| Strongly Agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | Satisfied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,324 | 10,563 | 884 | 226 | 18,887 |
| 41.6% | 52.8% | 4.4% | 1.1% | 94.4% |
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Overview
The student satisfaction survey for 2023-24 was carried out over an eight-week period between 4 March and 26 April 2024.
In total nine out of 10 full-time students were satisfied with their college experience (92.2%) – 94.4% and 88.2% of full-time FE and HE students respectively.
Satisfaction rates were higher for part-time students at 95.9% for FE and 89.2% for HE.
Part time satisfaction levels increased in 2023-24 for FE +0.2% but decreased for HE -2.5%. However, FE full-time decreased -0.2% and HE full-time decreased 0.9%.
94,141 full-time and part-time college students were surveyed, with the following response rates:
- 56,423 full-time students of which 55.3% responded a decrease of 0.7% from previous year.
- 37,718 part-time students of which 33.9% responded an increase of 8.4% from previous year.
Full-time Further Education students
Overall, 78% of all full-time FE student enrolments starting in the academic year 2023-24 were surveyed during this period from 26 colleges. The other 22% of FE full-time students will have completed their studies prior to the survey period or withdrawn.
Response rates remain variable at a college level ranging from 24.6% to 79.7%. At a sector level, the response rate was 57.1% (19,997 students), a decrease of 2.0 percentage points (pp) from 2022-23.
Table 1 shows the overall satisfaction for the 18,887 full-time FE students at Scotland’s colleges responding to the statement: ‘Overall, I am satisfied with my college experience’.
Table 1: Full-time FE students’ satisfaction with their overall college experience 2023-24
Although we have published the results for all colleges, six of the 26 colleges with full-time FE students had response rates below 40%. Care should therefore be taken when comparing the results of colleges.
Table 2 shows that the overall satisfaction result in 2023-24 has decreased by 0.2 pp from the 2022-23 years figure, with over nine out of 10 full-time FE students satisfied with their college experience (94.4%).