The bar charts show the numbers of graduate and postgraduate students who embarked on various paths, namely working part time, joining voluntary campaigns, furthering their education, and falling into the rank of unemployment, once they finished their college in 2008.
Overall, a significant number of both graduate and postgraduate students chose to continue their studies, while very few of them were engaged in voluntary programs compared to other choices.
In detail, further education was the most favorable option, accounting for 29,665 graduates. After graduating college, a staggering 17,735 people started working part time, a slightly higher figure than the number of jobless graduates at 16,235. Being involved in voluntary work, though, made up only 3,500 graduates, making it the least preferable category of all.
A similar trend could be observed in the future destinations of British postgraduates. A whopping 2,725 of them opted for further education, which was closely followed by part-time work, registering almost 300 fewer postgraduates. Notably, a mere 345 postgraduates did voluntary work in 2008.