She said: 'Finally, the figures from the ONS back up what our graduates have been saying - that they are just not getting the quality of job that they thought their degree would lead to.

The group of 2, 600 had now been whittled down to 130 women who would enter a final round next month, with the lucky 18 finalists attending a party with their potential matches.

Niall Ferguson, an author and history professor at Harvard University, said though that any drastic moves by the U.S. could end up harming an economic recovery in the country.