In a survey conducted in 2022, 64 percent of Italian high school graduates stated that they were willing to go to university because the job they were interested in required a university degree. Other common reasons to choose to attend university were cultural interests, higher salary as well as the advantage given by a university degree in the job market.
Main reasons to go to the university among high school graduates in Italy in 2022
Characteristic
Share of respondents
The job I am interested in requires a university degree
64.1%
Cultural interests
53.5%
Finding a well-paid job
48.3%
It is easier to find a job with a higher education
Upper secondary school graduates willing to study at the university (73.0 percent of respondents).
Data were acquired in two ways: 1. students took part to a survey answering a questionnaire, 2. school documents were consulted in order to gain information about gender, age, grades, citizenship, school credit, and type of diploma.
*about 50 percent answered.
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