More than three-quarters of university students graduating this March have a job lined up for April, up for the third straight year, according to a government survey released Tuesday.

The percentage as of Dec. 1 was 76.6 percent, up 1.6 percentage points from a year earlier, but less than the 80.5 percent recorded in 2008 before the global financial crisis depressed the job market, according to the survey.

The poll was conducted by the labor and education ministries at 62 universities and 20 junior colleges.