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Music postgraduate and master's courses in 2014

Music
Name of InstitutionNumber of Full time studentsNumber of Part time students% Students from Outside UKExpenditure per student (/10)Student:staff ratioFT Completion RatePT Completion RateTuition Fees: Home/EU studentsTuition Fees: Overseas students
Anglia Ruskin 30 3 30% 6 17.8 94% £8,755 £10,500 (2)
Bangor 22 15 8% 3 14.2 100% £4,500* £10,800*
Bath Spa 44 38 12% 5 22.0 84% £6,210 £10,905
Birkbeck 24 18 31% 2 100%
Birmingham City 57 42 53% 6 19.5 96% 92% £6,750-£8,000* £14,600-£16,500*
Bristol 40 6 41% 7 16.1 96% £6,000-£7,000 £14,000-£15,000
Edinburgh 29 14 35% 6 16.6 100% £7,800 £15,850
Goldsmiths 51 50 23% 4 15.5 100% 91% £4,980-£8,000 £12,100-£15,500
Guildhall School of Music and Drama 167 62 51% 7 7.8 97% 91% £6,000-£10,350 £13,600-£23,450
King's College London 22 12 26% 6 13.4 100% £8,250 £16,500
Kingston 33 30 49% 4 16.0 85% 76% £4,700 £12,100
Liverpool 30 12 40% 3 18.7 100% £5,300 £12,200
Manchester 14 12 21% 3 15.9 98% £6,300* £13,000*
The Open University 0 107 0% 1 17.9 100% £3,500-£6,000
Oxford 34 0 62% 17.6 100% £8,935 £20,455
Queen's, Belfast 25 2 56% 6 15.2 94% £4,400* *
Royal Academy of Music 416 0 46% 7 9.3 99%
Royal College of Music 300 8 59% 10 11.1 88% £9,408 £20,838
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 117 0 42% 6 9.9 86% £6,495-£11,106 £14,193-£17,058
Royal Northern College of Music 279 0 42% 7 11.8 96% £5,400 £12,100
Royal Welsh College 2 108 32% 7.6 95% £3,200-£5,700 £6,300-£11,400
Salford 19 11 20% 3 19.3 100% £7,885 £10,280
Sheffield 23 38 62% 5 16.4 100% 85% £5,540-£9,000 £15,410-£17,130
SOAS 20 29 33% 3 11.5 100% £6,600 £15,320
Southampton 29 11 30% 6 16.7 £3,900-£5,400* £13,500*
Trinity Laban Conservatoire 87 84 31% 10 9.5 90% 77% £7,450* £17,000*
West London 41 23 25% 7 17.5 91% £6,950-£8,550 £10,450
Westminster 32 7 69% 4 24.1 92% £8,500-£11,500 £11,500-£13,500
York 67 30 34% 7 16.6 97% £5,900* £13,580*

Key: * Tuition fee is estimated on the basis of those fees that were applicable to students commencing courses in 2013-14. (1) Exceptions apply. (2) 2-year course. (3) Scottish discount. (4) Overseas fee for 2013-14.
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