Figures reveal 9.6pc of graduates - 18,495 - were unemployed six months after leaving university last year as they graduated into a weak labour market.
The unemployment rate rises to as much as 15pc on some courses, with computer science officially being the worst degree in terms of not being able to find a job, the figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, published today, found.
Just 84.7pc of computer science graduates were in work, followed by 86pc of communications graduates and 87.7pc of engineering graduates. Arichtecture and creative arts gradautes also fared badly compared to other courses.
The figures raise question marks over employer concerns that not enough young people are studying engineering at university. The report shows 12.3pc of engineering graduates were out of work - despite the so-called skills shortage in the sector.
In contrast, just 0.4pc of medicine, dentristy and veterinary science graduates were jobless, the statistics showed. Those studying teaching and law also did well, with employment rates of 95pc and 92.7pc respectively.
Telegraph 15th July 2011