DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2017.v04i11.008

Pages: 810-814

Many countries in Africa are reporting a worrying, rising cases of unemployment. In Kenya despite the rising levels of education, many graduates remain unemployed. Many private universities and public universities have been established to cope with the demand for university education. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of type of degree programmes on employability of graduates in Kenya. The selection of private and public universities to participate was done by purposive sampling. Stratified sampling was used to select degree programmes under investigation. Simple random sampling was used to pick the participants. Data was collected through administration of self-administered questionnaires.