Was going to university the right choice?

A survey by Barclays Apprenticeships of 2,500 people, including current university students, graduates from the last five years, parents whose children went to university and employers, found that 48% of students and graduates said they regret their decision to go to university and 44% of graduates said they did not need a degree to do their job. It found that 65% of young people felt under pressure to go to university, with 34% citing this as coming from their parents and 19% saying it was from their friends; 70% felt their parents would have been disappointed if they had not gone to university and when asked their reasons for choosing university, 18% said they went to please their parents.