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Management Graduate Outcomes

Graduate Outcomes 2020/21 and 2021/22 for full-time UK domiciled first degree Management graduates - 15 months after Bath.

Courses included on this page

On this page find Graduate Outcomes Survey data for 2020/21 and 2021/22 leavers for the following course(s):

  • Management BSc
  • Management with Marketing BSc

Note: Data combined for multiple years due to small cohort sizes

Example job titles

  • Analyst
  • Associate Management Consultant
  • Brand Specialist
  • Business Development Trainee
  • Commercial and Marketing Graduate
  • Communications Officer
  • Financial Analyst
  • Graduate Product Manager
  • Human Resources Coordinator
  • Policy Advisor
  • Recruiter
  • Sales Executive
  • Senior Research and Insights Executive
  • Senior Sustainability Analyst

Example employers

  • Amazon
  • Centrica
  • Curve Analytics
  • Deloitte
  • Harper Collins Publishers
  • IBM
  • Itineris
  • KPMG
  • L'Oreal
  • Microsoft
  • Pernod Ricard
  • Procter & Gamble
  • PwC
  • Serious Fraud Office
  • Warner Brothers
  • Yieldify

Response rates to survey

Response rate
Total in 2020/21 and 2021/22 cohorts 1 98
% response rate 64%

Graduate Outcomes by activity

Activity summary Percentage
Work for an employer 2 84%
Further study, training or research 3%
Self-employed/own business 5%
Other 3 5%
Unemployed 4 3%
Total 5 100%

Occupations, industries and skills

Management studies provide comprehensive business training, covering marketing, accounting and finance, operations, people management, strategy and business analytics in both UK and international contexts. Graduates develop essential professional skills including teamwork, communication, analysis and problem-solving, preparing them for careers in leading organisations.

Industries

Graduates work across diverse sectors. These can include multinational corporations, management and technology consultancies, communications and media, technology firms, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and the public sector (Civil Service, law, healthcare).

Occupations

Career paths span various business functions, particularly marketing and communications (brand specialists, marketing managers, communications officers), finance (analysts), consulting (associate consultants), human resources, business development and policy and technology roles.

Graduate Outcomes explained

The Graduate Outcomes Survey is the UK's largest social survey, capturing the activities and perspectives of graduates 15 months after graduation. The University of Bath has an excellent graduate employment record, featuring in the top ten for graduate prospects in three major national league tables 6. Read more about the survey and overall statistics for Bath's graduates on What do first degree Bath graduates do?

Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey for 2020/21 and 2021/22 leavers relating to full-time UK-domiciled first-degree University of Bath graduates, 15 months after leaving university.

Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited part of Jisc 2023-2024. Jisc cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data

  1. Number rounded to the nearest multiple of five. ↩

  2. Includes paid and unpaid work and voluntary work.  ↩

  3. Includes developing a creative, artistic or professional portfolio, taking time out to travel, caring for someone (unpaid), retired, or doing something else.  ↩

  4. Unemployed may include those due to start work or further study.  ↩

  5. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Activity defined using HESA MIMPACT: identifies what the graduate considered to be their most important activity on census week. ↩

  6. 7th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025, 6th in the Complete University Guide 2025, and 5th in the Guardian University Guide 2025.  ↩

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