TRU grads more satisfied with education
Contact: Heather Friesen, Director Institutional Planning & Analysis, (p)250-828-5134
July 8, 2008According to a recent survey released by the University Presidents Council, graduates from Thompson Rivers University are very satisfied with their careers and the skills and knowledge they obtained with their degrees.
“With employment rates of 98.5 per cent and high satisfaction ratings for their oral and written communications skills, TRU grads are likely to be excelling in group collaboration and problem resolution in their careers,” said Heather Friesen, TRU’s Director of Institutional Planning and Analysis.
The survey revealed TRU grads are more satisfied with their education two years after graduation than graduates from BC’s other large universities.
The University Baccalaureate Graduates Survey (UBGS), designed and administered by the University Presidents Council of BC, provided information on degree graduates from BC’s six largest universities; UBC, SFU, UVic, UNBC, Royal Roads and TRU. The responses provide information on the graduates’ further education, employment and occupations, current job earnings, financing of university education and satisfaction with their education.
ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATOR
| UNIVERSITY SECTOR
| TRU |
Usefulness of Knowledge, skills & abilities acquired during program
(very/somewhat useful)
| 88%
| 88.1% |
Program Satisfaction (satisfied/very satisfied)
| 95.7%
| 98.3% |
Quality of instruction (good/very good)
| 95.0%
| 96.2% |
| Employment rate | 97.1% | 98.5% |
Skill development in the following categories:
(high/very high) | | |
Written communication
| 76.5%
| 84.7% |
Oral communication
| 76.3%
| 91.1% |
Group collaboration
| 76.7%
| 85.8% |
Problem resolution
| 74% | 80.8% |
Graduates felt the most important knowledge they acquired at TRU was that of global and local issue interaction and that their knowledge of global issues was the best developed.
Overall, 92 per cent of the respondents agreed that their core program at TRU provided a full understanding of their field of study. Fourty-four per cent of the degree graduates from 2005 responded to the survey.