Student Satisfaction and Wellbeing in Higher Education

In recent years, student wellbeing has become a priority for higher education institutions globally. In India, where a large youth population contrasts with low global happiness rankings, the National Education Policy highlights student wellness as essential to quality education. This study examines the relationship between student satisfaction and wellbeing across gender, social categories, and income levels in selected Indian universities. A sample of 100 undergraduate technical programme students was drawn, employing a purposive sampling technique, of which 92 responses were obtained. The data was collected by administering the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Student Satisfaction Survey (SSQ). Correlation and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) were applied for analysing the responses. Correlation results show a moderate positive correlation between SSQ and GHQ with r= 0.656, p