| 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 | Oxford | 100 | 88 | 90 | 68 | 9.4 | 596 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Warwick | 93.6 | 90 | 87 | 61 | 17.4 | 10 | 509 | 8 | 80 |
| 3 | Bath | 88.6 | 94 | 90 | 71 | 19.4 | 8 | 487 | 7 | 87 |
| 4 | City | 86.8 | 89 | 81 | 66 | 22.6 | 10 | 450 | 8 | 77 |
| 5 | UCL | 85.7 | 89 | 82 | 61 | 14.2 | 10 | 474 | 7 | |
| 6 | London School of Economics | 85.4 | 83 | 79 | 73 | 13.2 | 9 | 515 | 5 | 82 |
| 7 | St Andrews | 85 | 89 | 90 | 65 | 18.9 | 6 | 582 | 8 | |
| 8 | Bristol | 83.1 | 82 | 81 | 64 | 9 | 458 | 7 | 88 | |
| 9 | Strathclyde | 82.8 | 93 | 90 | 72 | 24.8 | 9 | 471 | 8 | 70 |
| 10 | Leicester | 81.8 | 85 | 83 | 67 | 13.8 | 10 | 376 | 6 | 71 |
| 11 | Loughborough | 80 | 94 | 88 | 72 | 24.1 | 7 | 438 | 7 | 82 |
| 12 | Coventry | 79.9 | 91 | 89 | 79 | 14.3 | 5 | 278 | 9 | 69 |
| 13 | Leeds | 79.3 | 91 | 87 | 70 | 23.5 | 10 | 446 | 8 | 72 |
| 14 | Birmingham | 78.5 | 86 | 84 | 58 | 20.8 | 10 | 421 | 8 | 82 |
| 15 | Lancaster | 77.9 | 92 | 88 | 71 | 20.3 | 7 | 419 | 5 | 80 |
| 16 | Glasgow | 77.7 | 90 | 87 | 71 | 30.2 | 6 | 484 | 8 | 86 |
| 17 | Reading | 77.4 | 87 | 85 | 57 | 16.6 | 399 | 8 | 80 | |
| 18 | Cardiff | 76.5 | 91 | 85 | 70 | 16.7 | 8 | 424 | 6 | 71 |
| 19 | Durham | 74 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 25.6 | 8 | 410 | 4 | 81 |
| 20 | SOAS | 73.3 | 85 | 85 | 68 | 13.9 | 7 | 427 | ||
| 21 | Heriot-Watt | 73 | 92 | 87 | 78 | 29.9 | 384 | 7 | 72 | |
| 22 | Edinburgh | 72.8 | 83 | 78 | 47 | 22.5 | 10 | 457 | 9 | 73 |
| 23 | Sunderland | 71.8 | 86 | 85 | 77 | 19.8 | 10 | 264 | 7 | 47 |
| 24 | Exeter | 71.6 | 90 | 88 | 71 | 27.9 | 6 | 456 | 5 | 79 |
| 25 | Manchester | 70.6 | 84 | 79 | 62 | 16.9 | 430 | 4 | 66 | |
| 26 | Aston | 69.5 | 83 | 80 | 57 | 23.7 | 9 | 404 | 7 | 78 |
| 26 | Bath Spa | 69.5 | 95 | 90 | 84 | 25.1 | 3 | 327 | 7 | 62 |
| 28 | Kent | 69.4 | 90 | 80 | 68 | 18.9 | 6 | 377 | 6 | 70 |
| 29 | Robert Gordon | 69.1 | 90 | 85 | 68 | 20.3 | 4 | 382 | 6 | 80 |
| 30 | Surrey | 68.7 | 88 | 83 | 71 | 26.3 | 7 | 377 | 7 | 70 |
| 31 | Buckingham | 67.8 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 11.9 | 4 | 288 | 3 | |
| 32 | Southampton | 67.7 | 87 | 80 | 60 | 18.3 | 6 | 435 | 5 | 68 |
| 33 | Huddersfield | 67 | 91 | 86 | 78 | 22.1 | 4 | 322 | 7 | 63 |
| 34 | Bournemouth | 66.4 | 85 | 81 | 70 | 24.3 | 6 | 346 | 9 | 66 |
| 35 | Oxford Brookes | 65.8 | 85 | 81 | 63 | 19.5 | 7 | 341 | 7 | 64 |
| 36 | Newcastle | 65.4 | 80 | 74 | 61 | 23.1 | 6 | 432 | 8 | 82 |
| 37 | Nottingham | 65.3 | 81 | 74 | 62 | 18.7 | 8 | 401 | 6 | 62 |
| 38 | Chester | 65.2 | 88 | 85 | 68 | 17.2 | 3 | 292 | 8 | 62 |
| 39 | UEA | 64.9 | 88 | 82 | 67 | 21 | 7 | 364 | 5 | 66 |
| 40 | Stirling | 64.7 | 91 | 86 | 71 | 21.1 | 4 | 392 | 5 | 64 |
| 41 | Greenwich | 64.3 | 90 | 87 | 78 | 22.2 | 4 | 268 | 8 | 42 |
| 42 | Northumbria | 64 | 87 | 83 | 72 | 22.8 | 5 | 347 | 7 | 66 |
| 43 | Royal Holloway | 63.8 | 84 | 79 | 68 | 22 | 4 | 380 | 7 | 63 |
| 44 | Brunel | 63.5 | 87 | 79 | 77 | 25.1 | 6 | 356 | 8 | 49 |
| 44 | Dundee | 63.5 | 91 | 88 | 70 | 22.1 | 3 | 372 | 3 | 63 |
| 46 | Northampton | 63.3 | 88 | 86 | 73 | 26 | 6 | 274 | 8 | 56 |
| 47 | Queen's, Belfast | 63 | 81 | 78 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 395 | 6 | 67 |
| 48 | York | 62.5 | 85 | 82 | 67 | 20.6 | 6 | 405 | 2 | 71 |
| 49 | Portsmouth | 62 | 84 | 78 | 60 | 22.7 | 5 | 315 | 8 | 73 |
| 50 | King's College London | 61 | 70 | 72 | 50 | 22.8 | 5 | 471 | 7 | 71 |
| 51 | Lincoln | 60.6 | 92 | 85 | 75 | 26.2 | 3 | 307 | 4 | 68 |
| 51 | Liverpool | 60.6 | 83 | 79 | 71 | 24 | 6 | 391 | 4 | 63 |
| 53 | Sheffield | 60.5 | 87 | 81 | 58 | 25.4 | 5 | 389 | 6 | 72 |
| 54 | Aberdeen | 59.3 | 87 | 78 | 60 | 22.9 | 4 | 441 | 5 | 59 |
| 55 | De Montfort | 58.9 | 90 | 86 | 76 | 30.7 | 3 | 297 | 8 | 53 |
| 56 | West London | 58.6 | 92 | 90 | 88 | 26 | 4 | 199 | 3 | 41 |
| 57 | Edinburgh Napier | 58.1 | 92 | 85 | 71 | 29.9 | 4 | 323 | 8 | 58 |
| 58 | Plymouth | 57.6 | 86 | 83 | 64 | 20.6 | 6 | 289 | 4 | 58 |
| 59 | Birmingham City | 57.3 | 89 | 85 | 74 | 33 | 6 | 296 | 7 | 58 |
| 59 | Sheffield Hallam | 57.3 | 81 | 82 | 69 | 25.8 | 4 | 317 | 8 | 54 |
| 61 | Worcester | 56.7 | 84 | 85 | 75 | 31.2 | 3 | 287 | 9 | 57 |
| 62 | Winchester | 56.1 | 89 | 80 | 71 | 25.7 | 3 | 295 | 9 | 54 |
| 63 | Queen Mary | 55.4 | 81 | 79 | 59 | 17.8 | 5 | 392 | 2 | 54 |
| 64 | Liverpool John Moores | 55.3 | 85 | 79 | 74 | 25.5 | 3 | 319 | 7 | 50 |
| 65 | Hull | 55 | 87 | 83 | 68 | 29.9 | 6 | 313 | 3 | 71 |
| 65 | Nottingham Trent | 55 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 21.6 | 4 | 330 | 6 | 67 |
| 67 | Central Lancashire | 54.9 | 86 | 79 | 74 | 22 | 5 | 300 | 4 | 54 |
| 68 | Gloucestershire | 54.6 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 25.2 | 4 | 274 | 10 | 63 |
| 69 | Royal Agricultural University | 53.8 | 90 | 86 | 69 | 25.3 | 5 | 286 | 1 | |
| 70 | Chichester | 53.1 | 85 | 82 | 65 | 19.6 | 3 | 275 | 2 | 66 |
| 71 | UWE Bristol | 53 | 83 | 80 | 59 | 24.3 | 3 | 308 | 7 | 64 |
| 72 | Salford | 52.9 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 23.4 | 3 | 300 | 5 | 56 |
| 73 | Manchester Met | 52.7 | 81 | 76 | 68 | 24.9 | 3 | 319 | 6 | 57 |
| 74 | Teesside | 52.2 | 83 | 79 | 74 | 22.1 | 7 | 287 | 2 | 46 |
| 75 | Brighton | 52.1 | 74 | 77 | 58 | 24 | 3 | 290 | 8 | 60 |
| 76 | Bangor | 52 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 31.4 | 6 | 314 | 6 | 45 |
| 77 | Sussex | 51.7 | 76 | 75 | 55 | 24.2 | 4 | 388 | 4 | 62 |
| 78 | West of Scotland | 51.2 | 86 | 81 | 65 | 26.4 | 3 | 285 | 9 | 38 |
| 79 | Keele | 50.5 | 79 | 79 | 55 | 25.6 | 4 | 325 | 4 | 72 |
| 80 | Canterbury Christ Church | 50.4 | 86 | 84 | 71 | 23.4 | 3 | 249 | 5 | 44 |
| 81 | Kingston | 50.3 | 85 | 80 | 67 | 22.7 | 7 | 289 | 2 | 44 |
| 82 | York St John | 50.2 | 90 | 87 | 68 | 22.4 | 4 | 273 | 4 | 40 |
| 83 | Derby | 50 | 82 | 81 | 69 | 21.7 | 4 | 270 | 3 | 45 |
| 84 | Middlesex | 49.7 | 87 | 78 | 70 | 29.5 | 6 | 231 | 8 | 39 |
| 85 | UC Suffolk | 49.5 | 89 | 86 | 71 | 25.1 | 253 | 6 | 35 | |
| 86 | Staffordshire | 49.4 | 79 | 80 | 71 | 19.3 | 6 | 211 | 2 | 43 |
| 87 | Hertfordshire | 49.3 | 79 | 73 | 57 | 22 | 4 | 304 | 7 | 42 |
| 88 | Aberystwyth | 49 | 87 | 77 | 65 | 23.1 | 4 | 299 | 5 | 44 |
| 88 | Swansea | 49 | 84 | 78 | 63 | 32 | 4 | 341 | 4 | 71 |
| 90 | Essex | 47.7 | 85 | 78 | 63 | 21.9 | 4 | 318 | 1 | 60 |
| 91 | Edge Hill | 46.5 | 75 | 76 | 59 | 19.8 | 3 | 289 | 2 | 64 |
| 91 | Queen Margaret | 46.5 | 85 | 77 | 57 | 25.1 | 3 | 293 | 7 | 50 |
| 93 | University of the Arts London | 46.3 | 60 | 63 | 54 | 30 | 9 | 342 | 6 | 50 |
| 94 | Glasgow Caledonian | 46.1 | 86 | 80 | 52 | 33.8 | 4 | 349 | 8 | 50 |
| 95 | Leeds Trinity | 45.6 | 81 | 84 | 75 | 21.7 | 2 | 239 | 1 | |
| 95 | London South Bank | 45.6 | 87 | 82 | 69 | 27.6 | 4 | 232 | 4 | 40 |
| 97 | Anglia Ruskin | 43.7 | 77 | 74 | 56 | 27.7 | 7 | 232 | 3 | 59 |
| 97 | Westminster | 43.7 | 66 | 64 | 55 | 24.1 | 4 | 324 | 7 | 52 |
| 99 | Bradford | 43.2 | 77 | 73 | 54 | 24.5 | 8 | 310 | 1 | 53 |
| 100 | St Mary's UC, Twickenham | 42.9 | 83 | 86 | 67 | 32.1 | 3 | 266 | 2 | |
| 101 | Ulster | 42.8 | 89 | 81 | 72 | 36.4 | 3 | 283 | 5 | 48 |
| 102 | Trinity Saint David | 41.6 | 81 | 75 | 53 | 19.8 | 9 | 210 | 1 | |
| 103 | Leeds Met | 41 | 81 | 79 | 61 | 30.7 | 3 | 267 | 3 | 60 |
| 103 | Roehampton | 41 | 86 | 78 | 71 | 28.5 | 3 | 225 | 2 | 54 |
| 105 | Glynd_r | 40.4 | 66 | 74 | 62 | 27.3 | 3 | 202 | ||
| 106 | Southampton Solent | 40.1 | 78 | 75 | 61 | 27.9 | 3 | 258 | 4 | 48 |
| 107 | Bolton | 39.5 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 29.9 | 4 | 266 | 1 | 46 |
| 108 | Bucks New University | 39.3 | 83 | 83 | 70 | 25.6 | 4 | 212 | 1 | 42 |
| 109 | London Met | 38.9 | 76 | 76 | 55 | 24.4 | 2 | 216 | 5 | 45 |
| 110 | East London | 38.4 | 76 | 75 | 65 | 31.3 | 3 | 216 | 8 | 30 |
| 111 | Abertay Dundee | 38.3 | 81 | 73 | 51 | 27 | 2 | 281 | 6 | 46 |
| 112 | Bedfordshire | 38.2 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 27.9 | 5 | 195 | 3 | 33 |
| 113 | Cardiff Met | 34.7 | 68 | 64 | 69 | 27.2 | 3 | 297 | 4 | 37 |
| 114 | Cumbria | 29.6 | 56 | 65 | 46 | 21.4 | 6 | 225 | 4 | 34 |
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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 Falmouth, Harper Adams, Birkbeck and Highlands & Islands |
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