A majority of the college class of 2015, 82%, landed a job or were accepted into a continuing education program within six months of graduation, according to the Class of 2015 First-Destination Survey released by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

The survey found that 58.4% of 2015 bachelor’s degree graduates were employed full time, up from 55.4% in a similar survey for the class of 2014. Additionally, 17.7% had been accepted into graduate or professional school and 6% were working part time, compared to 16.4% and 6.6% in the prior year’s survey.

A total of 279 colleges and universities nationwide, representing nearly half a million graduates, provided data for class of 2015 associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree graduates. Overall, data were reported for nearly 244,000 bachelor’s degree graduates in 34 broad disciplines and 185 majors.