Some 84.5% of Scottish graduates credit going to university with enabling them to find the job they wanted, according to a survey.
Research from the umbrella group Universities Scotland also found that 74% of graduates found a job which reflected their ambitions in under a year due to their degree.
Research company Censuswide surveyed 500 Scottish graduates and 502 business leaders across Scotland in June and July.
Among the business leaders, 75% believed that going to university enables graduates to build transferable skills.
Sir Paul Grice, vice-convener of Universities Scotland and principal of Queen Margaret University, said: “It’s hugely heartening to see this data reinforce the career-relevance of the skills and experience in an undergraduate degree; both graduates and their employers think so.
“It’s clear from this survey that a degree equips graduates with an enormously valuable set of transferrable skills, highly relevant to a range of sectors and builds a good foundational knowledge of industry.
“The recent Withers review of skills called for Scotland to end the false dichotomy between vocational and academic education.
