The survey — conducted by the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Social Sciences — also found that the median gross monthly salary among fresh graduates in full-time permanent employment rose to S$4,200, from S$3,800 in 2021.
The increase was the most significant in the information and digital technologies course cluster, which saw the median gross monthly salary of those in full-time jobs increase from S$5,000 in 2021 to S$5,625 in 2022.
This cluster, along with health sciences and engineering clusters, recorded the highest percentage of full-time permanent employment.
The remaining clusters also saw increases in median gross monthly salary, though the salaries for the arts, design and media clusters held steady.