| 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 | Trinity Laban Conservatoire | 100 | 85 | 94 | 70 | 9.5 | 10 | 354 | 9 | 88 |
| 2 | Royal Welsh College | 93.2 | 93 | 95 | 73 | 7.6 | 353 | 9 | 71 | |
| 3 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama | 90.3 | 7.8 | 8 | 323 | 9 | 74 | |||
| 4 | Lancaster | 86.1 | 78 | 91 | 76 | 12.9 | 10 | 399 | 6 | 73 |
| 5 | Birmingham | 85.5 | 84 | 90 | 56 | 10.7 | 10 | 412 | 7 | 66 |
| 6 | Kent | 84.4 | 93 | 96 | 79 | 13.6 | 9 | 397 | 7 | 51 |
| 7 | Queen Mary | 84.2 | 87 | 95 | 72 | 12.7 | 8 | 418 | 4 | |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 83.4 | 93 | 94 | 86 | 19.5 | 7 | 345 | 8 | 59 |
| 8 | Royal Central School of Speech & Drama | 83.4 | 91 | 89 | 76 | 11.1 | 6 | 371 | 8 | 69 |
| 10 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 82.8 | 9.9 | 7 | 329 | 74 | ||||
| 11 | Conservatoire for Dance and Drama | 81 | 88 | 90 | 66 | 14.3 | 9 | 60 | ||
| 12 | Exeter | 79.9 | 96 | 99 | 79 | 21 | 4 | 441 | 6 | 61 |
| 13 | Warwick | 79.1 | 77 | 86 | 64 | 13 | 7 | 480 | 7 | 56 |
| 14 | Glasgow | 78.6 | 100 | 97 | 75 | 22.1 | 6 | 499 | 5 | |
| 15 | UEA | 78 | 90 | 92 | 63 | 18.4 | 7 | 448 | 7 | |
| 16 | Surrey | 77.4 | 82 | 89 | 59 | 14 | 8 | 373 | 8 | 70 |
| 17 | Bristol | 76.8 | 80 | 88 | 58 | 16.1 | 9 | 451 | 5 | |
| 18 | Northampton | 76.3 | 85 | 90 | 69 | 19.2 | 8 | 314 | 10 | 46 |
| 18 | York | 76.3 | 87 | 91 | 57 | 16.6 | 9 | 437 | 7 | |
| 20 | Royal Holloway | 73.9 | 82 | 90 | 64 | 13.5 | 5 | 418 | 7 | 54 |
| 21 | Trinity Saint David | 72.3 | 92 | 94 | 81 | 18.6 | 8 | 255 | 3 | 62 |
| 22 | Coventry | 72.2 | 84 | 89 | 67 | 16.1 | 4 | 317 | 8 | 71 |
| 23 | Plymouth | 71.5 | 92 | 94 | 77 | 18.2 | 8 | 306 | 4 | 53 |
| 24 | Essex | 71.3 | 83 | 89 | 67 | 16.9 | 7 | 363 | 7 | 52 |
| 25 | West London | 71.2 | 85 | 89 | 77 | 17.5 | 9 | 288 | 7 | 46 |
| 26 | Northumbria | 71.1 | 87 | 91 | 83 | 15 | 6 | 300 | 8 | 32 |
| 27 | Loughborough | 70.4 | 79 | 85 | 61 | 16.3 | 7 | 405 | 7 | 58 |
| 28 | Huddersfield | 70.3 | 89 | 93 | 85 | 18.1 | 4 | 324 | 5 | 49 |
| 29 | Rose Bruford College | 69.9 | 89 | 91 | 68 | 16.1 | 4 | 279 | 9 | 51 |
| 30 | Cardiff Met | 68.5 | 84 | 89 | 79 | 23.4 | 4 | 330 | 5 | 68 |
| 31 | Sussex | 67.8 | 82 | 93 | 73 | 19.8 | 4 | 402 | 7 | |
| 32 | Edge Hill | 67.5 | 87 | 92 | 71 | 14.3 | 3 | 341 | 5 | 49 |
| 33 | Liverpool John Moores | 67.3 | 85 | 92 | 75 | 27 | 4 | 336 | 9 | 40 |
| 34 | Manchester | 67.1 | 77 | 90 | 67 | 15.9 | 4 | 451 | 5 | 41 |
| 35 | Goldsmiths | 66.4 | 93 | 94 | 73 | 15.5 | 4 | 370 | 6 | 30 |
| 36 | Chichester | 65.5 | 96 | 95 | 81 | 19.8 | 4 | 350 | 2 | 45 |
| 37 | UWE Bristol | 65.2 | 90 | 91 | 79 | 25 | 4 | 337 | 6 | 46 |
| 38 | The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts | 64.7 | 77 | 82 | 50 | 18 | 3 | 305 | 9 | 71 |
| 38 | Nottingham Trent | 64.7 | 87 | 87 | 72 | 17.8 | 6 | 332 | 4 | 50 |
| 40 | Hull | 64.6 | 87 | 88 | 66 | 20.3 | 5 | 346 | 7 | 46 |
| 41 | Kingston | 64.5 | 81 | 86 | 67 | 16 | 5 | 344 | 6 | 45 |
| 42 | Queen Margaret | 64.3 | 62 | 73 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 375 | 9 | 59 |
| 43 | Edinburgh Napier | 63.8 | 82 | 87 | 73 | 19.2 | 4 | 334 | ||
| 44 | Manchester Met | 63.6 | 82 | 87 | 76 | 19.3 | 4 | 334 | 4 | 50 |
| 45 | Middlesex | 63.5 | 88 | 88 | 66 | 28.1 | 9 | 291 | 6 | 59 |
| 46 | Lincoln | 62.9 | 81 | 85 | 65 | 18.5 | 4 | 327 | 4 | 63 |
| 47 | Brunel | 62.2 | 74 | 83 | 69 | 14.8 | 7 | 337 | 3 | 49 |
| 48 | Teesside | 61.6 | 66 | 78 | 78 | 20.4 | 7 | 314 | 48 | |
| 49 | Queen's, Belfast | 60.9 | 85 | 95 | 66 | 15.2 | 7 | 357 | 2 | |
| 50 | Sheffield | 60.8 | 96 | 94 | 65 | 22.9 | 3 | 382 | ||
| 51 | Reading | 59.5 | 79 | 87 | 65 | 16.5 | 4 | 327 | 3 | |
| 52 | Leeds | 59.3 | 77 | 82 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 381 | 5 | 52 |
| 53 | Sunderland | 59 | 70 | 84 | 68 | 16.2 | 8 | 258 | 7 | 27 |
| 54 | De Montfort | 58.9 | 86 | 88 | 75 | 20.5 | 3 | 331 | 3 | 49 |
| 55 | Roehampton | 58.7 | 85 | 89 | 65 | 17.9 | 3 | 297 | 7 | 45 |
| 56 | University of the Arts London | 58.6 | 62 | 73 | 64 | 23.9 | 9 | 323 | 5 | 52 |
| 57 | Staffordshire | 58.3 | 90 | 92 | 79 | 22.2 | 9 | 264 | 2 | 29 |
| 58 | Gloucestershire | 58 | 79 | 88 | 73 | 28.9 | 4 | 308 | 7 | 49 |
| 59 | Anglia Ruskin | 57.9 | 84 | 89 | 71 | 17.8 | 7 | 241 | 2 | 41 |
| 60 | Winchester | 57.3 | 81 | 87 | 72 | 17.8 | 2 | 287 | 6 | 45 |
| 61 | Chester | 57 | 81 | 91 | 67 | 16.9 | 3 | 288 | 3 | 43 |
| 62 | Derby | 56.3 | 83 | 84 | 69 | 18.6 | 8 | 303 | 2 | 33 |
| 62 | Sheffield Hallam | 56.3 | 74 | 77 | 70 | 21.1 | 4 | 326 | 8 | 31 |
| 64 | Canterbury Christ Church | 56.2 | 85 | 91 | 78 | 19.1 | 3 | 275 | 5 | 30 |
| 65 | Portsmouth | 56.1 | 85 | 83 | 58 | 21 | 6 | 305 | 5 | 48 |
| 66 | Newman University | 55.5 | 72 | 82 | 72 | 24.2 | 3 | 297 | ||
| 66 | St Mary's UC, Twickenham | 55.5 | 90 | 92 | 72 | 34 | 3 | 309 | 9 | 35 |
| 68 | Falmouth | 55.4 | 71 | 83 | 67 | 25.1 | 5 | 279 | 8 | |
| 69 | Greenwich | 53.3 | 82 | 85 | 70 | 37 | 4 | 333 | 7 | 46 |
| 70 | Salford | 53.2 | 73 | 82 | 63 | 19.3 | 3 | 316 | 5 | 42 |
| 71 | Aberystwyth | 52.6 | 82 | 88 | 70 | 21.2 | 3 | 301 | 3 | 39 |
| 72 | Norwich University of the Arts | 52.4 | 74 | 81 | 66 | 22.5 | 4 | 288 | 2 | 56 |
| 73 | Bath Spa | 52.1 | 68 | 77 | 45 | 22 | 6 | 363 | 8 | 36 |
| 74 | Glynd_r | 51.5 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 19.5 | 6 | 211 | ||
| 75 | York St John | 51.3 | 70 | 76 | 54 | 17.7 | 9 | 300 | 3 | 32 |
| 76 | Cumbria | 50.5 | 82 | 83 | 67 | 22.1 | 3 | 254 | 6 | 37 |
| 77 | Bishop Grosseteste | 49.9 | 96 | 96 | 83 | 1 | 213 | 2 | ||
| 78 | Central Lancashire | 48.3 | 68 | 78 | 55 | 22.1 | 5 | 300 | 4 | 40 |
| 79 | London South Bank | 48.2 | 81 | 88 | 73 | 33.2 | 5 | 263 | 2 | 49 |
| 80 | Bournemouth | 47.9 | 57 | 68 | 59 | 23.8 | 5 | 326 | ||
| 81 | Bolton | 47.5 | 67 | 80 | 66 | 23 | 4 | 293 | 5 | 29 |
| 82 | West of Scotland | 46.4 | 73 | 85 | 68 | 23.8 | 3 | 303 | 4 | 32 |
| 83 | Bedfordshire | 46.3 | 67 | 76 | 60 | 24.2 | 6 | 223 | 6 | 40 |
| 84 | Southampton Solent | 44.9 | 73 | 75 | 65 | 21.4 | 3 | 311 | 1 | 39 |
| 85 | Leeds Met | 43.7 | 55 | 71 | 62 | 20.2 | 3 | 270 | 4 | 43 |
| 86 | Bucks New University | 43 | 70 | 75 | 62 | 26 | 4 | 255 | 3 | 42 |
| 87 | Ulster | 42.6 | 69 | 81 | 62 | 19.6 | 3 | 264 | 1 | |
| 88 | East London | 36.9 | 49 | 67 | 62 | 3 | 253 | 5 | 29 | |
| 89 | Worcester | 36.7 | 75 | 83 | 62 | 27.1 | 2 | 280 | 2 | 34 |
| 90 | London Met | 31.7 | 57 | 68 | 58 | 31.6 | 2 | 240 | 2 | 44 |
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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 Brighton, UC Suffolk, UC Suffolk and Leeds College of Art |
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