British graduates are earning thousands of pounds less a year than the international students they studied alongside, official figures show.

Data from the Department of Education has revealed UK graduates who had completed their degrees in 2018 earned an average of £31,400 in the 2022-23 tax year. This figure is only £2,000 more than the median wage in the country.

Their peers from outside the EU were earning an average wage of £41,200, placing them in the top 30 per cent of workers in the UK.

Tom Allingham, who writes for a student money website called Save the Student, told the Telegraph that the figures “highlight some of the disparities in graduate earning potential”.

He said: “As a starting point, it’s worth emphasising that overseas graduates who have studied here face addition

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