85% Of saudi Undergraduates Feel Hopeful About Their Fianaces In The Future, The Highest Of Any Country Polled In New Global Survey

Chegg.org, the non-profit arm of education technology company Chegg, today launches the Global Student Survey 2022 – the most comprehensive up-to-date survey of the lives, hopes and fears of undergraduate students across 21 countries in the age of COVID and beyond.
 
·        85% of Saudi students feel hopeful about their finances in the future – the highest of any country surveyed.
·        90% of Saudi students said that their country is a good place to live – the second highest of any country surveyed.
·        87% of Saudi students said their university education is good value for money – the highest of any country surveyed.
·        However, 45% of Saudi students say they worry about climate change – the lowest of any country surveyed.
 
 
More than four in five (85%) Saudi students said they feel hopeful about their finances in the future – the highest of any country surveyed, and up from 79% in 2021.
 
While 85% of Saudi students think that their education is preparing them well for the job market – the 2nd highest of any country surveyed.
 
90% of Saudi students said that their country is a good place to live – the second highest of any country surveyed, and up from 84% in 2021.
 
While 87% of Saudi students said their university education is good value for money – the highest of any country surveyed.
 
These findings are among those published today by Chegg.org, the nonprofit arm of education technology company Chegg. They are based on in-depth opinion polling by Yonder (formerly known as Populus) of over 17,000 undergraduate students aged 18-21 years across 21 countries around the world, including 511 students in Saudi Arabia. This second Chegg.org Global Student Survey is the most comprehensive up-to-date survey of the lives, hopes and fears of undergraduate students throughout the world in the age of COVID and beyond; the first was published in February 2021. Questions covered students’ views on learning in the age of COVID, how they coped with their finances and the cost of living, skills and careers, their health, wellbeing and social attitudes, and climate change and sustainability.
 
Dan Rosensweig, President and CEO of Chegg, said:
“College students are finally now readjusting to campus life after experiencing the greatest disruption to education the world has ever known. At the same time, they face profound societal challenges including widening inequality, increasing automation, and climate change. In this new global study, undergraduates were asked about their hopes, fears, and overall state of mind. We believe the resulting data can help governments, business and higher education better support students in this age of Covid and beyond.
“These findings also make clear that higher education must become more accessible, affordable and responsive to what learners really need. In particular, students need their universities to provide more mental health support, teach the skills for tomorrow’s careers, and respond to their clear concerns about the environment. By doing so, we can help this generation face the future with confidence.”
45% of Saudi students say they worry about climate change – the lowest of any country surveyed.
Meanwhile, the survey also showed that 76% of Saudi students say that climate change will not have an impact on their decision whether to have children – the second highest of any country surveyed.,  
Saudi Arabia has the second highest proportion of omnivores among countries polled in the survey – 92% say they are omnivores.
Over three-quarters (76%) of Saudi students would rather their university offered the choice of more online learning if it meant paying lower tuition fees. Meanwhile, 76% of Saudi students have struggled to afford either housing costs, utility bills, food, or medical treatment/services in the last 12 months – the third highest of any country surveyed.
The number of Saudi students with a debt or loan related to their college/university studies has declined sharply from 40% in 2021 to 29% in 2022.
 
KEY GLOBAL FINDINGS

Six in ten students (60%) worldwide say that the pandemic ruined their college/university experience, while nearly four in ten students (39%) worldwide say that the pandemic will permanently damage their employment prospects.

Nearly two-thirds (66%) of students worldwide – and more than half of students in 20 out of 21 countries – would rather their university offered the choice of more online learning if it meant paying lower tuition fees.

Nearly six in ten (59%) students worldwide say that, if it were cheaper, they would prefer their university degree take a shorter amount of time to complete – up from 54% in 2021. Not only that, the number of students expressing this view increased in almost every country surveyed, apart from China, India and the US.

Only 54% of students globally think their teachers/professors know how to teach effectively online.

A quarter (25%) of students worldwide who have a study-related debt or loan say it has made them so anxious they have sought medical help over it; 43% say it makes them wish they had made a different choice (up from 38% in 2021); and 28% don’t think they will ever pay it off.

57% of students worldwide have struggled to afford either housing costs, utility bills, food, or medical treatment/services in the last 12 months.

Nearly one-third (32%) said their mental health worsened since starting on campus or returning to campus after lockdown restrictions.

74% of students worldwide say they worry about climate change and nearly one-third (29%) of students globally say it will have an impact on their decision whether to have children. Nearly one-third (32%) of students worldwide say that they have reduced their meat consumption in the last five years due to environmental concerns. However, almost half (48%) said they have not. 20% of students worldwide have pursued a career that focuses on sustainability.

9.      Just 42% of students worldwide think their college/university is addressing issues around sustainability well.

Access to good quality jobs is the biggest issue facing their generation, according to students from around the world. 28% of students said “access to good quality jobs” was the biggest issue facing their generation, followed by 23% who said “the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer”.


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