The phrase "a third of graduates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing statistics or proportions related to graduates in a specific context, such as education or employment.
Example: "A third of graduates reported finding employment within six months of completing their degree."
Alternatives: "one-third of graduates" or "33% of graduates".
In 2005 more than a third of graduates were unemployed a year after completing their course.
They found that a third of graduates were "overqualified", doing work that wouldn't usually require a university degree.
In each of those jurisdictions, slightly fewer than a third of graduates took the ACT, well below the national rate.
Last year, a third of graduates were in "non-professional" roles in retail, care and customer service, and 7 per cent were still unemployed six months after graduating.
New figures have also revealed that a third of graduates are failing to find graduate-level employment five years after leaving university.
New figures also highlighted that a third of graduates are failing to find graduate-level employment five years after leaving university.
However, just a third of graduate intakes are comprised of previous interns, so there are plenty of graduate jobs that don't go to interns.
Other Ivy League universities, including Princeton and Yale, give honors only for exemplary performance in a major, and some will give honors to a maximum of a third of graduating seniors.
A third of graduate vacancies this year will be filled by applicants who have already worked for their new employer as an undergraduate, according to a poll of 100 recruiters which underlines the increasing value of internships.
In fact, a third of graduate vacancies this year will be filled by applicants who have already worked for their new employer as an undergraduate, according to a recent poll of recruiters.
A couple of weeks ago, there was a sea of headlines pondering the bleak outlook for people leaving university this summer: up to a third of graduate jobs have vanished, said the research, and the Guardian reported that up to 40,000 of this year's graduates face unemployment.
