What do Osaka University students do after they graduate?

（1）Continued study (At a graduate school)：1,629graduates (47.8%)
（2）Employee (private industry, etc.)：1,184graduates (34.7%)
（3）Clinical resident：144graduates (4.2%)
（4）Employee (Regional civil servant)：92graduates (2.7%)
（5）Employee (National civil servant)：53graduates (1.5%)
（6）Employee (Teacher)：43graduates (1.3%)
（7）Other：265graduates (7.8%)

Departmental data is more important than average data.

Broadly speaking, 50% of all graduates of Osaka University’s undergraduate programs choose to continue their studies on a higher level, 40% choose to seek employment, and 10% choose another option. However, these are averages across 11 undergraduate programs. When you look more closely at statistics that have been dividen by general area of study (humanities versus sciences), by school, and by department, major, or course, you will find that the pie charts illustrating results vary greatly. For example, slightly less than 90% of the School of Engineering’s graduates opt to continue their studies in graduate school, compared to slightly less than 10% for the School of Economics. Similarly, pie charts depicting results differ greatly for graduates of master’s and doctoral course programs when the data is classified by graduate school or field. In this way, it is important to compile statistics by department since simply viewing average data leaves much unclear.

Look at the actual figures, not just percentages.

In addition, it is important to look at the actual figures, not just percentages. Expressed as a percentage, the proportion of graduates of Osaka University’s undergraduate programs who neither continue their studies nor seek employment is small—just 7.8%—but nonetheless, that figure is equivalent to 265 students. 

The next step for the class of 2013
（Graduates of master course programs 2,161 graduates）

（1）Employee (private industry, etc.)：1,508graduates (69.8%)
（2）Continued study (At a graduate school)：370graduates (17.1%)
（3）Employee (Regional civil servant)：38graduates (1.8%)
（4）Employee (Teacher)：35graduates (1.6%)
（5）Employee (National civil servant)：24graduates (1.1%)
（6）Other：186graduates (8.6%)

The next step for the class of 2013
（Graduates of doctor course programs 713 graduates）

（1）Employee (private industry, etc.)：395graduates (55.4%)
（2）Employee (Teacher)：94graduates (13.2%)
（3）Employee (Regional civil servant)：7graduates (1.0%)
（4）Employee (National civil servant)：4graduates (0.5%)
（5）Other：213graduates (29.9%)