Description of Figure: Career Pathways of Social Sciences and Humanities Graduates

This vertical bar chart shows the career pathways of social sciences and humanities graduates by type of graduate. Pathways include working for university, government, private sector, not-for-profit sector and other.

The X axis lists the types of social sciences and humanities graduates: CGS master’s, doctoral graduates, postdoctoral fellows and all graduates.

The Y axis shows the percentage. The scale runs from 0 per cent to 90 per cent, in increments of 10 per cent.

CGS master’s graduates’ career pathways are as follows:

• University: 3%
• Government: 49%
• Private sector: 31%
• Not-for-profit sector: 15%
• Other: 2%

Doctoral graduates’ career pathways are as follows:

• University: 78%
• Government: 9%
• Private sector: 7%
• Not-for-profit sector: 0%
• Other: 6%

Postdoctoral fellows’ career pathways are as follows:

• University: 85%
• Government: 7%
• Private sector: 6%
• Not-for-profit sector: 0%
• Other: 3%

All graduates’ career pathways are as follows:

• University: 69%
• Government: 14%
• Private sector: 10%
• Not-for-profit sector: 3%
• Other: 4%