Fewer graduates from the University of Bedfordshire went straight into jobs after completing their courses last summer, compared to three years earlier.
But the figures, from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), also show Bedfordshire graduates are having more success finding work than those from other universities in the region.
The survey found nearly 44 per cent of full-time students who left the university in 2010 had secured graduate jobs six months after leaving.
Out of eight institutions across the region only one other had a better success rate.
However, over half of the class of 2007 had found degree-level jobs in the same period.
Professor Les Ebdon, vice-chancellor of the university, said: “This is a pleasing result and is testament to our policy of embedding employability into all our courses, our high-quality teaching in modern, state-of-the-art facilities and strong student support, which ensure students are well prepared for the world of work.”
Figures also show nearly one in ten of Bedfordshire graduates are assumed unemployed.
Only two of the other universities across the region - Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge, Essex, Hertfordshire, Northampton, Suffolk and the University of East Anglia - had lower levels of unemployed 2010 graduates.
Source: Bedfordtoday.co.uk, Friday 4th November 2011
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