A total of 279 colleges provided data for nearly 244,000 bachelor’s degree graduates for the current survey.

Cleveland reports.

Three-quarters of 2015 college grads landed jobs or accepted into grad school within six months, survey shows

CLEVELAND, Ohio – About 76 percent of college graduates in 2015 landed a full-time job or were accepted into graduate or professional school within six months of earning their degree, according to a report released Wednesday.

Those graduates outpaced their 2014 counterparts, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers Class of 2015 First-Destination Survey.

Fewer 2015 graduates were working part time, still seeking employment, or still seeking continuing education than last year’s survey of the Class of 2014.

This is the second year the association, which works with career services professionals at about 2,000 colleges gathered outcome data for new college graduates.