Computer science graduates are the best paid after leaving college, yet the number of new entrants to these courses has fallen, news figures show. ICT graduates also have very strong employment prospects with 80 per cent of graduates in employment within months of leaving college. The figures chime with other data compiled over the past 12 months which indicates that, over a much longer time-frame, computer science graduates are the best paid. Similarly, a recent surveys by the Higher Education Authority which tracked all graduates nine months after finishing college found computer science graduates earned most. The recent report, What Do Graduates Do?, on the class of 2016, found arts and humanities graduates were the least well paid, while ICT graduates were the highest earners.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2018 18:13 UTC