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UK universities ranked by graduate salary

148 UK universities. Typical (median) salary of employed graduates 15 months after finishing.

Universities appear here when at least 50 students contributed to this figure. Figures are for full-time undergraduate degrees, averaged across subjects and weighted by how many students each subject has. How we rank

UK universities ranked by graduate salary
RankUniversitySalary
1Imperial College LondonEngland£41,300
2London School of Economics and Political ScienceEngland£40,639
3Royal Veterinary CollegeEngland£34,949
4University of CambridgeEngland£34,787
5University College LondonEngland£34,447
6University of BathEngland£33,545
7University of WarwickEngland£33,227
8Buckinghamshire New UniversityEngland£33,065
9University of OxfordEngland£32,351
10University of St AndrewsScotland£32,333
11City St George's, University of LondonEngland£32,263
12King's College LondonEngland£31,624
13Durham UniversityEngland£31,545
14Loughborough UniversityEngland£31,498
15Queen Mary University of LondonEngland£31,322
16Heriot-Watt UniversityScotland£31,303
17University of BristolEngland£30,800
18University of SouthamptonEngland£30,792
19University of BirminghamEngland£30,772
20Newcastle UniversityEngland£30,679
21University of EdinburghScotland£30,488
22University of NottinghamEngland£30,451
23University of LeicesterEngland£30,178
24University of SurreyEngland£30,104
25University of ManchesterEngland£30,024
26University of SheffieldEngland£29,749
27St Mary's University, TwickenhamEngland£29,721
28University of LeedsEngland£29,633
29London South Bank UniversityEngland£29,571
30SOAS University of LondonEngland£29,514
31University of ExeterEngland£29,470
32University of StrathclydeScotland£29,265
33Birkbeck, University of LondonEngland£29,231
34Wrexham UniversityWales£29,098
35Brunel University LondonEngland£29,034
36Middlesex UniversityEngland£28,996
37Cardiff UniversityWales£28,905
38University of East LondonEngland£28,881
39Northumbria UniversityEngland£28,879
40University of GreenwichEngland£28,866
41Lancaster UniversityEngland£28,865
42University of YorkEngland£28,792
43Glasgow Caledonian UniversityScotland£28,787
44Aston UniversityEngland£28,662
45Royal Holloway, University of LondonEngland£28,463
46University of GlasgowScotland£28,385
47University of the West of ScotlandScotland£28,372
48Kingston UniversityEngland£28,348
49London Metropolitan UniversityEngland£28,346
50Lincoln Bishop UniversityEngland£28,286
51University of ReadingEngland£28,285
52University of AberdeenScotland£28,244
53Queen's University BelfastNorthern Ireland£28,240
54Robert Gordon UniversityScotland£28,223
55University of PortsmouthEngland£28,212
56University of West LondonEngland£28,115
57University of SussexEngland£28,050
58University of DundeeScotland£28,047
59University of CumbriaEngland£28,026
60University of East AngliaEngland£28,005
61University of LiverpoolEngland£27,976
62University of BradfordEngland£27,961
63Oxford Brookes UniversityEngland£27,934
64Harper Adams UniversityEngland£27,890
65University of HertfordshireEngland£27,857
66University of EssexEngland£27,844
67Edinburgh Napier UniversityScotland£27,813
68Stranmillis University CollegeNorthern Ireland£27,792
69De Montfort UniversityEngland£27,777
70Queen Margaret UniversityScotland£27,761
71Anglia Ruskin UniversityEngland£27,741
72Swansea UniversityWales£27,709
73University of BrightonEngland£27,671
74University of KentEngland£27,596
75University of SunderlandEngland£27,564
76Liverpool John Moores UniversityEngland£27,541
77University of WolverhamptonEngland£27,418
78Coventry UniversityEngland£27,415
79University of Greater ManchesterEngland£27,382
80University of St Mark & St JohnEngland£27,368
81University of WestminsterEngland£27,352
82Goldsmiths, University of LondonEngland£27,299
83University of HullEngland£27,297
84University of the West of EnglandEngland£27,288
85University of PlymouthEngland£27,251
86University of RoehamptonEngland£27,228
87University of SuffolkEngland£27,220
88University of WorcesterEngland£27,189
89Canterbury Christ Church UniversityEngland£27,184
90Leeds Trinity UniversityEngland£27,066
91Nottingham Trent UniversityEngland£27,045
92Abertay UniversityScotland£27,032
93Health Sciences UniversityEngland£27,000
93Point BlankEngland£27,000
95University of NorthamptonEngland£26,920
96Keele UniversityEngland£26,909
97University of DerbyEngland£26,889
98University of GloucestershireEngland£26,831
99Bournemouth UniversityEngland£26,822
100University of LancashireEngland£26,799
101University of WinchesterEngland£26,740
102University of SalfordEngland£26,729
103University of StirlingScotland£26,659
104Sheffield Hallam UniversityEngland£26,648
105Teesside UniversityEngland£26,602
106Edge Hill UniversityEngland£26,541
107University of BedfordshireEngland£26,492
108Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityWales£26,457
109Royal Agricultural UniversityEngland£26,440
110Birmingham Newman UniversityEngland£26,333
111Ulster UniversityNorthern Ireland£26,307
112Arden UniversityEngland£26,300
113Birmingham City UniversityEngland£26,274
114University of ChesterEngland£26,249
115Manchester Metropolitan UniversityEngland£26,216
116University of ChichesterEngland£26,070
117University of South WalesWales£26,038
118Liverpool Hope UniversityEngland£26,022
119Leeds Beckett UniversityEngland£26,000
120University of LincolnEngland£25,904
121University of HuddersfieldEngland£25,758
122SRUCScotland£25,750
123University of StaffordshireEngland£25,693
124Solent UniversityEngland£25,635
125Aberystwyth UniversityWales£25,582
126University of the Highlands and IslandsScotland£25,454
127University College BirminghamEngland£25,393
128Ravensbourne University LondonEngland£25,346
129Glasgow School of ArtScotland£25,173
130University Campus of Football BusinessEngland£25,000
131South Essex College of Further and Higher EducationEngland£24,955
132Bangor UniversityWales£24,933
133BIMM UniversityEngland£24,909
134University of BuckinghamEngland£24,885
135Liverpool Institute for Performing ArtsEngland£24,846
136Hartpury UniversityEngland£24,677
137Bath Spa UniversityEngland£24,647
138York St John UniversityEngland£24,645
139Arts University BournemouthEngland£24,603
140University of Wales Trinity Saint DavidWales£24,371
141Falmouth UniversityEngland£24,135
142ICMP ManagementEngland£24,000
142Leeds ConservatoireEngland£24,000
144Northern School of ArtEngland£23,692
145Norwich University of the ArtsEngland£23,632
146University for the Creative ArtsEngland£23,455
147Arts University PlymouthEngland£22,083
148Hereford College of ArtsEngland£19,250