Uni regrets of graduates with high degree of debt - Metro News Feature
ONE in four graduates wishes they had never gone to university, a study has found.
Most who regretted going said it had cost too much money and had landed them with ‘huge debts’ of around £18,000.
Others said university was a ‘waste of time’ or that they wished they had chosen their degree more carefully.
In a poll of 2,000 graduates, just over 25 percent said they regretted getting a higher education. Two-thirds said their degrees were ‘pointless’ and had not helped them land a job after graduating. One in three said prospective employers did not even ask about their degree in interviews.
Fashion, drama, and media studies were voted the most pointless degrees.
Just under 50 percent of those who were working said they could have got the job without a university education, either by starting as a trainee or as an apprentice. Meanwhile one in ten said they had started new qualifications in a bid to land their ideal job.