The survey, which was prepared for the OT examines a variety of issues such as the improvement of skills as a result of studies, satisfaction with studies, the relationship between higher education and employment and employment characteristics. The survey was conducted in 2017/18 among those who started their undergraduate studies 7 years before
For the first time, the CBS is publishing data from the Higher Education Survey 2017/18 (2017/18). The survey was done with the funding and cooperation of the Committee for Budgeting and Planning (VAT) of the Council for Higher Education (MALG). It examines a variety of issues such as the improvement of skills as a result of studies, satisfaction with studies, the relationship between higher education and employment and employment characteristics. The survey was conducted in 7/2010 among those who started their undergraduate studies 11 years earlier (XNUMX/XNUMX).
The announcement focuses on the high-tech world and the connection between higher education, employment and income. The information is often presented comparing those who studied high-tech subjects to those who studied non-high-tech STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) subjects (hereafter STEM subjects) and those who studied subjects other than science and technology.
The increase reflects the motivation to engage in high-tech and receive a high salary. Indeed, most of those who studied high-tech professions later worked in a high-tech occupation and received higher wages than those who did not study high-tech professions. Few of those who studied high-tech professions and did not work in a high-tech occupation received high wages. The connection between employment and studies among those who studied high-tech professions was relatively strong. Few of those who did not study high-tech professions were employed in high-tech, they earned significantly more than their friends who did not study and did not work in high-tech, but less than those who studied and worked in high-tech.
Women studied fewer high-tech professions. But women who did study high-tech professions, managed to integrate into high-tech work to a similar extent as the men, but earned less than them. Differences were found in favor of the universities over the colleges both in entry to work in high-tech and in salary, especially in electrical engineering but not among those who studied computer science. The percentage of Arabs who were employed in high-tech was significantly lower than the percentage of Jews, even if they studied high-tech professions.
The respondents were asked to what extent the subject of study is related to their current job. Compared to those who studied STEM subjects and other subjects, it was found that those who studied a high-tech subject reported the highest degree of connection. A higher connection was found between work and studies in universities than in colleges among those who studied a high-tech profession 61.7% versus 54.7%, respectively. If we check this relationship among those who are indeed employed in high-tech, it is found that there is no significant difference between universities and academic colleges (66.9% vs. 63.6%, respectively).
- The main findings:
- About half of those employed in the high-tech profession studied engineering and architecture (49.9%), about a quarter (23.0%) studied mathematics, statistics and computer science, 9.8% studied social sciences and 6.0% studied business and management.
- No significant difference was found between universities and academic colleges in the extent of the relationship between studies and employment among those who studied high-tech subjects and are employed in high-tech.
- 15.3% of those who started studying for a bachelor's degree in higher education institutions in 16.8 were employed in high-tech and XNUMX% integrated into the high-tech industries.
- The percentage of secular (non-religious) Jews who started studying high-tech professions in 63.4 (34%) is significantly higher than their relative share among all Jews aged 25-40.9 (XNUMX%). The percentage of ultra-Orthodox, religious, traditional-religious and non-religious traditionalists who studied high-tech subjects was significantly lower than their proportion in the population.
- 8.1% of the women who studied for a bachelor's degree are employed in high-tech compared to 23.7% among the men (approximately three times). On the other hand, the percentage of women employed in high-tech (72.3%) and studying a high-tech profession is not significantly different from men (76.1%).
- The percentage of those employed in high-tech among those who studied high-tech subjects in academic colleges (73.3%) is only slightly lower than the integration percentage of those who studied high-tech subjects in universities (77.5%). But there is a significant difference between those who studied electrical engineering in academic colleges (52.0%) and those who studied this subject in universities (79.8%).
- There is no significant difference in the percentage of people employed in high-tech between those who studied computer science in academic colleges (84.0%) and those who studied this subject in universities (82.8%).
- 12.0% of those who studied biological sciences are employed in high-tech, as are 10.8% of those who studied art, arts and applied arts, 6.3% of those who studied social sciences and 6.0% of those who studied business administration.
- The percentage of those employed in high-tech who studied the high-tech subjects of computer engineering - computer science (85.7%) and computer science (80.4%) is high compared to the high-tech subjects of electronic engineering (57.5%) and electrical engineering (66.0%).
- In the professions close to the high-tech industry, the percentage of those employed in high-tech is relatively high in industrial engineering and management - 48.2%, in physics - 48.2% and in mechanical engineering - 36.6%.
- The percentage of Jewish employees in high-tech who studied high-tech professions (76.5%) is significantly higher than the percentage among Arabs who studied these professions (54.7%).
- More than half (53.8%) of those who studied high-tech subjects (in 13,000) earned more than NIS 12 (net) on average per month (at the time of the survey in XNUMX), compared to XNUMX% of those who studied other subjects.
- 57.7% of the men who studied high-tech professions earn more than 13,000 NIS (net) compared to 41.3% among women who studied these professions.
- The percentage of those receiving a high income (more than NIS 13,000) of those who studied computer science at academic colleges and are engaged in a high-tech profession (61.7%) is not significantly different from those who studied at universities (62.4%).
- 85.0% of those who started studying a high-tech profession (in 64.4) would recommend (in 56.0) to a great extent to a very large extent to their friends to study in a high-tech profession compared to XNUMX% of those who studied STEM subjects and XNUMX% of those who studied other subjects.
- Among those who studied a high-tech subject, 62.9% reported that their command of the English language was very good, compared to 57.0% of those who studied a STEM subject and 43.1% of those who studied other subjects.
- Two-thirds (67.7%) of the new students in high-tech subjects (in 49.6) in universities had at least one academic parent compared to about half (XNUMX%) of the new students in these subjects in academic colleges.
