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Research & Statistics

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Graduate Outcomes Survey

The Graduate Outcomes (GO) Survey keeps the region up-to-date on several important themes including:

• The status of graduates’ transitions to the workforce, with information provided on earnings, occupations and relatedness of work to skills learned in their programs;
• The level of student debt and repayment status;
• The retention of graduates in the Maritimes and migration rates outside the region;
• The pursuit of further studies after the first degree, with information on type of credential and discipline;
• What graduates think of their educational program.

The GO Survey focusses solely on bachelor’s graduates and consists of a six-year cycle which includes two graduating cohorts, both interviewed two years after graduation and with one of those two cohorts also interviewed six years after graduation. 

Class of 2020 in 2022

Profile, Employment Outcomes, and Retention of Maritime University Bachelor’s Graduates: Engineering (October 2024)
Report

Profile, Employment Outcomes, and Retention of Maritime University Bachelor’s Graduates: Education (March 2024)
Report

Profile, Employment Outcomes, and Retention of Maritime University Bachelor’s Graduates: Nursing (February 2024)
Report

The Class of 2020 in 2022: Post-Graduation Pathways of First-Degree Holders (January 2024)
Report

Class of 2020: Borrowing and Debt Two Years After Graduation (November 2023)
Report | Statistical Tables

Mobility and Activity of Recent University Graduates (April 2023)
Report | Statistical tables

Employment Profile of Maritime University First-Degree Holders (April 2023)
Report

The Class of 2020 in 2022: Profile of First-Degree Holders and Methodological Notes (March 2023)
Report

Class of 2018 in 2020

The University Experience of Recent Bachelor’s Graduates (June 2022)
Report

Learning Outside the Classroom: Examining work-integrated learning experiences of recent university graduates (September 2021)
Infographic | Statistical Tables

Class of 2018 Maritime University Graduates’ Employment Profile (May 2021)
Media Release | Report

How were recent Maritime university graduates impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic? (April 2021)
Media Release | Infographic | Statistical Tables

The Class of 2018 in 2020: Profile of First-Degree Holders and Methodological Notes (April 2021)
Report

Class of 2012 in 2018

Class of 2012 Maritime University Graduates: Borrowing and Debt Six Years after Graduation (December 2020)
Media Release | Report | Statistical Tables

The Class of 2012 Six Years On: Pursuing Education After a First Degree (June 2020)
Media Release | Report | Statistical Tables

Class of 2012 Maritime University Graduates’ Employment Profile (June 2019)
Media Release | Report

The Class of 2012: Profile of First Degree Holders and Methodological Notes (June 2019) Please note that in the original publication, posted on June 18, 2019, the sample size for graduates of Prince Edward Island was incorrect. An updated version was posted on November 1, 2019.
Report

Class of 2014 in 2016

Borrowing to Finance University Education: Class of 2014 (September 2018)
Media Release | Report | Statistical Tables

Maritime University Graduate Migration: Fifteen-Year Trend (January 2018)
Media Release | Infographic (pdf) | Infographic (jpg)

Class of 2014 Maritime University Graduate' Employment Profile (June 2017)
Media Release | Report

The Class of 2014 Profile of First Degree Holders and Methodological Notes (June 2017)
Report

Class of 2012 in 2014

Student Background, Time-To-Degree, and Graduate Outcomes (October 2017)
Media Release | Infographic (pdf) | Infographic (jpg) | Methodology and Statistical Tables

Expectations for a university education: Comparing the outlook of Grade 12 students to the experience of recent university graduates (March 2017)
Media Release | Infographic (pdf) | Infographic (jpg) | Statistical Tables and Methodology

Planning for University:  What Recent University Graduates’ Experiences Tell Us (January 2017)
Media Release | Infographic (pdf) | Infographic (jpg) | Statistical Tables and Methodology

Class of 2012 Maritime University Graduates Two years on: where were graduates living, and what was their activity? (September 2016)
Media Release | Infographic (pdf) | Infographic (jpg) | Statistical Tables and Methodology

Class of 2012 Maritime University Graduates: Pathways to Employment (May 2016)
Report | Media Release 

Class of 2012 Maritime University Graduates’ Employment Profile (May 2016)
Report

Profile of Class of 2012 First Degree Holders and Methodological Notes (September 2015)
Report

Are University Graduates Satisfied with their Education? (September 2015)
Media Release | Infographic (jpg) | Statistical Tables and Methodology

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