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University rankings 2023
See full list| Rank | University | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 1000 |
| 2 | University of St Andrews | 933 |
| 3 | Durham University | 906 |
| 4= | University of Oxford | 903 |
| 4= | University of Cambridge | 903 |
| 6 | Imperial College London | 890 |
| 7 | University of Bath | 861 |
| 8 | University of Warwick | 839 |
| 9 | University College London | 837 |
| 10 | University of Bristol | 814 |
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Graduate prospects
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London School of Economics and Political Science | 85.1 | 85.1 | 68 | 185 | 92.5 | 90.6 | 97.6 | 68.1 | 1000 |  |
| 2
-
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University of St Andrews | 89.3 | 86.9 | 53.8 | 208 | 87.6 | 90.6 | 98 | 38 | 933 | |
3
+2
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Durham University | 87 | 82.2 | 55.9 | 178 | 88.8 | 90.5 | 96.8 | 55.6 | 906 | |
| 4=
-
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University of Cambridge | 85 | 75.7 | 69.7 | 210 | 90.4 | 92.1 | 98.4 | 37.2 | 903 | |
4=
-1
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University of Oxford | 85.7 | 73.4 | 67 | 197 | 90.4 | 93 | 97.6 | 51.5 | 903 | |
| 6
-
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Imperial College London | 83.1 | 82.8 | 73.9 | 196 | 95.9 | 91.4 | 96.2 | 49.1 | 890 | |
| 7
+1
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University of Bath | 84.6 | 85.2 | 53 | 171 | 88.7 | 88.4 | 97.2 | 57.2 | 861 | |
| 8
+1
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University of Warwick | 85.6 | 84.1 | 60.9 | 170 | 86.4 | 84.8 | 95.3 | 47.5 | 839 | |
| 9
-2
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University College London | 82.3 | 81 | 66.8 | 172 | 87.5 | 90.5 | 96.1 | 67.2 | 837 | |
| 10
+1
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University of Bristol | 82.8 | 81 | 66.2 | 168 | 83.7 | 87 | 97.2 | 60.8 | 814 | |
| 11
+9
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University of Strathclyde | 86.3 | 84.3 | 53.1 | 204 | 83 | 82.9 | 91.7 | 40.8 | 803 | |
| 12
-2
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Loughborough University | 84.4 | 85 | 52.5 | 153 | 86.3 | 84 | 96.5 | 52.5 | 802 | |
| 13
+1
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University of Sheffield | 87.3 | 87 | 59.1 | 157 | 82.9 | 82.8 | 96.1 | 46.1 | 800 | |
| 14
-1
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University of Exeter | 82.4 | 81.3 | 57.5 | 153 | 81.9 | 86.5 | 96.2 | 70.9 | 790 | |
| 15
-3
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Lancaster University | 85.5 | 83.5 | 57.4 | 144 | 82.1 | 82.1 | 95.1 | 53.5 | 775 | |
| 16
+6
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University of Birmingham | 83.7 | 82.1 | 61.9 | 151 | 84.2 | 83.4 | 94.6 | 50.7 | 765 | |
| 17
+2
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University of Southampton | 84.1 | 82.3 | 60.1 | 148 | 84.3 | 83.4 | 95.5 | 47.6 | 763 | |
| 18
+5
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University of Liverpool | 85.3 | 85.6 | 55.6 | 141 | 82 | 83.1 | 93.8 | 58.7 | 749 | |
| 19
+5
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King’s College London | 81.1 | 78.5 | 64.2 | 164 | 85.1 | 84.7 | 94.5 | 66.4 | 748 | |
| 20
-3
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University of York | 82.7 | 79.9 | 62.8 | 148 | 82.7 | 79.9 | 96.5 | 46.3 | 742 | |
| 21
+5
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Queen’s University, Belfast | 84.1 | 83 | 52 | 154 | 87.1 | 77.4 | 93.8 | 60.1 | 740 | |
| 22
-6
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University of Glasgow | 80.1 | 75.8 | 61.2 | 210 | 82.3 | 85.1 | 93 | 32.3 | 735 | |
| 23=
-8
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University of Aberdeen | 85.7 | 84 | 38.7 | 182 | 82.2 | 82.5 | 92.3 | 34.7 | 727 | |
| 23=
+13
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University of Dundee | 87.2 | 81.3 | 51.1 | 184 | 83 | 82 | 91.6 | 29.4 | 727 | |
| 25
-8
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University of Edinburgh | 77.7 | 75.1 | 61.5 | 194 | 81.3 | 90.8 | 95.6 | 37.7 | 725 | |
| 26
+3
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University of Leeds | 81.6 | 81 | 57 | 156 | 81 | 85.3 | 95.1 | 54.7 | 720 | |
| 27
-
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University of Manchester | 81.2 | 79.5 | 64.4 | 159 | 80.8 | 83.7 | 95.6 | 49.3 | 713 | |
| 28=
+4
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Cardiff University | 83 | 81.8 | 56.7 | 146 | 85.1 | 77.5 | 94.7 | 53.8 | 712 | |
| 28=
-1
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University of Leicester | 85.8 | 85.7 | 53.6 | 126 | 81 | 76.4 | 94.8 | 54.5 | 712 | |
| 30
-
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University of Nottingham | 83.2 | 80.8 | 56.1 | 151 | 83.3 | 79.2 | 95.7 | 44.6 | 710 | |
| 31
-10
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University of Surrey | 87.1 | 84.2 | 53.3 | 133 | 83.7 | 74.7 | 92.1 | 37.2 | 699 | |
| 32
+2
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Royal Holloway, University of London | 83.8 | 83.1 | 53.6 | 128 | 78.7 | 77.1 | 93 | 47.2 | 687 | |
| 33
-9
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University of Reading | 83.4 | 81.9 | 51.1 | 121 | 80.4 | 77.8 | 91.7 | 74 | 685 | |
| 34
-4
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Newcastle University | 80.9 | 79.9 | 53.6 | 143 | 82.4 | 81.5 | 93.3 | 59.3 | 679 | |
| 35
+4
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Queen Mary University of London | 82 | 79.8 | 58.7 | 150 | 78.6 | 83.5 | 92.5 | 49.9 | 672 | |
| 36
+8
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Glasgow Caledonian University | 84.1 | 81.5 | 38.5 | 166 | 81.2 | 83.3 | 89 | 58.8 | 669 | |
| 37
-
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Swansea University | 85.2 | 83 | 47.5 | 123 | 81 | 78.1 | 91.4 | 64.9 | 664 | |
| 38
+8
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Manchester Metropolitan University | 87 | 84.3 | 43.7 | 127 | 71.6 | 79.6 | 89.6 | 73.6 | 659 | |
| 39
+12
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Heriot-Watt University | 80.7 | 78.8 | 48.7 | 172 | 82.8 | 80.6 | 89 | 37.7 | 656 | |
| 40
-7
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University of East Anglia | 84.1 | 82 | 58 | 128 | 81 | 76 | 92.2 | 42.2 | 653 | |
| 41
-6
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Aston University | 83.8 | 82.1 | 40.9 | 126 | 82.6 | 74.4 | 93.2 | 52.8 | 652 | |
| 42
+6
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Aberystwyth University | 89.1 | 85.1 | 38.7 | 115 | 72.4 | 73.1 | 92.3 | 60.6 | 635 | |
| 43
+14
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Keele University | 85.4 | 82.6 | 42 | 119 | 78.6 | 79.7 | 92.2 | 55.9 | 630 | |
| 44
+2
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University of Essex | 86.4 | 84.2 | 50 | 130 | 72.1 | 78.8 | 88 | 55.4 | 629 | |
| 45
-7
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University of Sussex | 84.1 | 83.2 | 52.9 | 130 | 73 | 74.1 | 91.8 | 48.7 | 624 | |
| 46
-4
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Nottingham Trent University | 86.7 | 84 | 41.9 | 114 | 71.5 | 72.9 | 92.3 | 66.7 | 623 | |
| 47
-4
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Northumbria University | 83.8 | 82.4 | 40.6 | 128 | 78.4 | 78.2 | 87.4 | 70.4 | 622 | |
| 48
+1
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City St George’s, University of London | 82.9 | 80.6 | 51 | 130 | 84.9 | 77.8 | 89.9 | 55.5 | 621 | |
| 49
-4
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Ulster University | 86.1 | 82.4 | 47.8 | 125 | 77.8 | 81.2 | 85.8 | 42.7 | 620 | |
| 50
+11
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Robert Gordon University | 86.8 | 80.5 | 20.8 | 157 | 81.6 | 77.6 | 89.4 | 51.6 | 614 | |
| 51
+8
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Edinburgh Napier University | 83.5 | 80 | 32.9 | 155 | 80 | 84.2 | 85.2 | 51.4 | 609 | |
| 52
+3
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University of Portsmouth | 85.8 | 83 | 39.1 | 114 | 75.1 | 75.9 | 92.7 | 51.3 | 603 | |
| 53
-13
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University of the Arts London | 83.6 | 79 | 46 | 141 | 60.5 | 79.3 | 91.9 | 73.3 | 600 | |
| 54
+8
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University of Chichester | 88.5 | 79.9 | 20.1 | 120 | 74.8 | 77 | 90.9 | 39 | 597 | |
| 55
+8
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University of Stirling | 82.2 | 77.5 | 43.8 | 171 | 75.3 | 71.9 | 91.8 | 30.1 | 590 | |
| 56
-16
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University of Kent | 81.6 | 77.4 | 52.9 | 117 | 72.1 | 78.6 | 91.9 | 57 | 589 | |
| 57
+11
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University of the West of England | 84.3 | 80.6 | 35.7 | 122 | 76.2 | 75.2 | 91.5 | 62.5 | 586 | |
| 58
+12
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University of Plymouth | 84.2 | 79.9 | 38.6 | 127 | 79.7 | 71.7 | 91.5 | 63.5 | 581 | |
| 59
+5
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Bangor University | 84.2 | 81.4 | 51.3 | 123 | 71.6 | 71.6 | 89.3 | 65.7 | 577 | |
| 60
-
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University of Hull | 87.4 | 82.5 | 42.4 | 109 | 75.8 | 71.8 | 88.4 | 53.4 | 574 | |
| 61
+5
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Liverpool John Moores University | 85.8 | 84.4 | 32.8 | 124 | 73.7 | 73.6 | 88.9 | 56.9 | 573 | |
| 62
+12
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Abertay University | 86.9 | 82.8 | 24.6 | 160 | 70.9 | 79.8 | 85.4 | 29.8 | 571 | |
| 63
+21
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Edge Hill University | 86.4 | 84.5 | 26.3 | 119 | 77.6 | 72.3 | 91.2 | 33.5 | 564 | |
| 64=
-8
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University of Lincoln | 84 | 80.2 | 38.4 | 111 | 72.9 | 75.2 | 91.8 | 52.1 | 563 | |
| 64=
-7
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University of West London | 88.7 | 86.3 | 28.7 | 114 | 69.4 | 77.6 | 85.4 | 76 | 563 | |
| 66
+39
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Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 85.6 | 79.8 | 27.3 | 165 | 67 | 84.1 | 91.5 | 29.4 | 559 | |
| 67
+16
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University of Hertfordshire | 85.5 | 83.5 | 39.2 | 118 | 73.1 | 75.9 | 89.7 | 50.5 | 557 | |
| 68
-16
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St Mary’s University, Twickenham | 86.3 | 81.4 | 29.4 | 108 | 79.8 | 67.9 | 87.6 | 34.6 | 553 | |
| 69
-19
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Oxford Brookes University | 85.6 | 81.7 | 32.8 | 112 | 77.8 | 65.6 | 89.3 | 63.8 | 552 | |
| 70
+5
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Plymouth Marjon University | 89.2 | 83.1 | 17.4 | 121 | 75.7 | 76.8 | 86.8 | 33.9 | 551 | |
| 71
-5
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Cardiff Metropolitan University | 84.5 | 81 | 32 | 122 | 74.4 | 69.4 | 87.4 | 68.7 | 547 | |
| 72
-
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University of Salford | 84.2 | 78.8 | 37.8 | 122 | 76.6 | 71.3 | 88.2 | 71 | 541 | |
| 73
+5
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Arts University Bournemouth | 83.9 | 77.6 | 23 | 147 | 58.3 | 76.1 | 93.9 | 65 | 532 | |
| 74
+12
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Lincoln Bishop University | 91.2 | 86.1 | 11.3 | 107 | 76.6 | 70.5 | 87.6 | 33.9 | 531 | |
| 75
-10
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SOAS University of London | 77.9 | 69.7 | 51.9 | 126 | 75.4 | 79.4 | 86 | 45.1 | 526 | |
| 76
+22
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Southampton Solent University | 87 | 81.5 | 12.6 | 112 | 66 | 86.3 | 88 | 50.9 | 523 | |
| 77
-1
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Bath Spa University | 87.6 | 82.9 | 29.3 | 107 | 64.8 | 68.8 | 89.7 | 55.7 | 520 | |
| 78
-24
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Coventry University | 86 | 81.3 | 33.8 | 114 | 74.4 | 75.6 | 81 | 60.8 | 515 | |
| 79=
+3
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Bournemouth University | 80.7 | 77.7 | 30.7 | 108 | 75.9 | 73.8 | 89.7 | 70.3 | 514 | |
| 79=
-26
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Harper Adams University | 82.6 | 74.7 | 19.5 | 124 | 74 | 73.4 | 91.7 | 27 | 514 | |
| 81
+28
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Canterbury Christ Church University | 89.5 | 86.3 | 26.1 | 110 | 75.1 | 69 | 81.7 | 58.3 | 511 | |
| 82
+12
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University of South Wales | 84.9 | 77.3 | 27.5 | 118 | 71.1 | 74.8 | 89.1 | 63.5 | 510 | |
| 83
+5
|
Leeds Beckett University | 85.2 | 82.7 | 26.7 | 115 | 70.8 | 71.2 | 87.7 | 46.7 | 507 | |
| 84=
+6
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University of Gloucestershire | 84 | 74.4 | 21 | 112 | 76.4 | 64.4 | 90.9 | 67.9 | 500 | |
| 84=
+20
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Teesside University | 86.5 | 80.9 | 28 | 114 | 79.2 | 75.4 | 84.7 | 42.2 | 500 | |
| 86
+25
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University of Bradford | 81 | 76.9 | 29.9 | 128 | 77.9 | 79.5 | 89.8 | 52.8 | 499 | |
| 87=
-14
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Falmouth University | 83.3 | 75.2 | 48.8 | 131 | 58.1 | 76.5 | 89.8 | 43.7 | 498 | |
| 87=
-7
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Goldsmiths, University of London | 81.3 | 72.3 | 45.5 | 122 | 67.1 | 88.8 | 84.8 | 41 | 498 | |
| 87=
+14
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University of Staffordshire | 83.6 | 76.6 | 30 | 120 | 73.7 | 75.6 | 88 | 49.4 | 498 | |
| 90=
-19
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University of Brighton | 82.8 | 77.8 | 41.4 | 114 | 73.3 | 67.4 | 88.1 | 60.5 | 494 | |
| 90=
+22
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Leeds Trinity University | 91.7 | 88.2 | 15.1 | 108 | 73 | 59.1 | 80.5 | 42.8 | 494 | |
| 90=
+4
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Liverpool Hope University | 89.9 | 84.1 | 22.3 | 113 | 65.2 | 71 | 86.6 | 47 | 494 | |
| 93
+3
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University of Lancashire | 85.6 | 80.6 | 30.4 | 119 | 74.3 | 69.9 | 85.3 | 60.4 | 493 | |
| 94
+3
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Kingston University | 84.9 | 81.8 | 34.6 | 117 | 66.1 | 71.2 | 90.4 | 43.1 | 491 | |
| 95
-11
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Sheffield Hallam University | 80.7 | 74.1 | 36 | 116 | 75.5 | 72.8 | 89.7 | 52.5 | 488 | |
| 96
-19
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University of Derby | 87.1 | 81.2 | 21 | 110 | 73.4 | 67 | 87.2 | 49.3 | 487 | |
| 97
+27
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University of Suffolk | 92.2 | 88.7 | 21.8 | 109 | 72 | 72.4 | 80.3 | 34.2 | 480 | |
| 98
+1
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University of Worcester | 84.9 | 80.2 | 15.3 | 114 | 78.6 | 66.8 | 85.4 | 73.4 | 479 | |
| 99
+11
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University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 90.3 | 85.8 | 23.8 | 112 | 59.6 | 72.5 | 88.4 | 58.2 | 478 | |
| 100
+2
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University of Greenwich | 84 | 80.8 | 32.9 | 108 | 70.6 | 71.2 | 87 | 66.6 | 477 | |
| 101
+15
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Hartpury University | 88.4 | 80.8 | 15.8 | 120 | 60 | 64.8 | 92.7 | n/a | 470 | |
| 102
-24
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University of Huddersfield | 81.8 | 76 | 31.1 | 118 | 75 | 72.5 | 88.1 | 51.9 | 466 | |
| 103
-11
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Leeds Arts University | 86.4 | 81 | 6 | 139 | 59.4 | 67.1 | 94.9 | 42.1 | 464 | |
| 104
-23
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Norwich University of the Arts | 82.5 | 76.8 | 38.8 | 125 | 61.9 | 73.9 | 90.7 | 24.6 | 462 | |
| 105
-
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University of Sunderland | 88.1 | 82.4 | 30.5 | 124 | 64.7 | 69.6 | 85.1 | 42.2 | 460 | |
| 106
-3
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University of Winchester | 83.5 | 76.5 | 22 | 109 | 69 | 75 | 90 | 44 | 458 | |
| 107
-17
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Birmingham Newman University | 87.7 | 84.7 | 13.3 | 98 | 73.9 | 73.3 | 85 | 18.4 | 456 | |
| 108
+5
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De Montfort University | 83.8 | 80.5 | 27.4 | 100 | 69.3 | 70.8 | 85 | 76.8 | 451 | |
| 109
-20
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University of Chester | 82.9 | 74.9 | 21.1 | 119 | 76.3 | 76.8 | 87.4 | 25.7 | 448 | |
| 110
+11
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University of the West of Scotland | 87.9 | 80 | 19.2 | 139 | 73.5 | 75 | 77.7 | 33.7 | 445 | |
| 111
-11
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London South Bank University | 83.6 | 77.7 | 28.8 | 108 | 75.4 | 75.2 | 84.6 | 37.7 | 440 | |
| 112
-19
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York St John University | 86.4 | 79.7 | 19.6 | 115 | 69.1 | 66 | 87.3 | 31.9 | 439 | |
| 113
-6
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Birmingham City University | 84.3 | 81.2 | 29 | 123 | 70.4 | 57.4 | 88.1 | 57.7 | 434 | |
| 114
+12
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University of East London | 87.2 | 81.7 | 22.8 | 114 | 63.6 | 80.7 | 81.4 | 36.4 | 433 | |
| 115
+5
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University of Westminster | 83.3 | 83 | 39.7 | 110 | 61.2 | 67.9 | 86.5 | 50 | 425 | |
| 116
+1
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Middlesex University | 85.9 | 80.4 | 30.4 | 103 | 64.7 | 71.8 | 81.7 | 48.9 | 422 | |
| 117
-10
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Brunel University of London | 82.7 | 79.8 | 34 | 114 | 69.4 | 61.7 | 88.2 | 47.6 | 413 | |
| 118=
+11
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University of Bedfordshire | 86.8 | 81.3 | 30 | 101 | 66.7 | 61 | 79 | 80.7 | 403 | |
| 118=
+7
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University of Northampton | 85.5 | 79.7 | 13.8 | 104 | 69.7 | 70.1 | 84.3 | 45.4 | 403 | |
| 120
+2
|
Buckinghamshire New University | 89.2 | 84.7 | 17.6 | 99 | 69.3 | 54 | 81.7 | 48 | 394 | |
| 121
+2
|
University of Wolverhampton | 85.7 | 80.4 | 21.6 | 106 | 73.4 | 69.9 | 84.5 | 10.5 | 393 | |
| 122
-7
|
Wrexham University | 84.9 | 76.1 | 13.3 | 109 | 74.7 | 72.1 | 80.6 | 56.9 | 391 | |
| 123
+7
|
Anglia Ruskin University | 83 | 77.2 | 30.2 | 99 | 69 | 65.5 | 85 | 58.8 | 382 | |
| 124=
+3
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London Metropolitan University | 83.8 | 80.1 | 29.2 | 94 | 63.4 | 74.9 | 81.7 | 39.2 | 376 | |
| 124=
-6
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University of Roehampton | 84.4 | 81.5 | 45.9 | 95 | 58.1 | 63.2 | 89.1 | 18.2 | 376 | |
| 126
-7
|
University of Greater Manchester | 85 | 78.1 | 10.6 | 115 | 74.8 | 67.7 | 82.7 | 13.9 | 363 | |
| 127
-40
|
University for the Creative Arts | 80.9 | 71.6 | 41.2 | 119 | 56.8 | 73 | 81.3 | 46.5 | 357 | |
| 128
-14
|
University of Buckingham | 80.4 | 65.9 | n/a | 133 | 76.4 | 81.5 | 83.2 | n/a | 356 | |
| 129
-1
|
University of Cumbria | 79.2 | 71.5 | 13.6 | 110 | 74.8 | 71.4 | 85.5 | 27.8 | 322 | |
| 130
+1
|
Royal Agricultural University | 72 | 73.1 | 24.2 | 117 | 68.7 | 66.9 | 88.1 | 23.6 | 289 | |
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