40% selected fairly confident. 30% selected i try not to think about it; 25% selected not very confident; and 5% selected very confident.
How all 20 respondents answered
Respondents selected one answer from four options.
Percentages are based on the published response counts. Where whole-number percentages are shown, totals may differ slightly from 100% because of rounding.
Career confidence is mixed rather than all-or-nothing
Fair confidence led
Eight respondents selected fairly confident, making it the largest single answer.
Very high confidence was uncommon
Only one respondent selected very confident.
Uncertainty remains visible
Five were not very confident and six said they try not to think about their prospects.
Career confidence can shape the transition out of university
The largest single group felt fairly confident, but the overall picture was mixed, with uncertainty and avoidance also featuring strongly.
Moderate confidence can coexist with uncertainty about competition, timing, salary or the route into a preferred field. With only 20 responses, this is best treated as an indicative snapshot rather than a population estimate.
How to report this poll accurately
Keep the response base and indicative audience label attached to the headline finding.
How this poll was recorded
- Question
- How confident do you feel about your career prospects after graduation?
- Responses
- 20 total responses
- Date recorded
- 19 August 2026
- Collection
- Instagram Stories
- Evidence label
- Indicative first-party Unifresher audience poll
This is an audience poll rather than a population survey. It is useful as a snapshot of the respondents who took part and should not be described as representative of every UK university student.
Questions readers ask next
What was the most common answer?
40% selected “Fairly confident”, making it the largest answer in this poll.
How many respondents chose the top answer?
8 of 20 respondents selected “Fairly confident”.
What was the second most selected answer?
30% selected “I try not to think about it”, equal to 6 responses.
Is this representative of all UK students?
No. This is an indicative Unifresher audience poll with 20 responses, not a nationally representative student survey.
How should this result be reported?
Keep the 20-response base, collection date and indicative-audience label attached to the finding.
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Cite this poll
Unifresher poll, “How confident do you feel about your career prospects after graduation?”, 20 responses, recorded 19 August 2026. Unifresher Data Hub.
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