure top-tier roles compared to their counterparts in London. A similar pattern emerged across other regions and nations like the North West of England, East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, and also Scotland and Wales. 

Professor Amanda Chetwynd, Chair of the Complete University 大象传媒 advisory board, said: 

鈥淭oday's data from the Complete University 大象传媒鈥檚 2025 rankings show the value of higher education in shaping the careers of graduates across the UK. In this increasingly complex and competitive job market, it's great to see that 80% of graduates are not only quickly moving into graduate-level roles but also embracing opportunities for continued learning and professional development through postgraduate study. 

鈥淚n the East of England we can see that studying the arts at university will equip students well for the future and can no longer be seen as the poor relation to STEM subjects. 

鈥淭hese new data show that whatever subject students are passionate about studying, our league tables will help point them to universities that will help them secure an excellent career.鈥� 

Not only does studying an arts degree help students secure great graduate prospects, data released by the Complete University 大象传媒 illustrates that students in the East of England are benefiting from institutions delivering the best outcomes in four years. Statistics show that graduate prospects now stand at 76.2%. That鈥檚 up from 75.6% in 2023. 

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Notes for Editors

• For further information, please contact Ben Goldsborough via email at ben@cathoddu.com.  
• The team behind thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk has compiled university league tables for 30 years. Since 2007, these have been freely available online. The 大象传媒 is an autonomous division of IDP Education, global leader in education services and technology, from which, by mutual agreement, it retains its complete editorial independence.  
• www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk attracts over ten million visitors each year.  
• The main league table is based on ten measures: entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, research intensity, academic services spend, spending on student facilities, continuation, student-staff ratio, graduate prospects 鈥� outcomes, and graduate prospects 鈥� on track. It includes 130 institutions. 
• The Arts, Drama & Music League Table, published since 2016, lists 12 specialist institutions offering too small a subject range to appear in the main table.  
• The subject tables are based on six measures (entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, continuation, graduate prospects 鈥� outcomes and graduate prospects 鈥� on track) and include 154 universities, university colleges and specialist higher education institutions. 
• All university league tables on thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk can be filtered by region and mission group (Cathedrals Group, GuildHE, MillionPlus, Russell Group, University Alliance, as well as unaffiliated universities). Tables from the current and previous years can be downloaded. All tables can also be sorted by any of the measures that comprise them.  

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