| 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 | 92 | 92 | 65 | 11.3 | 608 | 8 | 82 | |
| 2 | Surrey | 90.6 | 96 | 90 | 90 | 17.5 | 8 | 457 | 7 | 70 |
| 3 | Warwick | 86.9 | 90 | 87 | 60 | 17.7 | 8 | 574 | 6 | 88 |
| 4 | London School of Economics | 84.4 | 79 | 81 | 59 | 10.7 | 8 | 587 | 6 | 82 |
| 5 | UCL | 84 | 83 | 78 | 58 | 15.5 | 10 | 553 | 5 | 84 |
| 6 | Kent | 82.6 | 95 | 95 | 77 | 14.1 | 5 | 410 | 6 | 70 |
| 7 | Bristol | 81.7 | 86 | 87 | 71 | 16.1 | 7 | 502 | 4 | 86 |
| 8 | Durham | 81.6 | 78 | 81 | 68 | 19.8 | 8 | 556 | 8 | 81 |
| 9 | Birmingham | 81.2 | 92 | 89 | 62 | 22.1 | 9 | 464 | 7 | 77 |
| 10 | Cambridge | 80.6 | 82 | 77 | 60 | 16.5 | 638 | 6 | 85 | |
| 11 | St Andrews | 80.3 | 81 | 80 | 66 | 18.9 | 7 | 510 | 9 | |
| 12 | Heriot-Watt | 80.1 | 88 | 86 | 66 | 20.1 | 8 | 364 | 10 | |
| 13 | Queen Mary | 78.7 | 83 | 82 | 72 | 17.8 | 10 | 445 | 4 | 69 |
| 14 | Leeds | 77.1 | 82 | 81 | 60 | 23.5 | 10 | 451 | 8 | 74 |
| 15 | SOAS | 76.9 | 84 | 89 | 60 | 13.9 | 8 | 475 | 6 | 71 |
| 16 | UEA | 76.7 | 92 | 92 | 75 | 16.9 | 7 | 425 | 4 | 69 |
| 17 | Strathclyde | 73.5 | 96 | 92 | 74 | 25.2 | 7 | 464 | 7 | |
| 18 | Dundee | 73.4 | 97 | 94 | 65 | 20.9 | 7 | 336 | 9 | |
| 19 | Lancaster | 73.1 | 88 | 89 | 62 | 20.3 | 9 | 457 | 3 | 68 |
| 20 | Bath | 72.2 | 90 | 88 | 54 | 20.1 | 6 | 514 | 5 | 78 |
| 21 | Exeter | 71.8 | 88 | 83 | 69 | 27.9 | 7 | 497 | 7 | 79 |
| 22 | Cardiff | 71.3 | 86 | 83 | 63 | 16.7 | 9 | 440 | 4 | 71 |
| 23 | Nottingham | 71.2 | 80 | 82 | 59 | 18.7 | 6 | 487 | 6 | 79 |
| 23 | Portsmouth | 71.2 | 91 | 86 | 70 | 22.6 | 5 | 317 | 9 | 76 |
| 25 | Edinburgh | 69.7 | 78 | 78 | 43 | 18.9 | 9 | 479 | 5 | 82 |
| 26 | York | 69.5 | 83 | 84 | 63 | 17.3 | 7 | 473 | 3 | 68 |
| 27 | Leicester | 69.3 | 80 | 82 | 67 | 18.9 | 7 | 402 | 4 | 73 |
| 28 | Swansea | 66.6 | 90 | 87 | 81 | 27.5 | 3 | 349 | 7 | 75 |
| 29 | Coventry | 66.2 | 94 | 92 | 83 | 24.9 | 3 | 307 | 9 | 64 |
| 30 | Newcastle | 65.8 | 90 | 86 | 69 | 21.4 | 5 | 442 | 4 | 62 |
| 31 | Aberdeen | 65.5 | 87 | 83 | 68 | 26.6 | 3 | 449 | 9 | |
| 32 | Loughborough | 65.4 | 83 | 82 | 58 | 19.2 | 6 | 427 | 5 | 72 |
| 33 | Greenwich | 65.2 | 95 | 94 | 82 | 24.1 | 3 | 279 | 7 | 54 |
| 34 | Essex | 64.7 | 91 | 82 | 65 | 16.3 | 4 | 385 | 4 | 64 |
| 35 | Oxford Brookes | 64.3 | 89 | 91 | 73 | 18.3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 36 | Glasgow | 64.1 | 79 | 70 | 52 | 20.4 | 7 | 491 | 7 | 72 |
| 37 | Ulster | 63.9 | 88 | 81 | 73 | 20.9 | 3 | 274 | 9 | |
| 38 | Sheffield | 63.3 | 89 | 90 | 71 | 25.4 | 5 | 435 | 3 | 69 |
| 39 | Buckingham | 62.6 | 91 | 89 | 75 | 15.7 | 3 | 320 | ||
| 40 | Middlesex | 62.1 | 89 | 81 | 77 | 28.7 | 5 | 255 | 9 | |
| 41 | City | 61.6 | 66 | 68 | 56 | 18.6 | 8 | 431 | 6 | 65 |
| 42 | UWE Bristol | 60.5 | 85 | 84 | 72 | 23.6 | 3 | 330 | 8 | 65 |
| 43 | Manchester | 60.2 | 75 | 73 | 51 | 18.9 | 6 | 450 | 4 | 72 |
| 44 | Plymouth | 59.6 | 89 | 82 | 70 | 20.6 | 7 | 290 | 4 | 64 |
| 45 | Keele | 59.4 | 87 | 85 | 71 | 21.1 | 2 | 322 | 6 | |
| 46 | Liverpool John Moores | 59.2 | 87 | 81 | 73 | 27.3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 47 | Anglia Ruskin | 58.4 | 75 | 81 | 61 | 19.1 | 9 | 226 | ||
| 48 | Aberystwyth | 58 | 89 | 90 | 59 | 20.4 | 2 | 330 | 6 | |
| 49 | Leeds Met | 57.7 | 90 | 87 | 72 | 25.3 | 3 | 279 | ||
| 50 | Brighton | 57.4 | 76 | 76 | 66 | 17.9 | 3 | 301 | ||
| 51 | Sussex | 57.3 | 88 | 85 | 55 | 21.6 | 3 | 395 | 6 | 62 |
| 52 | Stirling | 56.6 | 87 | 79 | 56 | 20.2 | 3 | 400 | ||
| 53 | Queen's, Belfast | 56.4 | 84 | 80 | 64 | 19.4 | 5 | 380 | 3 | 58 |
| 54 | Southampton | 55.6 | 69 | 66 | 58 | 19.9 | 5 | 447 | 6 | 64 |
| 55 | Brunel | 55.5 | 86 | 81 | 71 | 19.9 | 6 | 341 | 5 | 39 |
| 56 | Royal Holloway | 54.6 | 78 | 79 | 58 | 19.5 | 3 | 396 | 4 | 63 |
| 57 | Liverpool | 52.8 | 82 | 75 | 66 | 20.7 | 6 | 392 | 2 | 54 |
| 58 | De Montfort | 51.8 | 90 | 77 | 77 | 30.7 | 2 | 287 | ||
| 59 | Northampton | 51.2 | 80 | 82 | 74 | 25.5 | 3 | 283 | ||
| 60 | Sheffield Hallam | 50.1 | 75 | 77 | 59 | 25.8 | 4 | 332 | ||
| 61 | Central Lancashire | 49.4 | 80 | 82 | 65 | 27.9 | 5 | 296 | ||
| 62 | Manchester Met | 48.9 | 86 | 82 | 65 | 25.1 | 2 | 324 | 4 | 58 |
| 63 | Hull | 48.5 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 29.9 | 7 | 332 | 1 | 64 |
| 63 | Reading | 48.5 | 69 | 76 | 59 | 21 | 3 | 372 | 1 | 71 |
| 65 | Nottingham Trent | 47.3 | 79 | 83 | 56 | 25.3 | 4 | 335 | 4 | 50 |
| 66 | Bradford | 47 | 88 | 79 | 67 | 19.5 | 5 | 275 | 1 | |
| 67 | East London | 45.7 | 76 | 67 | 60 | 28.2 | 4 | 226 | 7 | |
| 68 | Hertfordshire | 44.2 | 79 | 79 | 53 | 22 | 4 | 294 | 7 | 36 |
| 69 | Edinburgh Napier | 38.7 | 61 | 75 | 59 | 31.7 | 4 | 318 | ||
| 70 | London Met | 34.8 | 84 | 84 | 54 | 27.3 | 1 | 206 | 3 | 52 |
| 71 | Kingston | 32.4 | 68 | 69 | 54 | 24.3 | 2 | 307 | 2 | 44 |
| Note: Other providers that deliver courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, include Worcester, Bournemouth, Cardiff Met and Aston | ||||||||||
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