The employment rate of college graduates has been rising steadily, with more graduates choosing to start their own businesses, according to the 2015 employment report released by MyCOS Research Institute on June 10, 2015.

The report shows that six months after graduation, the employment rate of 2014 college graduates was 92.1 percent, slightly up from the 91.4 percent of 2013 and 90.9 percent of 2012.

For undergraduate students of 2014, management science majors had the highest employment rate, while the employment rate of law majors was the lowest. And for associate-degree students, materials and energy majors had the highest employment rate, while the employment rate of resource development and mapping majors was the lowest.

More students are choosing to start their own businesses. The self-employment rate of 2014 college graduates was 2.9 percent, 0.6 percent up from that of 2013 and 0.9 up from that of 2012. It is estimated that around 191,000 college graduates of 2014 have started their own businesses.