Education graduates enter a wide range of jobs in many sectors of employment, from research, healthcare, teaching or other education settings to business, management, marketing and human resources. Key transferable skills developed through an Education degree include communication, research and analysis, interpersonal skills, problem-solving and excellent organisational and time management skills.

Data obtained from

• Education Studies (BSc) and Psychology in Education (BSc)
• Graduates from the UK

Responses were received from 22 UK graduates from 2019/20; this is a response rate of 62.9%

Destinations

Most important activity	Percentage of graduates
Paid work for an employer	86.4%
Self-employment/freelancing	0%
Running my own business	0%
Developing a creative, artistic or professional portfolio	0%
Voluntary/unpaid work for an employer	0%
Engaged in a course of study, training or research	9.1%
Taking time out to travel	0%
Caring for someone	0%
Retired	0%
Unemployed and looking for work	0%
Doing something else	4.5%

Sector information

Some graduates will enter areas directly related to their degree subject. These include general secondary education, primary education and pre-primary education, where there is often the opportunity to use the specific knowledge gained from studying Education. Graduates are also well placed to enter areas not directly related to their degree where their plethora of skills develped on this course are of considerable interest to employers and an asset for a range of other occupations. 

Employment sector	Number of graduates
Primary education	6
General secondary education	3
Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse	2
Other sectors (6 sectors)	7

Employers and occupations

Examples of employers

• PwC
• Hargreaves Lansdown 
• North Somerset Council

Examples of occupations

• Teacher
• Assistant Psychologist
• Audit Associate
• Learning Support Assistant
• Operations Support

Further study

Qualification type	Percentage of graduates
Higher degree, mainly by research (e.g. PhD, DPhil, MPhil, MRes)	0%
Higher degree, mainly by taught course (e.g. MA, MSc, MBA)	80%
Postgraduate diploma or certificate (including PGCE/PGDE)	20%
Professional qualification	0%
Undergraduate degree (including integrated master’s degrees) (e.g. BA, BSc, MBChB, MEng)	0%
Other undergraduate diploma or certificate not specified above	0%
Other qualification	0%
Not aiming for a formal qualification	0%