The top degree programmes are yet again in law, medicine, IT and business.
In the top 10 of our latest Graduate Employment Survey ranking, business clinched 3 spots (down from 5 last year), law 3 spots, information technology 3 spots, and medicine and dentistry one spot each. We count NTU Business and Computing programme as both IT and business.
This is also the first year that Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) released its own GES survey results. It did pretty well.
In terms of employability, Music, Art Design & Media, English and Communication Design ranked at the bottom.
In total, 108 degree programmes were ranked this year.
Data used in this article are based on the 2017 Graduate Employment Survey Results consolidated and released by MOE today (31st Jan, 2018). See also our GES ranking for the previous year.
The following are this year’s rankings. As usual, we rank first by Average Gross Monthly Salary, and then by Permanent Employment Rate.
By Average Gross Monthly Salary (in brackets are the 75th-percentile salaries)
1. SMU Law (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $5,095 ($5,800)
2. SMU Law (4-year programme) – $4,915 ($5,800)
3. NUS Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B) (Hons) – $4,898 ($5,600)
4. NUS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor Of Surgery – $4,887 ($5,200)
5.SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,603 ($4,750)
7. SMU Economics (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,425 ($4,750)
8. NTU Business and Computing – $4,407 ($5,000)
7. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) – $4,385 ($5,000)
8. SMU Business Management (4-year programme)Cum Laude and above – $4,234 ($4,583)
9. NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery – $4,221 ($4,450)
10. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – $4,207 ($4,500)
11. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) – $3,969 ($4,500)
12. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) – $3,960 ($4,250)
13. SUTD Bachelor of Engineering (Information Systems Technology and Design) – $3,952 ($4,450)
14. SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,943 ($4,583)
15. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) – $3,942 ($4,500)
16. SMU Economics (4-year programme) – $3,906 ($4,300)
17. SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – $3,897 ($4,167)
18. NTU Accountancy and Business – $3,893 ($4,250)
19. NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) – $3,879 ($4,250)
20. NTU Computer Science – $3,848 ($4,333)
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