(ECNS) -- A survey of new university graduates in 2015 found that philosophy majors suffered the worst average salaries, Labour Daily reported.
Graduates with majors are paid differently at work, according to the survey conducted by zhaopin.com, one of China's top job websites.
Technology and law graduates had the highest actual monthly income at over 5,100 yuan ($822) on average. While graduates from education and agriculture majors earned lower salaries. Philosophy graduates had the lowest actual monthly income of all, recording 3,667 yuan ($590) on average.
Some 71.2 percent of new graduates choose to find a job rather than continue studies, down from 76.3 percent in 2014. The proportion of those who seek further degrees remained about the same, with 16.9 percent staying in China to study and 5.9 percent traveling abroad respectively.
Around 6.3 percent of graduates became entrepreneurs, an increase from 2014's 3.2 percent. New graduates started their own businesses for various reasons: 27.4 percent to fulfill a dream, 20.8 percent for personal interest, and 19.3 percent for monetary profit. Another 5.4 percent were forced to do so after they fail to find a satisfactory job.
Technology, economics, management and art graduates had a better overall chance of landing a job, while philosophy graduates found it tough just to get an interview.
