UK: One in five regret degree course choice

More than one in five of today's university graduates regret their choice of degree course, the Guardian's Grad Facts 2008 survey has revealed. Some 20% of graduates from the elite Russell group of universities, which includes Oxbridge, Imperial College London and Manchester, said they now felt they should have chosen a different degree course. The figure compared with 22% of those graduating from newer, post-92 universities.

But most said they had no regrets about putting off starting work in order to go to university (80% of post-92 university graduates and 91% of Russell group graduates).

The survey of 3,000 final-year students, commissioned by the Guardian, reveals that fewer of today's graduates plan to go into graduate jobs on finishing university; the number planning to work in non-graduate jobs has risen from 10% to 17%.
Full report on the Guardian site