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EKA University of Applied Sciences

Ekonomikas un kultūras augstskola · Higher education institution

2023 graduates in 2024 (1 year on)

Graduates

160

Employed, November 2024

83%

132 graduates

Emigrated

1.9%

3 graduates

Median annual income, 2024

€21,090

mean €25,092; employed graduates only

Income is each employed graduate's total income for the calendar year from State Revenue Service records — every job, self-employment, micro-enterprise and capital income, taxable or not — with no adjustment for full- or part-time work. It is an annual figure, not a salary, and it covers only graduates counted as employed.

All graduates, by year of graduation

Every cohort is measured in the same year: the 2023 graduates one year after graduating, the 2017 graduates seven years after. They are different people, not one group followed over time.

GraduatedGraduatesEmployedUnemployed or inactiveEmigratedNo informationMean income, 2024Median income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on160132 (83%)15 (9.4%)3 (1.9%)10 (6.3%)€25,092€21,090
2022 · 2 years on189144 (76%)22 (12%)2 (1.1%)21 (11%)€24,474€20,306
2021 · 3 years on172136 (79%)14 (8.1%)0 (0%)22 (13%)€24,701€23,559
2020 · 4 years on185144 (78%)19 (10%)0 (0%)22 (12%)€26,314€22,585
2019 · 5 years on192161 (84%)21 (11%)0 (0%)10 (5.2%)€29,191€25,252
2018 · 6 years on209177 (85%)24 (11%)2 (1.0%)6 (2.9%)€27,094€21,416
2017 · 7 years on179148 (83%)25 (14%)0 (0%)6 (3.4%)€25,908€24,840

By level of study

Short-cycle professional higher education (college)

GraduatedGraduatesEmployedUnemployed or inactiveEmigratedNo informationMean income, 2024Median income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on77 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)——
2022 · 2 years on2926 (90%)3 (10%)0 (0%)0 (0%)——
2021 · 3 years on2018 (90%)2 (10%)0 (0%)0 (0%)——
2020 · 4 years on4239 (93%)3 (7.1%)0 (0%)0 (0%)€23,118€21,651
2019 · 5 years on3730 (81%)7 (19%)0 (0%)0 (0%)——
2018 · 6 years on4840 (83%)6 (13%)1 (2.1%)1 (2.1%)€22,341€20,337
2017 · 7 years on4034 (85%)4 (10%)0 (0%)2 (5.0%)€25,671€24,480

Professional bachelor's degree

GraduatedGraduatesEmployedUnemployed or inactiveEmigratedNo informationMean income, 2024Median income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on5246 (88%)5 (9.6%)0 (0%)1 (1.9%)€26,922€19,782
2022 · 2 years on7562 (83%)11 (15%)0 (0%)2 (2.7%)€22,701€18,216
2021 · 3 years on6858 (85%)10 (15%)0 (0%)0 (0%)€25,265€22,973
2020 · 4 years on8871 (81%)14 (16%)0 (0%)3 (3.4%)€25,470€20,586
2019 · 5 years on122105 (86%)11 (9.0%)0 (0%)6 (4.9%)€29,851€26,213
2018 · 6 years on133112 (84%)16 (12%)1 (0.8%)4 (3.0%)€27,054€21,128
2017 · 7 years on10789 (83%)16 (15%)0 (0%)2 (1.9%)€27,262€26,376

Bachelor's degree

GraduatedGraduatesEmployedUnemployed or inactiveEmigratedNo informationMean income, 2024Median income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on8571 (84%)8 (9.4%)2 (2.4%)4 (4.7%)€25,344€23,505
2022 · 2 years on5948 (81%)7 (12%)2 (3.4%)2 (3.4%)€24,523€23,826
2021 · 3 years on6052 (87%)2 (3.3%)0 (0%)6 (10%)€24,249€23,698
2020 · 4 years on3621 (58%)2 (5.6%)0 (0%)13 (36%)——
2019 · 5 years on2319 (83%)2 (8.7%)0 (0%)2 (8.7%)——
2018 · 6 years on1917 (89%)2 (11%)0 (0%)0 (0%)——
2017 · 7 years on2822 (79%)4 (14%)0 (0%)2 (7.1%)——

Master's degree

GraduatedGraduatesEmployedUnemployed or inactiveEmigratedNo informationMean income, 2024Median income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on168 (50%)2 (13%)1 (6.3%)5 (31%)——
2022 · 2 years on268 (31%)1 (3.8%)0 (0%)17 (65%)——
2021 · 3 years on248 (33%)0 (0%)0 (0%)16 (67%)——
2020 · 4 years on11——————
2019 · 5 years on6——————
2018 · 6 years on5——————

Professional master's degree

GraduatedGraduatesEmployedUnemployed or inactiveEmigratedNo informationMean income, 2024Median income, 2024
2020 · 4 years on88 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)——
2019 · 5 years on4——————
2018 · 6 years on4——————
2017 · 7 years on4——————

By programme group (16)

Each line shows the group's newest cohort; open it for every cohort. The file gives study levels and programme groups as codes of the Latvian education classification (Cabinet Regulation No. 322); the English names are our translations. A few groups from an older edition of the classification aren't named in it and are shown by thematic area with their number.

Short-cycle professional higher education (college)

Management and administrationBusiness and administration2023: 4 graduates
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on4———
2022 · 2 years on109 (90%)0 (0%)—
2021 · 3 years on98 (89%)0 (0%)—
2020 · 4 years on2322 (96%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on1311 (85%)0 (0%)—
2018 · 6 years on2521 (84%)0 (0%)—
2017 · 7 years on2015 (75%)0 (0%)—
Wholesale and retail tradeBusiness and administration2023: 3 graduates
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on3———
2022 · 2 years on1917 (89%)0 (0%)—
2021 · 3 years on1110 (91%)0 (0%)—
2020 · 4 years on1917 (89%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on2419 (79%)0 (0%)—
2018 · 6 years on2319 (83%)1 (4.3%)—
2017 · 7 years on2019 (95%)0 (0%)—

Professional bachelor's degree

DesignArts2023: 16 graduates · 94% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on1615 (94%)0 (0%)—
2022 · 2 years on2621 (81%)0 (0%)—
2021 · 3 years on5———
2020 · 4 years on119 (82%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on2117 (81%)0 (0%)—
2018 · 6 years on2015 (75%)0 (0%)—
2017 · 7 years on2117 (81%)0 (0%)—
Management and administrationBusiness and administration2023: 15 graduates · 87% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on1513 (87%)0 (0%)—
2022 · 2 years on2721 (78%)0 (0%)—
2021 · 3 years on2722 (81%)0 (0%)—
2020 · 4 years on1715 (88%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on1916 (84%)0 (0%)—
2018 · 6 years on3931 (79%)1 (2.6%)€17,267
2017 · 7 years on3326 (79%)0 (0%)—
Accounting and taxationBusiness and administration2023: 11 graduates · 91% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on1110 (91%)0 (0%)—
2022 · 2 years on1715 (88%)0 (0%)—
2021 · 3 years on2925 (86%)0 (0%)—
2020 · 4 years on2722 (81%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on2724 (89%)0 (0%)—
2018 · 6 years on4036 (90%)0 (0%)€27,066
2017 · 7 years on3429 (85%)0 (0%)—
Software and applications development and analysisInformation and communication technologies2023: 10 graduates · 80% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on108 (80%)0 (0%)—
2022 · 2 years on5———
2021 · 3 years on77 (100%)0 (0%)—
2020 · 4 years on5———
Social and behavioural sciences (group 310)2020: 13 graduates · 77% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2020 · 4 years on1310 (77%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on3831 (82%)0 (0%)€28,476
2018 · 6 years on2017 (85%)0 (0%)—
2017 · 7 years on98 (89%)0 (0%)—
LawLaw2020: 9 graduates · 89% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2020 · 4 years on98 (89%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on99 (100%)0 (0%)—
2018 · 6 years on3———
Humanities (group 222)2020: 6 graduates
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2020 · 4 years on6———
2019 · 5 years on5———
2018 · 6 years on1010 (100%)0 (0%)—
2017 · 7 years on109 (90%)0 (0%)—
Computer scienceInformation and communication technologies2019: 3 graduates
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2019 · 5 years on3———
2018 · 6 years on1———

Bachelor's degree

Management and administrationBusiness and administration2023: 34 graduates · 71% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on3424 (71%)2 (5.9%)—
2022 · 2 years on4031 (78%)2 (5.0%)€25,382
2021 · 3 years on2821 (75%)0 (0%)—
2020 · 4 years on3621 (58%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on2319 (83%)0 (0%)—
2018 · 6 years on1917 (89%)0 (0%)—
2017 · 7 years on2822 (79%)0 (0%)—
LawLaw2023: 31 graduates · 87% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on3127 (87%)0 (0%)—
2022 · 2 years on1614 (88%)0 (0%)—
2021 · 3 years on2121 (100%)0 (0%)—
EconomicsSocial and behavioural sciences2023: 17 graduates · 100% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on1717 (100%)0 (0%)—
2022 · 2 years on3———
2021 · 3 years on1110 (91%)0 (0%)—
Marketing and advertisingBusiness and administration2023: 3 graduates
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on3———

Master's degree

Management and administrationBusiness and administration2023: 16 graduates · 50% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2023 · 1 year on168 (50%)1 (6.3%)—
2022 · 2 years on268 (31%)0 (0%)—
2021 · 3 years on248 (33%)0 (0%)—
2020 · 4 years on11———
2019 · 5 years on6———
2018 · 6 years on5———

Professional master's degree

Management and administrationBusiness and administration2020: 8 graduates · 100% employed
GraduatedGraduatesEmployedEmigratedMedian income, 2024
2020 · 4 years on88 (100%)0 (0%)—
2019 · 5 years on4———
2018 · 6 years on4———
2017 · 7 years on4———

How to read these figures

Status is each graduate's situation in November of the year measured. “Unemployed or inactive” is one figure in the source: it includes people registered as unemployed and people outside the labour market — among them graduates studying without a job — so it is not an unemployment rate. “Emigrated” is the Central Statistical Bureau's estimate of who left Latvia. “No information” covers graduates with no personal code in the education register and those on short-term residence permits, which includes many foreign graduates — so the employed share understates institutions with many international students.

To protect privacy the ministry withholds detail: the status split where 5 or fewer graduates in a group were employed, income where 30 or fewer were, and income for doctoral graduates altogether. A dash means withheld, not zero — and we never work a withheld figure out from the others.

Other institutions in Latvia: University of Latvia, Riga Technical University, Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Turība University, Pauls Stradiņš Medical College of the University of Latvia, Business Management College, Liepāja University, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, ISMA University of Applied Sciences, Baltic International Academy, Rēzekne Academy of Technologies, Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Art Academy of Latvia, BA School of Business and Finance, Latvian Academy of Sport Education, State Police College, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Latvian Academy of Culture, Red Cross Medical College of Rīga Stradiņš University, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, College of Law, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Riga 1st Medical College of the University of Latvia, Riga Medical College of the University of Latvia, Alberta College, Riga Graduate School of Law, Riga Technical College, International Cosmetology College, Daugavpils Medical College of Daugavpils University, National Defence Academy of Latvia, Liepāja Maritime College of Riga Technical University, Latvian Culture College of the Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga Building College, Riga Aeronautical Institute, Jēkabpils Agrobusiness College, State Border Guard College, Fire Safety and Civil Protection College, College of Accounting and Finance, Malnava College of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Social Integration State Agency, Riga Management College, Olaine College of Technology of Riga Technical University, Novikontas Maritime College, Luther Academy, European Christian Academy, Riga Higher Institute of Religious Sciences (Pontifical Lateran University), Latvian Maritime Academy, BA Business College, Pauls Stradiņš Medical College of the University of Latvia, Rēzekne branch, Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latgale branch, Riga Aeronautical Institute, Daugavpils branch

Source: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia (Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija), “2017_2023.g. Latvijas augstākās izglītības iestāžu absolventi 2020.–2024. monitoringa gados”, tax year 2024 file, data.gov.lv, released under CC0 1.0. English names, translations of the classification codes, shares and the selection shown are CollegeMatcher's.