| 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 | Durham | 100 | 98 | 94 | 84 | 19.9 | 6 | 397 | 10 | 77 |
| 2 | Exeter | 95.1 | 94 | 95 | 68 | 23.1 | 8 | 413 | 9 | 66 |
| 3 | Bath | 94.9 | 82 | 87 | 75 | 19.9 | 10 | 421 | 8 | 70 |
| 4 | Birmingham | 90.9 | 95 | 93 | 70 | 24.9 | 9 | 405 | 6 | 78 |
| 5 | Swansea | 89.8 | 89 | 91 | 70 | 15.8 | 10 | 354 | 8 | 59 |
| 6 | Edinburgh | 89.4 | 94 | 92 | 66 | 17.8 | 10 | 400 | 3 | 71 |
| 7 | Plymouth | 88 | 98 | 92 | 75 | 16.9 | 10 | 269 | 9 | 57 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 86.4 | 88 | 90 | 81 | 22.4 | 7 | 335 | 9 | 64 |
| 9 | Loughborough | 86.2 | 93 | 92 | 68 | 20.8 | 8 | 425 | 6 | 64 |
| 10 | Kent | 86 | 92 | 90 | 68 | 16.9 | 6 | 332 | 9 | 69 |
| 11 | Bangor | 85.1 | 94 | 94 | 83 | 23.5 | 7 | 283 | 9 | 58 |
| 12 | Southampton Solent | 83.2 | 99 | 97 | 83 | 15.1 | 3 | 313 | 9 | 40 |
| 13 | UEA | 82.1 | 58 | 81 | 48 | 9.2 | 388 | 70 | ||
| 14 | Liverpool John Moores | 80.6 | 88 | 91 | 75 | 16.5 | 7 | 339 | 6 | 55 |
| 15 | Chester | 79.1 | 91 | 91 | 82 | 17.5 | 5 | 298 | 2 | 75 |
| 16 | Brighton | 78.4 | 86 | 88 | 79 | 18.6 | 8 | 292 | 8 | 51 |
| 17 | Nottingham Trent | 75 | 86 | 85 | 72 | 24.1 | 6 | 341 | 9 | 59 |
| 18 | Hertfordshire | 74.8 | 95 | 90 | 74 | 23.1 | 5 | 321 | 8 | 59 |
| 19 | Oxford Brookes | 73.6 | 94 | 91 | 68 | 6 | 338 | 8 | 63 | |
| 20 | Hull | 72.3 | 86 | 89 | 75 | 23.1 | 5 | 331 | 7 | 55 |
| 20 | Leeds Met | 72.3 | 87 | 89 | 69 | 16.9 | 3 | 331 | 5 | 58 |
| 22 | Sheffield Hallam | 71.1 | 86 | 84 | 72 | 24.4 | 5 | 340 | 9 | 53 |
| 23 | Aberystwyth | 70.4 | 96 | 91 | 86 | 24.5 | 9 | 278 | 4 | 35 |
| 24 | Cardiff Met | 70.3 | 84 | 88 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 363 | 8 | 55 |
| 25 | Kingston | 70.1 | 81 | 87 | 75 | 16.5 | 9 | 280 | 3 | 41 |
| 26 | St Mary's UC, Twickenham | 69.9 | 88 | 87 | 78 | 18.9 | 5 | 293 | 4 | 55 |
| 27 | Leeds | 69.6 | 92 | 93 | 74 | 26.7 | 5 | 393 | 4 | 50 |
| 28 | Ulster | 69.1 | 95 | 93 | 83 | 21.9 | 4 | 286 | 5 | 51 |
| 29 | Brunel | 68.6 | 80 | 79 | 61 | 24.9 | 9 | 356 | 5 | 60 |
| 30 | Newman University | 68.4 | 83 | 88 | 71 | 17.3 | 3 | 311 | 5 | 47 |
| 31 | Teesside | 68.2 | 84 | 87 | 77 | 24 | 7 | 312 | 6 | 51 |
| 32 | London South Bank | 67.1 | 84 | 83 | 70 | 17.3 | 4 | 241 | 7 | |
| 33 | Bournemouth | 66.2 | 86 | 81 | 68 | 20 | 6 | 337 | 6 | 50 |
| 34 | Essex | 66.1 | 85 | 85 | 58 | 21.5 | 9 | 327 | 5 | 46 |
| 35 | Northampton | 65.3 | 89 | 90 | 74 | 20.8 | 296 | 2 | 42 | |
| 36 | Northumbria | 64.5 | 83 | 81 | 69 | 19.1 | 5 | 279 | 4 | 56 |
| 37 | Stirling | 63.6 | 90 | 90 | 68 | 23 | 5 | 406 | 1 | 45 |
| 38 | Lincoln | 63.3 | 87 | 86 | 73 | 22.9 | 4 | 328 | 1 | 64 |
| 39 | Staffordshire | 62.9 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 21.8 | 9 | 230 | 3 | 38 |
| 40 | Robert Gordon | 62.4 | 79 | 86 | 66 | 21.7 | 4 | 364 | ||
| 41 | Edinburgh Napier | 61.7 | 80 | 80 | 64 | 28.4 | 6 | 302 | 7 | 62 |
| 42 | Manchester Met | 61.6 | 82 | 81 | 70 | 21.9 | 3 | 299 | 6 | 54 |
| 43 | Glynd_r | 61.3 | 77 | 86 | 81 | 25.2 | 4 | 266 | ||
| 44 | Coventry | 60.6 | 81 | 79 | 66 | 22 | 3 | 290 | 4 | 72 |
| 45 | Derby | 60.4 | 77 | 85 | 71 | 23.6 | 6 | 272 | 6 | 45 |
| 46 | Gloucestershire | 59.6 | 80 | 85 | 59 | 25.4 | 4 | 308 | 7 | 55 |
| 46 | York St John | 59.6 | 86 | 86 | 67 | 20.4 | 3 | 300 | 5 | 42 |
| 48 | Sunderland | 58.1 | 86 | 86 | 67 | 21.6 | 7 | 254 | 7 | 33 |
| 49 | Greenwich | 57.6 | 81 | 83 | 59 | 25.7 | 7 | 282 | 3 | 53 |
| 50 | Worcester | 57.3 | 79 | 84 | 66 | 28 | 7 | 279 | 5 | 55 |
| 51 | Canterbury Christ Church | 57.1 | 93 | 86 | 81 | 27.3 | 3 | 258 | 4 | 45 |
| 52 | Winchester | 57 | 86 | 92 | 73 | 22.4 | 2 | 265 | 4 | 42 |
| 53 | Roehampton | 56.9 | 93 | 87 | 74 | 30.6 | 4 | 232 | 7 | 57 |
| 54 | London Met | 55.7 | 79 | 87 | 72 | 24.8 | 5 | 227 | 5 | |
| 55 | Edge Hill | 55.5 | 75 | 82 | 76 | 27.2 | 2 | 330 | 5 | 42 |
| 56 | Bedfordshire | 53 | 68 | 77 | 52 | 24.8 | 6 | 220 | 7 | 61 |
| 57 | Chichester | 52.9 | 85 | 87 | 74 | 29.2 | 3 | 303 | 3 | 44 |
| 58 | Cumbria | 50.3 | 80 | 85 | 68 | 24.5 | 2 | 223 | 4 | 47 |
| 59 | West of Scotland | 49.6 | 87 | 81 | 77 | 28 | 5 | 281 | 1 | 41 |
| 60 | Leeds Trinity | 49.3 | 79 | 82 | 75 | 26 | 2 | 302 | 1 | 61 |
| 61 | St Mark and St John | 48.2 | 90 | 90 | 70 | 22.1 | 2 | 247 | 2 | 37 |
| 62 | Bolton | 48 | 69 | 81 | 61 | 22 | 3 | 241 | 3 | |
| 62 | East London | 48 | 82 | 89 | 73 | 26.2 | 3 | 219 | 4 | 35 |
| 64 | Middlesex | 39.9 | 69 | 77 | 58 | 7 | 214 | 4 | ||
| 65 | Abertay Dundee | 35.3 | 76 | 79 | 49 | 35.9 | 2 | 279 | 5 | 56 |
| 66 | Bucks New University | 35.2 | 60 | 74 | 62 | 29.5 | 3 | 211 | 3 | 51 |
| 67 | Trinity Saint David | 33.5 | 75 | 82 | 46 | 24.7 | 2 | 178 | ||
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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 Anglia Ruskin, Central Lancashire, Huddersfield, UWE Bristol, Glasgow, Dundee, Writtle College, Stranmillis UC and UC Suffolk |
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