- Just half of final year undergraduate university students (52%) say that their university education has been value for money. 40% say it has not been value for money.
- Two thirds of STEM subject students (65%) say their education was value for money, compared to less than half of humanities and social science students.
Q: Which of the following comes closest to your opinion about your university education?
% | |
It has been value for money | 52% |
It has not been value for money | 40% |
Don't know | 8% |
Base: All final year students (n=1,004)
- Most final year students (58%) think that their university education has somewhat prepared them for the future.
- A quarter think that it has prepared them a great deal (26%), while 14% think it has not really prepared them.
- Just 3% say it has not prepared them for the future at all.
- Opinions about this are similar across students of different subjects.
Q: To what extent do you feel that university has prepared you for the future?
% | |
A great deal | 26% |
Somewhat | 58% |
Not really | 14% |
Not at all | 3% |
Don't know | 0% |
Base: All final year students (n=1,004)
- Less than half of final year students (46%) would take the same course at the same university if they could start again.
- However, despite many students saying their education is not value for money, just 3% say they would not to go to university at all if they had the chance.
- Similar proportions say they would do the same course again, but at a different university (18%) as say they would do a different course at the same university (17%).
- One in eight (12%) say they would still go to university but would do a different course at a different university.
Q: If you could start university again, which of the following do you think you would do?
% | |
I would take the same course at the same university | 46% |
I would take the same course at a different university | 18% |
I would take a different course at the same university | 17% |
I would take a different course at a different university | 12% |
I would not go to university at all | 3% |
Don't know | 5% |
Base: All final year students (n=1,004)