1Working70.9
2Not working13.7
3Further study7.2
4Waiting for job placement6.6
5Upskilling1.6
← StoriesEducation5 values Arts & humanities5 values Social sciences, journalism & information5 values Business, administration & law5 values Natural sciences, mathematics & statistics5 values Information & communication technologies5 values Engineering, manufacturing & construction5 values Agriculture, forestry, fisheries & veterinary5 values Health & welfare5 values Services5 values 
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysiashare of graduates · %IN BRIEF
EDUCATION OUTCOMES · 2023
What happened to Malaysian graduates in each field in 2023?
Compare working, further study, upskilling, waiting for placement and not-working shares across ten major fields of study.
SHOW ME THE DATAEducation → Services · share of graduates · %
1Working63.5
2Further study20
3Not working13
4Waiting for job placement1.9
5Upskilling1.6
1Working69.2
2Further study12.6
3Not working12.6
4Waiting for job placement3.2
5Upskilling2.6
1Working68.7
2Further study16.5
3Not working11
4Waiting for job placement2.3
5Upskilling1.4
1Working59.3
2Further study23.8
3Not working9.1
4Upskilling4.5
5Waiting for job placement3.3
1Working64.7
2Further study23.1
3Not working8.3
4Upskilling2
5Waiting for job placement1.9
1Working70.6
2Further study18
3Not working6.5
4Waiting for job placement2.5
5Upskilling2.4
1Working57
2Further study22.1
3Not working12.2
4Upskilling5.2
5Waiting for job placement3.5
1Working67.2
2Waiting for job placement13.2
3Not working11.9
4Further study6.8
5Upskilling0.9
1Working68.6
2Further study15
3Not working13
4Waiting for job placement2.4
5Upskilling0.9
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysiashare of graduates · %SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia ↗05 Jun 2024 · 2023 dataHIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Health shows a larger waiting-for-placement share, while science and ICT have larger further-study shares; those patterns are part of the field story, not evidence of one field being universally better.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSField-by-field status mix, not a best-field ranking.
PulseKita reproduces Table 7.4 in Malaysia Higher Education Statistics 2023 for Malaysian graduates, preserving all five published employment-status categories by field of study.
- This is a 2023 Graduate Tracer Study snapshot, not a current 2026 forecast.
- Working share is different from the broader graduate-employability concept.
- Fields differ in professional training pathways, further-study patterns and placement systems, so this is descriptive rather than a 'best field' ranking.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceMalaysian graduate employment status by field of study
- 2TransformationPulseKita reproduces Table 7.4 in Malaysia Higher Education Statistics 2023 for Malaysian graduates, preserving all five published employment-status categories by field of study.
- 3Published visualSequence infographic
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGEEducation → Services
UNITshare of graduates · %
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED05 Jun 2024 · 2023 data