University guide 2014: league table for sociology

Sociology

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	92	95	74	16.5		558	9
2	Glasgow	88.6	96	97	79	20.4	8	386	9
3	Lancaster	87.8	93	91	74	16.3	8	417	7	66
4	Durham	85.9	83	85	65	19.8	9	440	8	67
5	Warwick	85.4	92	88	75	17.7	10	429	7	57
6	Bristol	84.7	80	89	72	16.1	8	427	7	58
6	Surrey	84.7	90	92	77	17.5	9	385	6	65
8	Birmingham	84.1	79	86	74	22.1	10	382	8	73
8	Leicester	84.1	92	94	76	18.9	9	370	8	50
10	Sussex	81.6	95	91	75	21.6	4	392	10	56
11	Edinburgh	78.1	73	83	39	18.9	10	461	9
12	Exeter	78	92	95	79	21.9	6	412	7
13	Anglia Ruskin	77.5	89	91	77	19.1	10	243	7	54
13	York	77.5	84	88	69	17.3	8	386	5	57
15	Strathclyde	77.3	84	94	76	25.2	8	441
16	Newcastle	76.8	91	92	69	21.4	7	381	6	66
17	Nottingham	76.2	89	89	78	18.7	7	351	7	56
18	Loughborough	75.6	92	91	85	19.2	8	383	5
18	UEA	75.6	89	96	71	16.9	8		4
20	Manchester	74.6	76	87	72	18.9	8	408	8	47
21	London School of Economics	74.3	79	78	57	10.7	10	430	5
22	Bath	74.2	88	85	63	20.1	7	381	8	67
22	Oxford Brookes	74.2	100	92	82	18.3	5	339	5
24	Leeds	72.5	89	91	70	25.2	6	396	9	56
25	Aston	72	92	90	65	18.9	4	351	10
26	Kent	71.1	87	85	68	14.1	7	325	8	47
27	Keele	70.7	94	96	79	21.1	3	316	8
28	Sheffield	69.3	90	91	71	23.1	4	358	9	51
29	Southampton	67.5	91	85	71	19.9	7	370	6	49
30	Huddersfield	66.1	94	87	84	29.3	4	236	9
31	Coventry	66	93	93	83	24.9	4	281	4	51
32	City	65.9	82	82	64	18.6	9	375	3	48
33	Portsmouth	65	94	90	64	22.6	7	305	7	51
34	Cardiff	64.5	88	88	54	16.6	6	398	6	45
34	Northampton	64.5	94	90	79	25.5	4	280	10
36	Liverpool	64.2	88	92	61	20.7	8	376	6	41
37	Plymouth	64.1	88	92	79	22.3	9	288	5	40
37	Worcester	64.1	93	94	81	23.8	2	304	8
39	Stirling	63.6	92	89	75	20.2	4	395	3	44
40	Edge Hill	62.3	91	96	73	19.3	3	256
41	Aberdeen	62.2	85	87	68	26.6	4	392	4	64
41	Gloucestershire	62.2	88	88	83	34.7	5	286	8
43	Essex	61.9	77	79	62	16.3	6	364	4	54
44	Hull	61.7	89	89	74	17.2	5	329	3	43
45	Brunel	61.3	89	86	76	19.9	7	325	5
46	Queen's, Belfast	60.7	87	88	64	19.4	7	343	5	40
47	Chester	59.5	90	92	80	25.9	3	271	5
48	Goldsmiths	59.2	85	88	63	18.4	3	331	3	55
49	Robert Gordon	58.8	91	91	76	25.4	4	302	1	59
49	Royal Holloway	58.8	86	89	52	19.5	4	325	4	56
51	West of Scotland	58.5	87	87	72	18	3	296
52	Sheffield Hallam	58	76	82	76	25.6	5	299	7	49
53	Glasgow Caledonian	57.6	84	88	67	20.9	5	369	5	37
54	UWE Bristol	56.8	86	86	64	23.6	4	313	8	48
55	Canterbury Christ Church	56	84	90	83	29	2	262	6
56	Liverpool John Moores	55.5	93	90	77	27.3	3	302	7	43
57	Brighton	55	77	90	69	17.9	3	299	3	39
57	Nottingham Trent	55	90	85	62	25.3	5	306	7	46
59	Ulster	54.7	94	91	84	20.9	4	262	4	25
60	Northumbria	53.9	78	82	61	20.7	7	336	6	38
61	Teesside	53.1	86	87	72	25.9	3	287	8	29
62	Leeds Met	52.9	92	95	69	25.3	3	240	4	52
63	Southampton Solent	52.7	88	88	68	27.2	4	280	7
64	Greenwich	51.6	87	87	74	24.1	3	277	3	42
65	Bath Spa	51.5	95	95	77	30.1	2	313	3
66	Bradford	51	91	88	80	19.5	6	247	1
66	St Mary's UC, Twickenham	51	89	93	66	18.9	1	267
68	Edinburgh Napier	50.4	85	87	66	31.7	5	337	6
69	Birmingham City	50	90	84	74	37.1	6	292	8	40
70	Kingston	48.9	86	85	69	24.3	3	285	4	45
71	East London	48.7	86	86	78	28.2	5	217	5	37
72	Sunderland	48.3	89	91	74	29.9	3	247	7	38
73	Lincoln	47.9	90	88	72	27	3	303	1	47
74	Bangor	47.5	81	73	56	22.5	4	273	6	52
75	Central Lancashire	47.4	66	74	63	27.9	6	309	6	48
76	Roehampton	46.8	83	83	66	28.3	7	246	5	36
77	Bedfordshire	46.4	85	86	78	27.6	7	203	4	33
78	Derby	46.2	78	85	67	20.3	4	275	2	37
79	Manchester Met	46.1	79	79	62	23.1	2	312	7	39
80	Staffordshire	45.2	82	86	70	23.6	4	249	3	28
81	Bucks New University	44.8	72	85	66	27.3	4	242	5	44
82	Westminster	43.9	75	83	65	23.4	4	280	3	40
83	London South Bank	43.2	84	89	77	33	4	230	2	38
84	UC Suffolk	43	81	88	79	24.1		303	1	33
85	Abertay Dundee	39.6	94	92	67	33.4	2	290	2	36
86	Middlesex	38.9	74	80	67	28.7	7	244	3	28
87	Salford	38.7	74	75	62	21.6	3	280	2	41
88	London Met	31	79	83	62	27.3	1	208	1	38
Note: Other providers that deliver courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, include Winchester, Cumbria, Bournemouth, De Montfort, SOAS and Highlands & Islands