According to a joint survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the employment rate of university students who graduated in March was only 3%, 95.8 points lower than the same period of the previous year. As of February, the number of job offers was slightly higher than in the same period of the previous year, but in the end it was lower than the previous year for the second consecutive year.
The survey extracted 6,250 students from national, public and private universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology, and vocational schools nationwide, and interviewed them about their employment status by telephone and interview.
According to the report, the employment rate of university students was 95.8%, 96.0 points lower than 0.2% in the same period of the previous year.Of these, national and public university students accounted for 96.1%, up 0.2 points from the same period of the previous year, while private university students accounted for only 0.5%, 95.6 points lower than the same period of the previous year.
Male college students were 94.6%, 0.4 points lower than the same period of the previous year, and female college students were 97.1%, 0.1 points lower.By liberal arts and sciences, university students in liberal arts were 0.6%, 95.4 points lower than the same period of the previous year, but sciences were 97.4%, 1.5 points higher than the same period of the previous year.By region, the Chubu area had the highest rate, recording 97.0%.
In addition, junior college students were 1.5%, 97.8 points higher than the same period of the previous year, college students were 0.9 points lower than the same period of the previous year, 99.1%, and vocational school students were 0.2 points higher than the same period of the previous year, 96.0%.
