VNExpress-Dec 1
Only about half of Vietnamese undergraduate students in Australia secured full-time employment after graduation, according to a survey funded by the Australian Government Department of Education. The findings come from the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) survey program, including the 2024 Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS), which tracks employment outcomes for bachelor’s degree graduates 4–6 months after completing their studies. The data shows that just 51.6% of Vietnamese undergraduates found full-time work in 2024, down from 58.9% in 2023. Employment outcomes for Vietnamese postgraduate students (master’s and doctoral) also declined. Their full-time employment rate dropped to 63.4% in 2024, compared with 78.4% the previous year. Only research-focused postgraduate degrees recorded stable employment outcomes. Vietnamese undergraduates earned an average salary of AU$63,700 in 2024, below the international student average of AU$68,000 and AU$1,300 lower than in 2023. Among the top five source countries for international students in Australia—China, India, Nepal, Vietnam, and the Philippines—Vietnamese undergraduates recorded the lowest average salaries. In contrast, Vietnamese postgraduates reported the highest average salaries among the five groups, with employment rates ranked second after the Philippines. According to the Australian Department of Education, around 822,000 international students are currently enrolled in Australia. Vietnamese students make up more than 36,000 of them, ranking fourth among all nationalities, though the number has fallen 4% from last year. Read more at: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/education/vietnamese-students-in-australia-face-declining-employment-rates-lower-salaries-4987002.html
