Revealed: the university courses students regret – and those they don’t

We looked at graduates’ satisfaction levels after leaving university – and while most were happy, up to a third wish they’d picked a different subject Gloomy headlines might claim that a degree is less worthwhile than it once was, but one sliver of good news is that the most recent graduates don’t regret their time on campus. When those who graduated in the summer of 2024 were surveyed 15 months later, more than eight out of 10 said they would still go to university ahead of any other option, despite a media drumbeat of pessimism about graduate jobs and increasing levels of student debt.

What is happening The Guardian reports: We looked at graduates’ satisfaction levels after leaving university – and while most were happy, up to a third wish they’d picked a different subject Gloomy headlines might claim that a degree is less worthwhile than it once was, but one sliver of good news is that the most recent graduates don’t regret their time on campus. When those who graduated in the summer of 2024 were surveyed 15 months later, more than eight out of 10 said they would still go to university ahead of any other option, despite a media drumbeat of pessimism about graduate jobs and increasing levels of student debt. The problem The public problem in this report is the one named by the source: “Revealed: the university courses students regret – and those they don’t”. A response on MLAIEL should not add a cause, a number, or a remedy the source does not state. Open the source for the detail. What a team can do on MLAIEL A team can read what the source says about jobs, a workplace, or people losing work, then open a project for people who can respond. This desk is not the economy desk and it does not give financial advice. Source The Guardian — Revealed: the university courses students regret – and those they don’t https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/sep/12/graduate-survey-many-regret-subject-choices-hindsight