Graduates miss out on top salaries

13 April 2012

THOUSANDS of graduates still earn less than £20,000 a year by the time they are 30, it has emerged.

They are chasing fewer lucrative jobs, with some making little more than the average graduate starter salary of £18,000.

Researchers have discovered 'increasing polarisation' in graduate pay over the past ten years.

The findings, by researchers from Cardiff, Bath and Essex Universities, are likely to be seized on by opponents of the Government's top-up fees proposals which will allow universities to charge up to £3,000 from 2006.

The Government claims students should contribute towards their education as they will eventually benefit from larger salaries.

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