The bar chart illustrates the UK graduates and post-graduates who did not go into full-time jobs after quitting college in 2008
Overall, the number of graduates and post-graduates who did further study had the highest rate, while the voluntary work students had the lowest rate.
In 2008, students who did further study had the highest rate with almost 30,000. Part-time workers and unemployed students had average rates of just under 18,000 and just over 16,000 students respectively, while voluntary work students had the lowest rate among others
The post-graduate students are the same as graduates in having the highest rate in further study, but the rate of part-time worker students was higher than that of graduates. The rates of voluntary and unemployed post-graduates are similar to those of graduates. However, there is a huge difference in the numbers of post-graduates compared to graduates. Around 2,700 post-graduate students went on to further study, part-time worker students were around 2,500, and the average number of unemployed students was just over 1,600. Finally, voluntary workers made up the lowest number of 345 post-graduate students
