The bar chart compares the career paths of Physics and Arts graduates in the UK in the year 2007, categorizing their destinations into 5 areas: Employment, Further Study, Working and Studying, Unemployment, and Others.
Overall / In general, there was a similar trajectory in the career path orientation of graduates in both sectors, with a majority of graduates focused on employment, whereas a minority of them pursued working and studying.
With regard to / To begin with Physics graduate students, the largest segment for them was direct employment, with 35% entering the workforce. Further study was the second-most preferred option with 20%, whereas the amount of unemployed alumni and those who follow other paths accounted for 15% and roughly 14% respectively. Nearly double the figures of Arts peers, the quantity of Physics graduates choosing a combination of working and studying stood at the bottom position with approximately 8%.
As for the Arts counterparts, employment and further study were also the most and second-most popular choice, with 25% and 15% respectively, followed by about 13% of other destinations and 10% of unemployment. Amounting to only 5%, working and studying simultaneously was obviously the least attractive option.