| 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 | Sussex | 100 | 95 | 98 | 68 | 20.8 | 9 | 403 | 9 | |
| 2 | Leeds | 95.5 | 84 | 83 | 70 | 7.7 | 10 | 382 | 5 | |
| 3 | Oxford Brookes | 95.4 | 97 | 87 | 67 | 5.1 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 87.6 | 90 | 87 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 331 | 9 | 89 |
| 5 | Lancaster | 87.3 | 92 | 91 | 79 | 16.3 | 6 | 357 | 4 | |
| 6 | Bristol | 84.9 | 81 | 91 | 71 | 21.7 | 8 | 383 | 7 | 66 |
| 7 | Kent | 83.7 | 92 | 92 | 70 | 20.3 | 7 | 310 | 9 | |
| 8 | Teesside | 82.6 | 93 | 89 | 83 | 16.5 | 8 | 3 | 79 | |
| 9 | Dundee | 81.7 | 97 | 96 | 72 | 10.5 | 5 | 381 | 3 | |
| 10 | UEA | 81.4 | 82 | 89 | 47 | 11.3 | 10 | 298 | 7 | 70 |
| 11 | Strathclyde | 81.1 | 89 | 94 | 53 | 18.2 | 8 | 346 | 5 | 81 |
| 12 | Gloucestershire | 80.3 | 90 | 93 | 74 | 19.2 | 8 | 264 | 6 | 68 |
| 13 | Birmingham | 80.2 | 94 | 91 | 75 | 6.1 | 344 | 4 | 56 | |
| 14 | Brunel | 79.8 | 86 | 85 | 73 | 8.1 | 338 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Huddersfield | 79.6 | 86 | 84 | 75 | 19.4 | 5 | 293 | 8 | 77 |
| 16 | Chester | 79.4 | 80 | 88 | 72 | 9.1 | 3 | 294 | 5 | 76 |
| 16 | Robert Gordon | 79.4 | 96 | 93 | 67 | 15.6 | 3 | 322 | 3 | 89 |
| 18 | Northumbria | 79 | 92 | 91 | 85 | 18.7 | 7 | 284 | 6 | 68 |
| 19 | Hertfordshire | 76.9 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 11.2 | 7 | 305 | 8 | 88 |
| 20 | York | 76.8 | 62 | 69 | 58 | 10.9 | 9 | 364 | 7 | |
| 21 | Hull | 76.6 | 93 | 94 | 69 | 20.8 | 3 | 313 | 8 | 79 |
| 22 | Swansea | 76.1 | 94 | 90 | 71 | 27.5 | 3 | 8 | 89 | |
| 23 | Kingston - St George's University | 75 | 76 | 78 | 69 | 9.3 | 4 | 6 | 79 | |
| 24 | UC Suffolk | 74.2 | 76 | 93 | 72 | 19.8 | 316 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Derby | 72.5 | 96 | 93 | 80 | 19.3 | 5 | 269 | 4 | 63 |
| 26 | West London | 72.2 | 75 | 88 | 67 | 19.8 | 5 | 264 | 8 | |
| 27 | Birmingham City | 71.9 | 76 | 84 | 75 | 16.8 | 6 | 277 | 8 | 68 |
| 27 | Coventry | 71.9 | 78 | 80 | 62 | 13.1 | 3 | 272 | 8 | 73 |
| 27 | Glasgow Caledonian | 71.9 | 89 | 92 | 64 | 24.9 | 3 | 357 | 5 | 81 |
| 27 | Warwick | 71.9 | 75 | 86 | 37 | 11.9 | 458 | 3 | ||
| 31 | Liverpool John Moores | 71.5 | 85 | 88 | 72 | 9.9 | 9 | 317 | 3 | 48 |
| 32 | Bournemouth | 71.4 | 82 | 94 | 78 | 24.6 | 6 | 299 | 3 | 70 |
| 33 | Winchester | 70.9 | 62 | 82 | 64 | 9.1 | 5 | 322 | 6 | 51 |
| 34 | Cardiff Met | 70.7 | 90 | 91 | 79 | 21.6 | 4 | 288 | 2 | 75 |
| 35 | Anglia Ruskin | 70.2 | 71 | 79 | 72 | 24 | 8 | 288 | 9 | 57 |
| 36 | Edinburgh | 70.1 | 84 | 77 | 51 | 26.9 | 8 | 395 | ||
| 37 | UWE Bristol | 69.7 | 78 | 84 | 62 | 23.1 | 3 | 306 | 10 | 75 |
| 38 | Manchester | 69.5 | 65 | 78 | 58 | 12.1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 39 | Queen's, Belfast | 69.4 | 90 | 93 | 52 | 15.9 | 2 | 313 | 7 | 69 |
| 40 | Chichester | 68.3 | 83 | 87 | 75 | 16.6 | 5 | 300 | 3 | 69 |
| 41 | Leeds Met | 67.9 | 91 | 91 | 76 | 13.8 | 4 | 238 | 6 | 56 |
| 42 | Bedfordshire | 67.8 | 84 | 90 | 70 | 13.9 | 7 | 1 | 71 | |
| 43 | Northampton | 66.9 | 78 | 79 | 70 | 24.9 | 3 | 318 | 9 | 68 |
| 44 | Sheffield Hallam | 66.2 | 76 | 84 | 61 | 21 | 4 | 316 | 9 | 53 |
| 45 | Central Lancashire | 65.9 | 88 | 87 | 66 | 19.1 | 9 | 230 | 5 | 56 |
| 46 | Ulster | 65.7 | 86 | 87 | 60 | 22.7 | 3 | 285 | 9 | 62 |
| 47 | De Montfort | 65.4 | 81 | 86 | 66 | 20.8 | 4 | 267 | 7 | 69 |
| 48 | London South Bank | 64.6 | 64 | 77 | 40 | 15.9 | 9 | 269 | ||
| 49 | Bolton | 64.4 | 86 | 88 | 84 | 21.3 | 4 | 233 | 4 | 53 |
| 49 | Brighton | 64.4 | 83 | 88 | 68 | 16.8 | 5 | 308 | 4 | 47 |
| 51 | Lincoln | 63 | 69 | 75 | 60 | 18.1 | 4 | 303 | 5 | 70 |
| 52 | Bucks New University | 61.1 | 80 | 91 | 61 | 21 | 4 | 241 | 8 | |
| 53 | Staffordshire | 60.7 | 83 | 87 | 66 | 42 | 10 | 227 | 4 | 68 |
| 54 | Cumbria | 60.4 | 72 | 76 | 66 | 18.7 | 5 | 209 | 8 | 66 |
| 54 | Southampton Solent | 60.4 | 80 | 81 | 56 | 22.5 | 3 | 314 | 3 | 76 |
| 56 | Edge Hill | 59.6 | 92 | 92 | 76 | 18.2 | 3 | 270 | 4 | 47 |
| 57 | Middlesex | 59.4 | 55 | 68 | 58 | 15.4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 58 | Worcester | 59 | 69 | 81 | 65 | 24.3 | 5 | 243 | 5 | 75 |
| 59 | Canterbury Christ Church | 57.5 | 77 | 80 | 64 | 31.5 | 8 | 270 | 7 | 54 |
| 59 | West of Scotland | 57.5 | 79 | 82 | 69 | 26.4 | 4 | 48 | ||
| 61 | Manchester Met | 57.2 | 79 | 81 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 298 | 6 | 39 |
| 61 | Plymouth | 57.2 | 60 | 68 | 59 | 4.7 | 282 | 3 | 64 | |
| 63 | Glynd_r | 56 | 64 | 82 | 70 | 21.4 | 3 | 194 | 5 | 70 |
| 64 | London Met | 55.3 | 65 | 80 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 210 | 7 | 55 |
| 65 | Sunderland | 55.1 | 83 | 86 | 73 | 19.9 | 8 | 256 | 2 | 43 |
| 66 | Nottingham Trent | 55 | 66 | 74 | 55 | 21.4 | 3 | 259 | 8 | 61 |
| 67 | Bradford | 53.8 | 85 | 83 | 73 | 23.3 | 6 | 286 | 1 | 52 |
| 68 | Salford | 51.5 | 77 | 83 | 66 | 21 | 2 | 284 | 3 | 55 |
| 69 | St Mark and St John | 51 | 86 | 88 | 79 | 18.9 | 3 | 237 | 2 | 42 |
| 69 | Newman University | 51 | 80 | 81 | 72 | 18.7 | 3 | 7 | 38 | |
| 71 | Greenwich | 49.1 | 64 | 80 | 67 | 21.6 | 3 | 268 | 1 | 68 |
| 72 | Essex | 45.4 | 44 | 64 | 49 | 13.5 | 6 | 248 | 6 | 63 |
| 73 | Goldsmiths | 43.1 | 61 | 79 | 58 | 26.4 | 2 | 195 | 6 | 62 |
| 74 | East London | 34.1 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 41 | 3 | 225 | 3 | 57 |
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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 Roehampton, Bath, Keele, Nottingham, Glasgow, Stirling, Trinity Saint David and Highlands & Islands |
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