| Rating | Name of institution | Guardian score /100 | Satisfied with course (%) | Satisfied with teaching (%) | Satisfied with feedback (%) | Student:staff ratio | Spend per student (FTE) | Average entry tariff | Value-added score /10 | Career after 6 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCL | 100 | 91 | 92 | 73 | 12.5 | 10 | 439 | 10 | |
| 2 | Oxford | 92.4 | 96 | 95 | 76 | 17.6 | 504 | 9 | ||
| 3 | Lancaster | 90.2 | 87 | 85 | 80 | 12.9 | 10 | 445 | 8 | 69 |
| 4 | Brunel | 85.4 | 95 | 92 | 81 | 20.5 | 8 | 403 | 7 | 79 |
| 5 | Newcastle | 84 | 95 | 94 | 76 | 14.6 | 7 | 498 | 6 | 52 |
| 6 | Kent | 81.3 | 78 | 83 | 61 | 13.6 | 9 | 355 | 10 | 65 |
| 7 | Goldsmiths | 80.9 | 83 | 88 | 67 | 15.5 | 4 | 471 | 10 | 52 |
| 8 | Leeds College of Art | 78.1 | 90 | 91 | 83 | 9.9 | 3 | 273 | 9 | |
| 9 | Oxford Brookes | 76.6 | 84 | 90 | 78 | 16.9 | 9 | 366 | 7 | 58 |
| 10 | Glasgow | 75.8 | 95 | 95 | 72 | 22.1 | 6 | 463 | ||
| 11 | Kingston | 74.6 | 81 | 86 | 70 | 16 | 5 | 467 | 8 | 53 |
| 12 | Brighton | 74.5 | 84 | 89 | 76 | 13.2 | 9 | 323 | 6 | 48 |
| 12 | Loughborough | 74.5 | 76 | 81 | 65 | 16.3 | 8 | 428 | 8 | 58 |
| 14 | Coventry | 73.6 | 78 | 85 | 75 | 16.1 | 4 | 349 | 9 | 71 |
| 14 | Reading | 73.6 | 91 | 91 | 76 | 16.5 | 4 | 359 | 6 | 62 |
| 16 | Plymouth | 73.4 | 89 | 90 | 83 | 18.2 | 8 | 303 | 8 | 45 |
| 17 | Northampton | 72.6 | 82 | 87 | 76 | 19.2 | 9 | 349 | 8 | 51 |
| 18 | Heriot-Watt | 72.4 | 84 | 87 | 67 | 23.3 | 8 | 344 | 8 | 71 |
| 19 | Arts University Bournemouth | 71.8 | 92 | 90 | 83 | 18.4 | 4 | 317 | 5 | 60 |
| 20 | Edinburgh | 71 | 76 | 83 | 64 | 16.6 | 7 | 405 | 7 | 57 |
| 21 | UWE Bristol | 69.2 | 81 | 86 | 79 | 25 | 3 | 388 | 8 | 58 |
| 22 | Manchester Met | 67.9 | 75 | 79 | 73 | 19.3 | 3 | 451 | 7 | 54 |
| 23 | Chichester | 67.6 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 19.8 | 4 | 293 | 5 | |
| 24 | Northumbria | 67.4 | 82 | 84 | 75 | 15 | 6 | 328 | 4 | 56 |
| 25 | Southampton | 66.9 | 89 | 91 | 80 | 16.7 | 8 | 342 | 3 | 38 |
| 26 | Anglia Ruskin | 66.8 | 79 | 88 | 78 | 17.8 | 8 | 303 | 7 | 40 |
| 27 | Huddersfield | 66.1 | 75 | 80 | 76 | 18.1 | 4 | 330 | 6 | 62 |
| 28 | Portsmouth | 65.7 | 84 | 87 | 79 | 21 | 6 | 349 | 7 | 42 |
| 29 | Leeds | 65.6 | 80 | 84 | 75 | 23 | 5 | 412 | 6 | 58 |
| 30 | Glasgow School of Art | 65.5 | 75 | 77 | 67 | 17.1 | 10 | 404 | 3 | 46 |
| 31 | University of the Arts London | 65.2 | 76 | 81 | 72 | 23.9 | 9 | 319 | 6 | 53 |
| 32 | Salford | 65.1 | 86 | 89 | 84 | 19.3 | 3 | 286 | 7 | 48 |
| 33 | Nottingham Trent | 64.7 | 86 | 84 | 72 | 17.8 | 6 | 338 | 4 | 59 |
| 34 | Norwich University of the Arts | 63.9 | 86 | 86 | 81 | 22.5 | 4 | 323 | 6 | 55 |
| 35 | Lincoln | 63.8 | 80 | 86 | 78 | 18.5 | 4 | 325 | 1 | 71 |
| 36 | Aberystwyth | 63.4 | 82 | 92 | 70 | 21.2 | 3 | 351 | 8 | 46 |
| 37 | Roehampton | 63.3 | 78 | 86 | 72 | 17.9 | 2 | 310 | 8 | 63 |
| 38 | Edinburgh Napier | 63.1 | 81 | 85 | 73 | 19.2 | 4 | 372 | 4 | 55 |
| 39 | Greenwich | 62.9 | 74 | 74 | 85 | 17.5 | 7 | 277 | 52 | |
| 40 | Dundee | 62.4 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 16.9 | 8 | 386 | 4 | 51 |
| 41 | Teesside | 61.9 | 83 | 85 | 79 | 20.4 | 7 | 352 | 3 | 41 |
| 42 | Liverpool John Moores | 61.7 | 77 | 82 | 80 | 27 | 4 | 318 | 9 | 46 |
| 43 | UC Suffolk | 61.6 | 79 | 90 | 79 | 19.7 | 303 | 2 | 54 | |
| 43 | York St John | 61.6 | 67 | 72 | 64 | 17.7 | 9 | 305 | 8 | |
| 45 | Westminster | 60.8 | 74 | 76 | 62 | 24.1 | 4 | 429 | 8 | 49 |
| 46 | Falmouth | 60.3 | 83 | 83 | 73 | 25.1 | 5 | 313 | 5 | 52 |
| 47 | Birmingham City | 60.2 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 19.5 | 7 | 383 | 3 | 51 |
| 48 | Chester | 59.4 | 85 | 80 | 75 | 16.9 | 3 | 328 | 3 | 58 |
| 49 | Robert Gordon | 58.7 | 77 | 79 | 75 | 17.7 | 4 | 346 | 1 | 58 |
| 50 | Bournemouth | 57.8 | 76 | 80 | 64 | 23.8 | 5 | 336 | 4 | 62 |
| 51 | Glynd_r | 57.7 | 75 | 80 | 76 | 19.5 | 6 | 225 | 6 | 48 |
| 51 | Manchester | 57.7 | 81 | 80 | 55 | 15.9 | 4 | 447 | ||
| 53 | Derby | 57.4 | 81 | 81 | 74 | 18.6 | 8 | 318 | 3 | 38 |
| 54 | Hull | 56.8 | 79 | 85 | 69 | 20.3 | 5 | 305 | 7 | 38 |
| 55 | Canterbury Christ Church | 56 | 85 | 78 | 73 | 19.1 | 2 | 268 | 7 | |
| 55 | Central Lancashire | 56 | 78 | 82 | 77 | 22.1 | 5 | 273 | 3 | 50 |
| 57 | Essex | 55.6 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 16.9 | 7 | 228 | 2 | 38 |
| 58 | Hertfordshire | 55.1 | 71 | 77 | 68 | 22.8 | 7 | 312 | 6 | 41 |
| 59 | De Montfort | 54.8 | 76 | 80 | 68 | 20.5 | 3 | 298 | 6 | 50 |
| 60 | Bath Spa | 54.4 | 78 | 81 | 63 | 22 | 6 | 330 | 4 | 51 |
| 61 | Sheffield Hallam | 53.9 | 81 | 83 | 75 | 21.1 | 4 | 319 | 4 | 37 |
| 62 | Glasgow Caledonian | 53.2 | 77 | 84 | 47 | 19.6 | 2 | 371 | 10 | 35 |
| 63 | Staffordshire | 52.5 | 75 | 77 | 66 | 22.2 | 9 | 258 | 2 | 45 |
| 64 | Bolton | 52.3 | 87 | 88 | 85 | 23 | 4 | 285 | 2 | 32 |
| 65 | Newman University | 52.1 | 80 | 87 | 80 | 24.2 | 3 | 305 | ||
| 66 | Cumbria | 51.2 | 79 | 83 | 78 | 22.1 | 2 | 273 | 4 | 39 |
| 67 | Middlesex | 50.3 | 58 | 72 | 63 | 28.1 | 9 | 279 | 4 | 56 |
| 68 | Southampton Solent | 49.5 | 79 | 81 | 70 | 21.4 | 3 | 291 | 4 | 37 |
| 68 | Ulster | 49.5 | 70 | 78 | 70 | 19.6 | 3 | 295 | 5 | 32 |
| 70 | Bedfordshire | 48.9 | 74 | 81 | 71 | 24.2 | 5 | 210 | 3 | 47 |
| 70 | Sunderland | 48.9 | 66 | 73 | 63 | 16.2 | 9 | 263 | 4 | 23 |
| 72 | University for the Creative Arts | 48.7 | 71 | 77 | 67 | 21.7 | 4 | 311 | 3 | 44 |
| 73 | Bucks New University | 47 | 72 | 75 | 70 | 26 | 4 | 267 | 2 | 51 |
| 74 | Cardiff Met | 46.8 | 62 | 75 | 62 | 23.4 | 4 | 306 | 5 | 37 |
| 75 | Leeds Met | 46.5 | 76 | 81 | 76 | 20.2 | 2 | 243 | 2 | 40 |
| 75 | Ravensbourne | 46.5 | 61 | 70 | 65 | 27.8 | 3 | 267 | 7 | 60 |
| 77 | West London | 43.9 | 46 | 61 | 60 | 17.5 | 9 | 216 | 3 | 33 |
| 78 | Gloucestershire | 43.6 | 69 | 73 | 67 | 28.9 | 4 | 309 | 5 | 37 |
| 79 | London South Bank | 41.3 | 63 | 75 | 66 | 33.2 | 5 | 265 | 3 | 51 |
| 80 | Worcester | 39 | 67 | 71 | 60 | 27.1 | 2 | 296 | 8 | 32 |
| 81 | Abertay Dundee | 38 | 38.1 | 1 | 366 | 3 | ||||
| 82 | London Met | 35.5 | 58 | 70 | 64 | 31.6 | 2 | 274 | 4 | 45 |
| 83 | East London | 30.8 | 61 | 68 | 61 | 3 | 246 | 3 | 30 | |
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Note: Other providers that deliver courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, include West of Scotland, Trinity Saint David, Writtle College, Highlands & Islands and University College Birmingham |
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