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Global Employability at a Glance

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The 5 Numbers That Matter Most

Key indicators defining the current structural shifts in global employment.

Global Unemployment

historically low

~12%

Youth Unemployment

pressure point

~88%

Graduate Employment

1-2 yrs post-study

35%

Working in Field

skills mismatch

~13%

NEET Population

risk indicator

Top 200 Global Universities by Graduate Employment Rate

A comprehensive ranking of institutions leading the world in post-graduation employment outcomes.

Rank	University	Country	Region	Employment Rate
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States	North America	96.0%
#2	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	Europe	96.0%
#3	Stanford University	United States	North America	95.5%
#4	Harvard University	United States	North America	95.2%
#5	University of Chicago	United States	North America	95.1%
#6	ETH Zurich	Switzerland	Europe	95.0%
#7	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific	95.0%
#8	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	United States	North America	94.5%
#9	Tsinghua University	China	Asia-Pacific	94.5%
#10	Cornell University	United States	North America	94.2%
#11	Yale University	United States	North America	94.0%
#12	Institut Polytechnique de Paris	France	Europe	94.0%
#13	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	Asia-Pacific	94.0%
#14	Princeton University	United States	North America	93.8%
#15	Columbia University	United States	North America	93.5%
#16	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	Asia-Pacific	93.5%
#17	University of Pennsylvania	United States	North America	93.2%
#18	EPFL	Switzerland	Europe	93.0%
#19	Peking University	China	Asia-Pacific	93.0%
#20	The University of Sydney	Australia	Oceania	93.0%
#21	New York University (NYU)	United States	North America	92.8%
#22	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	United States	North America	92.5%
#23	The University of Tokyo	Japan	Asia-Pacific	92.5%
#24	Duke University	United States	North America	92.0%
#25	Technical University of Munich	Germany	Europe	92.0%
#26	The University of Melbourne	Australia	Oceania	92.0%
#27	Northwestern University	United States	North America	91.8%
#28	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	North America	91.5%
#29	Kyoto University	Japan	Asia-Pacific	91.5%
#30	UNSW Sydney	Australia	Oceania	91.5%
#31	UC Berkeley	United States	North America	91.0%
#32	HEC Paris	France	Europe	91.0%
#33	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	Europe	91.0%
#34	KAIST	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	91.0%
#35	Caltech	United States	North America	90.5%
#36	Seoul National University	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	90.5%
#37	Monash University	Australia	Oceania	90.5%
#38	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	Europe	90.0%
#39	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden	Europe	90.0%
#40	LMU Munich	Germany	Europe	90.0%
#41	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	India	Asia-Pacific	90.0%
#42	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	Latin America	90.0%
#43	University of Toronto	Canada	North America	89.5%
#44	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	India	Asia-Pacific	89.5%
#45	The University of Auckland	New Zealand	Oceania	89.5%
#46	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	United States	North America	89.2%
#47	University of Waterloo	Canada	North America	89.0%
#48	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	Europe	89.0%
#49	LSE	United Kingdom	Europe	89.0%
#50	University of Bath	United Kingdom	Europe	89.0%
#51	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	Europe	89.0%
#52	Fudan University	China	Asia-Pacific	89.0%
#53	McGill University	Canada	North America	88.5%
#54	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	Asia-Pacific	88.5%
#55	Australian National University (ANU)	Australia	Oceania	88.5%
#56	Purdue University	United States	North America	88.5%
#57	ENS Paris	France	Europe	88.5%
#58	Tohoku University	Japan	Asia-Pacific	88.5%
#59	University of Texas at Austin	United States	North America	88.2%
#60	University of British Columbia	Canada	North America	88.0%
#61	UCL	United Kingdom	Europe	88.0%
#62	Bocconi University	Italy	Europe	88.0%
#63	Zhejiang University	China	Asia-Pacific	88.0%
#64	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil	Latin America	88.0%
#65	KAUST	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	88.0%
#66	RWTH Aachen University	Germany	Europe	88.0%
#67	Osaka University	Japan	Asia-Pacific	88.0%
#68	IIT Madras	India	Asia-Pacific	88.0%
#69	The University of Queensland	Australia	Oceania	88.0%
#70	Texas A&M University	United States	North America	87.8%
#71	Carnegie Mellon University	United States	North America	87.5%
#72	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific	87.5%
#73	Penn State University	United States	North America	87.5%
#74	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	Europe	87.5%
#75	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	Europe	87.5%
#76	Kyushu University	Japan	Asia-Pacific	87.5%
#77	IIT Kanpur	India	Asia-Pacific	87.5%
#78	The University of Western Australia	Australia	Oceania	87.5%
#79	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Israel	Middle East	87.5%
#80	University of Washington	United States	North America	87.2%
#81	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	Asia-Pacific	87.2%
#82	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Australia	Oceania	87.2%
#83	Virginia Tech	United States	North America	87.1%
#84	Johns Hopkins University	United States	North America	87.0%
#85	Loughborough University	United Kingdom	Europe	87.0%
#86	University of Warwick	United Kingdom	Europe	87.0%
#87	Sciences Po	France	Europe	87.0%
#88	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific	87.0%
#89	KU Leuven	Belgium	Europe	87.0%
#90	McMaster University	Canada	North America	87.0%
#91	Nagoya University	Japan	Asia-Pacific	87.0%
#92	IIT Kharagpur	India	Asia-Pacific	87.0%
#93	Ohio State University	United States	North America	86.9%
#94	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	North America	86.8%
#95	Western University	Canada	North America	86.8%
#96	Utrecht University	Netherlands	Europe	86.8%
#97	Sun Yat-sen University	China	Asia-Pacific	86.8%
#98	RMIT University	Australia	Oceania	86.8%
#99	Brown University	United States	North America	86.5%
#100	ESADE Business School	Spain	Europe	86.5%
#101	University of Florida	United States	North America	86.5%
#102	Queen's University	Canada	North America	86.5%
#103	Heidelberg University	Germany	Europe	86.5%
#104	Université Paris-Saclay	France	Europe	86.5%
#105	Hokkaido University	Japan	Asia-Pacific	86.5%
#106	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	Asia-Pacific	86.5%
#107	Indian Institute of Science (IISc)	India	Asia-Pacific	86.5%
#108	The University of Adelaide	Australia	Oceania	86.5%
#109	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)	Brazil	Latin America	86.5%
#110	Tel Aviv University	Israel	Middle East	86.5%
#111	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	Europe	86.4%
#112	University of Maryland, College Park	United States	North America	86.2%
#113	TU Berlin	Germany	Europe	86.2%
#114	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	Europe	86.2%
#115	Tongji University	China	Asia-Pacific	86.2%
#116	Dartmouth College	United States	North America	86.0%
#117	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	Europe	86.0%
#118	Waseda University	Japan	Asia-Pacific	86.0%
#119	American University of Beirut (AUB)	Lebanon	Middle East	86.0%
#120	University of Zurich	Switzerland	Europe	86.0%
#121	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom	Europe	86.0%
#122	Leiden University	Netherlands	Europe	86.0%
#123	IIT Roorkee	India	Asia-Pacific	86.0%
#124	University of Otago	New Zealand	Oceania	86.0%
#125	University of Calgary	Canada	North America	85.9%
#126	Rutgers University	United States	North America	85.8%
#127	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	Europe	85.8%
#128	Ghent University	Belgium	Europe	85.8%
#129	Wuhan University	China	Asia-Pacific	85.8%
#130	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	Europe	85.5%
#131	Korea University	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	85.5%
#132	University of Colorado Boulder	United States	North America	85.5%
#133	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom	Europe	85.5%
#134	University of Groningen	Netherlands	Europe	85.5%
#135	Macquarie University	Australia	Oceania	85.5%
#136	Victoria University of Wellington	New Zealand	Oceania	85.5%
#137	KFUPM	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	85.5%
#138	University of Southampton	United Kingdom	Europe	85.2%
#139	Politecnico di Milano	Italy	Europe	85.0%
#140	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	Europe	85.0%
#141	Nankai University	China	Asia-Pacific	85.0%
#142	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	Latin America	85.0%
#143	University of Oslo	Norway	Europe	85.0%
#144	Sorbonne University	France	Europe	85.0%
#145	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia	Asia-Pacific	85.0%
#146	University of Wollongong	Australia	Oceania	85.0%
#147	Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)	Mexico	Latin America	85.0%
#148	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	Middle East	85.0%
#149	Newcastle University	United Kingdom	Europe	84.8%
#150	Sungkyunkwan University	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	84.8%
#151	National Taiwan University	Taiwan	Asia-Pacific	84.5%
#152	University of Helsinki	Finland	Europe	84.5%
#153	Humboldt University of Berlin	Germany	Europe	84.5%
#154	University of Bologna	Italy	Europe	84.5%
#155	Yonsei University	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	84.5%
#156	University of Canterbury	New Zealand	Oceania	84.5%
#157	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Latin America	84.5%
#158	Pompeu Fabra University	Spain	Europe	84.2%
#159	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	Europe	84.0%
#160	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	Latin America	84.0%
#161	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	84.0%
#162	Lund University	Sweden	Europe	84.0%
#163	University of Padua	Italy	Europe	84.0%
#164	Aarhus University	Denmark	Europe	84.0%
#165	Freie Universität Berlin	Germany	Europe	83.8%
#166	University of Vienna	Austria	Europe	83.5%
#167	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	Europe	83.5%
#168	Uppsala University	Sweden	Europe	83.5%
#169	Hanyang University	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	83.5%
#170	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	Asia-Pacific	83.5%
#171	UNESP	Brazil	Latin America	83.5%
#172	King Saud University	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	83.5%
#173	Khalifa University	UAE	Middle East	83.0%
#174	Autonomous University of Madrid	Spain	Europe	83.0%
#175	Universidad de Chile	Chile	Latin America	83.0%
#176	University of Barcelona	Spain	Europe	82.5%
#177	Kyung Hee University	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	82.5%
#178	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	Latin America	82.5%
#179	Qatar University	Qatar	Middle East	82.5%
#180	Universidad de los Andes	Colombia	Latin America	82.0%
#181	Koç University	Turkey	Middle East	82.0%
#182	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	Africa	82.0%
#183	Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	Asia-Pacific	82.0%
#184	Complutense University of Madrid	Spain	Europe	81.5%
#185	Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú	Peru	Latin America	81.5%
#186	United Arab Emirates University	UAE	Middle East	81.5%
#187	UNAM	Mexico	Latin America	81.0%
#188	University of Cape Town	South Africa	Africa	81.0%
#189	Mahidol University	Thailand	Asia-Pacific	81.0%
#190	University of Indonesia	Indonesia	Asia-Pacific	80.5%
#191	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	Africa	80.0%
#192	Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos	Peru	Latin America	80.0%
#193	Gadjah Mada University	Indonesia	Asia-Pacific	79.5%
#194	University of Pretoria	South Africa	Africa	79.5%
#195	The American University in Cairo	Egypt	Africa	79.0%
#196	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa	Africa	78.0%
#197	Makerere University	Uganda	Africa	77.0%
#198	Cairo University	Egypt	Africa	76.5%
#199	University of Nairobi	Kenya	Africa	75.0%
#200	University of Ghana	Ghana	Africa	74.0%

Sources: HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey (UK); Eurostat & EUROGRADUATE (EU); national statistical agencies (NCES, BLS, NACE). Employment rates reflect graduates in sustained employment or further study within 15 months of completion.

Top 100 Global Business Schools by Graduate Employability

Leading business schools worldwide ranked by post-graduation employment outcomes for MBA and postgraduate business programmes.

Rank	Business School	Country	Region	Employment Rate
#1	Harvard Business School	United States	North America	96.0%
#2	Stanford Graduate School of Business	United States	North America	95.8%
#3	INSEAD	France	Europe	95.8%
#4	Wharton School	United States	North America	95.5%
#5	London Business School	United Kingdom	Europe	95.5%
#6	MIT Sloan School of Management	United States	North America	95.2%
#7	HEC Paris	France	Europe	95.2%
#8	Chicago Booth School of Business	United States	North America	95.0%
#9	Kellogg School of Management	United States	North America	94.8%
#10	SDA Bocconi School of Management	Italy	Europe	94.8%
#11	Columbia Business School	United States	North America	94.5%
#12	IE Business School	Spain	Europe	94.5%
#13	NUS Business School	Singapore	Asia-Pacific	94.5%
#14	IESE Business School	Spain	Europe	94.2%
#15	Haas School of Business	United States	North America	94.0%
#16	HKUST Business School	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific	94.0%
#17	Yale School of Management	United States	North America	93.8%
#18	ESADE Business School	Spain	Europe	93.8%
#19	Tuck School of Business	United States	North America	93.5%
#20	Saïd Business School (Oxford)	United Kingdom	Europe	93.5%
#21	CEIBS	China	Asia-Pacific	93.5%
#22	Cambridge Judge Business School	United Kingdom	Europe	93.2%
#23	Nanyang Business School	Singapore	Asia-Pacific	93.2%
#24	Stern School of Business	United States	North America	93.0%
#25	Imperial College Business School	United Kingdom	Europe	93.0%
#26	Darden School of Business	United States	North America	92.8%
#27	Indian School of Business	India	Asia-Pacific	92.8%
#28	Ross School of Business	United States	North America	92.5%
#29	Warwick Business School	United Kingdom	Europe	92.5%
#30	IIM Ahmedabad	India	Asia-Pacific	92.5%
#31	RSM Erasmus University	Netherlands	Europe	92.2%
#32	Duke Fuqua School of Business	United States	North America	92.0%
#33	University of St. Gallen	Switzerland	Europe	92.0%
#34	IIM Bangalore	India	Asia-Pacific	92.0%
#35	Melbourne Business School	Australia	Oceania	92.0%
#36	Mannheim Business School	Germany	Europe	91.8%
#37	Cornell SC Johnson College of Business	United States	North America	91.5%
#38	WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management	Germany	Europe	91.5%
#39	ESCP Business School	France	Europe	91.5%
#40	IIM Calcutta	India	Asia-Pacific	91.5%
#41	AGSM at UNSW Business School	Australia	Oceania	91.5%
#42	UCLA Anderson School of Management	United States	North America	91.2%
#43	EDHEC Business School	France	Europe	91.2%
#44	Tsinghua SEM	China	Asia-Pacific	91.2%
#45	Rotman School of Management	Canada	North America	91.0%
#46	Tepper School of Business	United States	North America	90.8%
#47	Ivey Business School	Canada	North America	90.8%
#48	emlyon business school	France	Europe	90.8%
#49	Peking University Guanghua	China	Asia-Pacific	90.8%
#50	McCombs School of Business	United States	North America	90.5%
#51	Schulich School of Business	Canada	North America	90.5%
#52	IMD Business School	Switzerland	Europe	90.5%
#53	Fudan University FDSM	China	Asia-Pacific	90.5%
#54	The University of Sydney Business School	Australia	Oceania	90.5%
#55	Antai College of Economics & Management	China	Asia-Pacific	90.2%
#56	Kelley School of Business	United States	North America	90.0%
#57	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	Europe	90.0%
#58	HKU Business School	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific	90.0%
#59	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	Europe	89.8%
#60	Desautels Faculty of Management	Canada	North America	89.5%
#61	Alliance Manchester Business School	United Kingdom	Europe	89.5%
#62	CUHK Business School	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific	89.5%
#63	UQ Business School	Australia	Oceania	89.5%
#64	Bayes Business School	United Kingdom	Europe	89.2%
#65	Sauder School of Business	Canada	North America	89.0%
#66	Cranfield School of Management	United Kingdom	Europe	89.0%
#67	Seoul National University Business School	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	89.0%
#68	EGADE Business School	Mexico	Latin America	89.0%
#69	Frankfurt School of Finance & Management	Germany	Europe	88.8%
#70	Smith School of Business	Canada	North America	88.5%
#71	ESMT Berlin	Germany	Europe	88.5%
#72	KAIST College of Business	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	88.5%
#73	Monash Business School	Australia	Oceania	88.5%
#74	INCAE Business School	Costa Rica	Latin America	88.5%
#75	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Europe	88.2%
#76	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	Europe	88.0%
#77	Waseda Business School	Japan	Asia-Pacific	88.0%
#78	University of Auckland Business School	New Zealand	Oceania	88.0%
#79	Aalto University School of Business	Finland	Europe	87.5%
#80	Keio Business School	Japan	Asia-Pacific	87.5%
#81	Macquarie Business School	Australia	Oceania	87.5%
#82	FGV EAESP	Brazil	Latin America	87.5%
#83	WU Vienna University of Economics and Business	Austria	Europe	87.0%
#84	Yonsei University School of Business	South Korea	Asia-Pacific	87.0%
#85	National Taiwan University College of Management	Taiwan	Asia-Pacific	86.5%
#86	IAE Business School	Argentina	Latin America	86.5%
#87	Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (AUB)	Lebanon	Middle East	86.0%
#88	Universidad de Chile FEN	Chile	Latin America	85.5%
#89	Coller School of Management	Israel	Middle East	85.5%
#90	Koç University Graduate School of Business	Turkey	Middle East	85.0%
#91	UCT Graduate School of Business	South Africa	Africa	85.0%
#92	Universidad de los Andes School of Management	Colombia	Latin America	84.5%
#93	Sabancı Business School	Turkey	Middle East	84.5%
#94	Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)	South Africa	Africa	84.0%
#95	King Fahd University Business School	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	83.5%
#96	Stellenbosch Business School	South Africa	Africa	83.0%
#97	American University in Dubai School of Business	UAE	Middle East	82.5%
#98	Lagos Business School	Nigeria	Africa	82.0%
#99	AUC School of Business	Egypt	Africa	81.0%
#100	Strathmore Business School	Kenya	Africa	80.0%

Sources: HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey (UK); Eurostat & EUROGRADUATE (EU); AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA accreditation data; national statistical agencies (NCES, BLS, NACE). Employment rates reflect graduates in sustained employment or further study within 15 months of completion.

The Transition Gap

While overall graduate unemployment remains low (~4-5%), the reality for young people entering the workforce reveals a stark contrast. Youth unemployment sits around 7 percentage points higher than adult unemployment globally.

"Global unemployment is stable —
employability is not."