More college graduates in China are opting for work experience instead of advanced degrees, a survey shows.

The pragmatic approach, coupled with a record number of students graduating from college, is expected to intensify competition in the job market, analysts said.

More than 76 percent of university students said they want to work after earning their degrees this summer, up from 68.5 percent in 2017 and 73.6 percent last year, according to poll results from Zhaopin.com, a major online recruitment agency.

The annual survey also showed that about a fifth of respondents chose to further their education after graduation, while about 3 percent want to start their own businesses.

The survey, released on April 15, polled more than 52,000 college students nationwide. About 70 percent of those polled were final-year undergraduates, with the rest being advanced-degree students.

Zeng Hao, a 25-year-old media major, managed to land a job in a publishing company in Zhongshan, Guangdong province, before he receives his master's degree from the University of Macau in June.

"Work experience really matters in the publishing industry, and a master's degree is enough for an entrant to land a job," he said.

Wei Guihong, a program administrator at the School of Foreign Studies at Nanjing University, said about 60 percent of the school's graduates enter the labor market every year.

She said that some differences in students' choices after graduation are due to their majors. "More and more students majoring in a foreign language choose to go abroad to continue their studies to improve their language skills," she said.

【更多毕业生选择进入职场而非继续深造】相关文章：

★ 不管世事如何,生命都在继续

★ 尼日利亚某男娶107个老婆 生185个孩子

★ 有些事人们总是太晚才明白

★ 灭霸同款水果意外走红！果农：我不知道灭霸是谁，但我很感谢他！

★ 多年后，我终于变成了最好的自己

★ 职业电竞选手其实是在吃青春饭

★ 未来试管婴儿将可选择“最聪明的”胚胎

★ BEC商务英语初级写作必备黄金句(4)

★ 这种误会就尴尬了：最搞笑的英语拼写错误

★ 特斯拉司机驾驶中睡着，车子照常行驶吓坏警察