University guide 2014: league table for geography and environmental studies

Geography and environmental studies

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	Cambridge	100	91	98	77	12		566	7	74
2	Durham	93.1	90	92	75	12.4	8	512	7	76
3	Lancaster	92.4	96	93	73	13.1	10	434	4	74
4	Oxford	92.2	90	93	65	15.8		576	8	67
5	Glasgow	91.7	94	97	68	15.3	8	456	9	80
6	UEA	91.6	95	96	70	11.3	9	442	8	70
7	Bristol	90.2	88	95	69	13.9	9	490	7	72
8	UCL	89.5	88	95	62	13.5	9	513	6	76
9	St Andrews	88.3	80	90	64	10.5	7	526	7	75
10	London School of Economics	88	81	90	78	11.4	5	472	6	88
11	Edinburgh	84.5	94	93	65	12.3		500	5	64
12	Keele	84	97	98	82	12	6	359	6	69
13	Exeter	82.9	88	90	77	17.3	5	441	8	70
14	Cardiff	82.5	91	94	64	15.5	10	371	6
15	Strathclyde	80.5	86	96	77	11.6	3	470
16	Leicester	80.4	87	93	74	16.4	8	413	6	63
17	Southampton	79.1	87	89	60	13.7	9	437	8	53
18	Royal Holloway	78.7	98	95	81	13.6	6	371	3	65
19	Dundee	78.3	99	96	71	17.2	3	404	9	66
20	Loughborough	78.2	94	93	81	18.1	6	409	8	59
21	Newcastle	74.4	87	91	66	17.3	4	403	7	71
22	Queen Mary	74.3	90	90	74	11.5	5	390	3	62
23	Manchester	73.9	88	91	74	18.9	8	439	3	60
24	Coventry	73.7	93	94	74	11.7	4	315	8	56
25	King's College London	73.6	82	88	59	18.8	4	428	7	80
26	Liverpool	73.5	82	88	63	11.3	6	399	8	55
27	Birmingham	73.3	85	88	62	17.7	8	424	7	66
27	UWE Bristol	73.3	91	87	67	16.1	3	314	9	67
29	Swansea	72.7	96	95	73	16.3	6	377	4	60
30	York	72.2	91	91	65	19.1	8	385	7	56
31	Sheffield	72.1	91	91	66	20.5	4	440	6	65
32	Reading	72	90	93	63	23.6	6	389	8	65
33	Portsmouth	71.9	95	96	87	23.6	4	319	8	54
34	Nottingham	71.2	77	85	62	16.4	6	451	8	56
35	Leeds	70.9	86	85	60	17.7	5	440	7	65
36	Northampton	70.8	92	94	82		3	284	8
37	Oxford Brookes	70.6	84	88	81	14.6	3	324	7	59
38	Aberdeen	70.4	87	89	61	12.5	6	418	2	63
39	Queen's, Belfast	70	89	90	71	16.4	6	340	8	46
40	Hull	69	84	92	76	20.1	5	336	7	59
41	Sussex	67.6	86	88	58	15.4	4	409	7	55
42	Northumbria	66.7	88	91	79	17.9	5	328	6	47
43	Chester	66.6	98	98	88	19	3	304	2	52
44	Plymouth	65.7	93	90	68	16.5	5	321	4	57
45	Sheffield Hallam	64.9	86	86	68	22	3	335	9	61
46	Aberystwyth	64.8	82	87	60	15.6	7	353	3	64
47	Bangor	64.3	82	84	60	15.7	7	329	5	56
48	Brighton	63.1	88	88	66	16.9	4	318	7	49
49	Staffordshire	62.8	96	84	74	13.6	8	243	1
50	Gloucestershire	62.3	90	89	86	25.2	3	272	6
51	Manchester Met	61.5	89	88	73	16.2	4	303	4	51
52	Liverpool John Moores	58.3	86	87	78		2	301	6	45
53	Worcester	56.9	87	85	67	18.4	5	303	2
54	Hertfordshire	55.1	91	91	78	21.1	2	306	3	44
55	Canterbury Christ Church	53.8	94	91	83	25.5	2	291	2
56	Derby	52.9	82	83	70	21.6	8	266	1
57	Bath Spa	52.7	89	90	81	27.9	2	298	3	57
58	Salford	52.1	81	80	67	20.2	3	254	2	63
59	Nottingham Trent	48.8	65	82	56	15.5	7	293	1
60	Kingston	47.4	63	76	51	21.9	3	296	6	54
61	Ulster	42.1	80	82	66	28.5	2	267	4
62	Bournemouth	41.8	46	69	49	27.7	6	306	6
63	Southampton Solent	41.3	82	80	56		4	235	1
64	Cumbria	35.4	60	62	49	17.5	2	244	5	37
Note: Other providers that deliver courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, include Edge Hill, St Mary's UC, Twickenham, Central Lancashire, Sunderland and Birkbeck