Graduate Survey 2017 

The population of the nationwide graduate survey comprises graduates who earned their first professional degree or a master's degree at a state-recognized higher education institution in Germany (with the exception of universities of applied administrative sciences and universities of the German armed forces) in the 2017 examination year (winter semester 2016/2017 and summer semester 2017). This includes all bachelor's, master's, state examination and artistic degrees. Excluded from the basic population are persons who completed their graduated with a diploma or master's degree.