Table 5.9.11
Employment status of Class of 2000 graduates4 two and
five years after graduation, by level of study and type of program,
British Columbia
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| Two years after graduation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed | Employed full-time | Employed part-time | ||||
| % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | |
| College graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 88.4 | (1.1) | 75.4 | (1.4) | 11.9 | (1.1) |
| Health programs1 | 90.5 | (2.1) | 69.7 | (3.1) | 19.3 | (2.6) |
| Dental support services and allied professions | 96.1 | (3.6) | 84.6 | (6.8) | F | … |
| Health and medical administrative services | 80.9 | (9.5) | 77.9 | (9.5) | F | … |
| Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions | x | … | x | … | .. | … |
| Nursing | 94.7 | (3.5) | 79.0 | (6.3) | F | … |
| Nursing / registered nurse | 93.2 | (6.3) | 72.8 | (11.0) | F | … |
| Licensed practical / vocational nurse training | F | … | 83.8 | (10.1) | F | … |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | x | … | F | … | F | … |
| Health aides / attendants / orderlies | 89.9 | (3.1) | 57.3 | (5.1) | 30.2 | (4.7) |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 90.7 | (6.7) | 46.8 E | (12.2) | 43.9 E | (12.2) |
| Social work | 90.5 | (6.8) | 45.7 E | (12.4) | 44.9 E | (12.5) |
| All other programs3 | 87.8 | (1.3) | 77.5 | (1.6) | 9.3 | (1.1) |
| University graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 89.4 | (0.9) | 77.4 | (1.3) | 10.7 | (1.0) |
| Health programs1 | 96.1 | (1.6) | 81.5 | (3.3) | 14.6 E | (3.0) |
| Medicine | 92.9 | (6.4) | 92.9 | (6.4) | .. | … |
| Nursing | 95.7 | (2.7) | 83.6 | (5.1) | F | … |
| Nursing / registered nurse | 96.0 | (3.7) | 84.0 | (6.9) | F | … |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | 92.8 | (6.5) | 61.1 E | (12.6) | F | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 92.4 | (3.8) | 75.5 | (6.4) | F | … |
| Psychology | 86.1 | (7.5) | 66.2 | (10.4) | F | … |
| Social work | 97.7 | (1.1) | 85.1 | (8.3) | F | … |
| Health and physical education / fitness | F | … | 82.5 E | (14.1) | F | … |
| All other programs3 | 88.7 | (1.0) | 77.2 | (1.4) | 10.0 | (1.0) |
| Bachelor graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 88.2 | (1.2) | 75.8 | (1.6) | 11.4 | (1.3) |
| Health programs1 | 96.9 | (1.6) | 82.1 | (3.8) | 14.8 E | (3.5) |
| Medicine | F | … | F | … | .. | … |
| Nursing | 96.7 | (3.1) | 86.8 | (5.8) | F | … |
| Nursing / registered nurse | 95.9 | (3.8) | 83.6 | (7.0) | F | … |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | 92.6 | (6.7) | 59.6 E | (13.0) | F | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 93.3 | (4.6) | 78.6 | (7.7) | F | … |
| Psychology | 85.6 | (9.5) | 68.5 E | (13.1) | F | … |
| Social work | F | … | 89.2 | (9.9) | F | … |
| Health and physical education / fitness | F | … | 83.3 E | (14.8) | F | … |
| All other programs3 | 87.1 | (1.3) | 75.0 | (1.8) | 10.9 | (1.3) |
| Master's graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 93.2 | (0.9) | 82.6 | (1.6) | 8.7 | (1.3) |
| Health programs1 | 89.5 | (6.1) | 73.6 | (6.0) | 15.9 E | (3.5) |
| Nursing | 88.9 | (5.1) | 61.1 | (7.9) | 27.8 E | (7.2) |
| Nursing / registered nurse | x | … | x | … | .. | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 87.3 | (3.5) | 57.0 | (5.8) | 26.7 E | (5.8) |
| Psychology | 86.2 | (5.5) | 47.3 E | (8.9) | 35.0 E | (10.0) |
| Social work | 87.0 | (5.0) | 65.2 | (7.1) | 21.7 E | (6.1) |
| All other programs3 | 93.6 | (1.0) | 84.0 | (1.7) | 7.7 E | (1.3) |
| Doctoral graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 94.7 | (0.8) | 83.9 | (1.3) | 6.9 | (0.9) |
| Health programs1 | F | … | F | … | .. | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 90.9 | (3.5) | 73.7 | (5.2) | x | … |
| All other programs3 | 94.7 | (0.9) | 83.9 | (1.4) | 6.7 | (0.9) |
| Five years after graduation | ||||||
| Employed | Employed full-time | Employed part-time | ||||
| % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | |
| College graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 94.0 | (1.2) | 82.7 | (1.8) | 9.6 | (1.3) |
| Health programs1 | 93.4 | (3.2) | 73.2 | (4.6) | 15.7 E | (3.2) |
| Dental support services and allied professions | 95.8 | (3.9) | 77.1 | (9.0) | F | … |
| Health and medical administrative services | 76.6 E | (22.4) | F | … | F | … |
| Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions | x | … | F | … | F | … |
| Nursing | 94.7 | (5.0) | 90.8 | (6.1) | F | … |
| Nursing / registered nurse | F | … | F | … | .. | … |
| Licensed practical / vocational nurse training | F | … | 89.0 | (10.1) | F | … |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | x | … | F | … | F | … |
| Health aides / attendants / orderlies | 95.2 | (2.9) | 66.8 | (7.3) | 17.9 E | (5.4) |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 91.6 | (8.5) | F | … | F | … |
| Social work | 91.6 | (8.5) | F | … | F | … |
| All other programs3 | 94.2 | (1.2) | 86.0 | (1.8) | 7.5 E | (1.4) |
| University graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 93.3 | (1.0) | 80.5 | (1.6) | 10.2 | (1.3) |
| Health programs1 | 93.9 | (3.2) | 72.0 | (6.0) | 18.7 E | (5.3) |
| Medicine | F | … | F | … | .. | … |
| Nursing | 97.0 | (1.4) | 91.8 | (2.7) | F | … |
| Nursing / registered nurse | F | … | 98.5 | (1.2) | F | … |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | F | … | F | … | 56.0 E | (16.2) |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 99.1 | (0.5) | 84.0 | (6.8) | F | … |
| Psychology | 100.0 | (0.0) | 90.6 | (3.7) | F | … |
| Social work | 98.1 | (1.1) | 77.6 E | (12.9) | F | … |
| Health and physical education / fitness | x | … | x | … | F | … |
| All other programs3 | 92.9 | (1.1) | 80.9 | (1.7) | 9.3 | (1.3) |
| Bachelor graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 92.4 | (1.3) | 80.2 | (2.1) | 9.7 E | (1.6) |
| Health programs1 | 93.7 | (3.9) | 68.9 | (7.3) | 20.8 E | (6.4) |
| Medicine | F | … | F | … | .. | … |
| Nursing | F | … | F | … | .. | … |
| Nursing / registered nurse | F | … | F | … | .. | … |
| Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions | F | … | F | … | 57.4 E | (16.6) |
| Selected health-related programs2 | F | … | 91.2 | (8.5) | F | … |
| Psychology | F | … | F | … | .. | … |
| Social work | F | … | 82.3 E | (16.0) | F | … |
| Health and physical education / fitness | x | … | x | … | .. | … |
| All other programs3 | 91.7 | (1.5) | 80.3 | (2.2) | 8.9 E | (1.7) |
| Master's graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 95.7 | (0.7) | 80.4 | (2.2) | 12.3 | (2.0) |
| Health programs1 | 93.9 | (2.6) | 83.5 | (4.5) | F | … |
| Nursing | 80.3 | (7.8) | 46.6 E | (10.7) | 33.7 E | (9.6) |
| Nursing / registered nurse | x | … | F | … | F | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | 94.8 | (2.7) | 55.2 | (7.1) | 37.1 E | (6.9) |
| Psychology | F | … | 60.4 E | (11.8) | 39.6 E | (11.8) |
| Social work | 89.7 | (5.2) | 56.5 | (9.0) | 28.0 E | (8.2) |
| All other programs3 | 95.8 | (0.8) | 81.4 | (2.4) | 11.2 E | (2.1) |
| Doctoral graduates | ||||||
| All programs | 96.6 | (0.9) | 86.7 | (1.8) | 6.9 E | (1.3) |
| Health programs1 | F | … | 91.0 | (6.5) | F | … |
| Selected health-related programs2 | F | … | 75.9 | (5.8) | x | … |
| All other programs3 | 96.1 | (1.1) | 87.5 | (1.9) | 5.6 E | (1.3) |
.. not available for a specific reference period
… not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
1. Excludes veterinary programs.
2. Includes Psychology, Social work, Epidemiology and Health and physical education / fitness programs.
3. Includes veterinary programs but excludes all health programs, Psychology, Social work, Epidemiology and Health and physical education / fitness.
4. Graduates who pursued further education after 2000 are excluded from this table.
Note: Type of program is defined using the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). See Appendix 3 for more details.
Sources: National Graduates Survey (Class of 2000), Statistics Canada.
Follow-up Survey of Graduates (Class of 2000), Statistics Canada.
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