HIGHEST ENTRY POINTS LOWEST ENTRY POINTS MOST APPLICATIONS THE HEAD TEACHERS' HIGHEST DROPOUT LEAST COMPETITION

THE HEAD TEACHERS' HIGHEST DROPOUT LEAST COMPETITION MOST COMPETITION THE MOST SATISFIED THE LEAST SATISFIED TOP 20 FOR RESEARCH
Average Ucas tariff points gained Average Ucas tariff points gained Applications to degree
VERDICT RATE FOR PLACES FOR PLACES STUDENTS STUDENTS % mark for excellence
from A-, AS-level, Highers and from A-, AS-level, Highers and courses in 2009 University rating % % projected to neither gain a Applications to degree Applications per place for Overall satisfaction % Overall satisfaction %
Advanced Highers Advanced Highers degree courses in 2009 1 Cambridge 74.4
1 Manchester 54,253 degree nor move institution courses in 2009
1 Cambridge 59.5 1 Buckingham 86.5 1 Arts London 64.5 2 Oxford 74.0
1 Cambridge 535 1 London South Bank 177 2 Leeds 50,499 1 UHI Millennium 1 UHI Millennium 1 LSE 14.7
2 Oxford 52.0 2 Harper Adams 85.1 2 Creative Arts 66.5 3 LSE 73.9
2 Oxford 522 2 East London 189 3 Edinburgh 47,596 Institute 37.8 Institute 0.6 2 Bristol 11.4
3= Middlesex 190 3 Bristol 43.3 2 Glyndwr 2.0 3 Oxford 84.1 3 Middlesex 66.7 4 Imperial College
3 Imperial College 4 Manchester 2 Bolton 28.8 3 Buckingham 11.0
London 487 3= Thames Valley 190 4 Imperial College 3 Glamorgan 28.7 3= University Campus 4 Westminster 67.5 London 73.6
Metropolitan 44,663 4 Edinburgh 9.1 4 Open 84.0
5 Glyndwr 194 London 39.2 Suffolk 2.1 5 Leeds 5 University
4 LSE 481 5 Bristol 41,103 4 Lampeter 28.0 5 Warwick 8.7 5 Leicester 83.7
5 LSE 33.7 3= UC Birmingham 2.1 Metropolitan 67.7 College London 71.1
5 St Andrews 465 6 Bolton 204 6 Nottingham 40,876 5 Derby 27.6 5 Edinburgh Napier 2.7 6 King's College 6 Loughborough 83.5 6 East London 67.8
7 Buckinghamshire 6 Durham 31.8 6 London South London 8.1 6 Manchester 70.6
6 Warwick 7 Birmingham 40,455 6= Lampeter 2.9
New 206 7 Bath 31.3 Bank 25.3 7 Cambridge 82.9 7 Anglia Ruskin 69.4
7 Durham 455 8 Warwick 34,432 6= Hull 2.9 7 University 7 Warwick 70.0
8= Southampton 8 Creative Arts 26.9 7 Anglia Ruskin 24.7 College London 8.0 8 Buckinghamshire
8 University College Solent 208 9 Leeds Metropolitan 34,213 6= Harper Adams UC 2.9 8= St Andrews 81.9 8 York 69.5
8 Middlesex 24.3 New 69.5
London 450 8= Greenwich 208 9= King's College 9 Buckinghamshire 8 City 7.6 8= Exeter 81.9
10 Sheffield Hallam 34,077 New 3.0 9 Thames Valley 69.7 9 Essex 69.3
London 26.7 9 Roehampton 23.8 9 Bath 7.0
9 Bristol 443 10= Newman UC 213 11 Southampton 33,697 10 East London 3.1 10 Aberystwyth 81.7 10 Edinburgh 68.7
9= University College 10 Glyndwr 23.4 10 City 69.8
10 Edinburgh 442 10= UC Plymouth 11= Aberystwyth 3.2 10 Leeds 6.9
St Mark & St John 213 12 University London 26.7 11 Newport 22.4 11 Chichester 81.4 11 Heriot-Watt 70.4 11= Queen Mary 68.1
11 Bath 437 College London 33,633 11= Trinity UC, 11= Bolton 6.7
10= Bedfordshire 213 11 Manchester 25.5 12 Thames Valley 22.3 Carmarthen 3.2 12 East Anglia 81.0 12 Manchester 70.6 11= St Andrews 68.1
12 York 431 13 Sheffield 33,308 11= Aston 6.7
13 University Campus 12 Warwick 23.1 13 UC Plymouth St 11= Southampton 13 Roehampton 71.0 11= Bristol 68.1
13 King's College Suffolk 218 14 Cardiff 32,772 Mark & St John 21.9 11= Durham 6.7 13 York 80.7
13 Birmingham 22.6 Solent 3.2 14 Bolton 71.3
London 412 14 Manchester 14 Birmingham 6.5 14 Glasgow 80.5 14 Durham 68.0
14 Newport 220 15 Nottingham Trent 32,436 14= Thames Valley 3.3
14 Nottingham 22.5 Metropolitan 21.7 15= Edinburgh 71.4 15= Southampton 67.9
14 Manchester 409 15= Sunderland 221 16 Kingston 32,431 14= Central 15 Brunel 6.4 15 Hull 79.9
15 Edinburgh 21.9 15 Southampton Lancashire 3.3 15= Sheffield Hallam 71.4 15= Leeds 67.9
15 Glasgow 407 15= UC Birmingham 221 17 King's College 16= Sheffield 6.2
16 Leeds 20.5 Solent 21.6 16 UC Falmouth 3.4 16 Dundee 79.6 17= Southampton
16= Nottingham 405 17 Leeds Trinity & London 30,472 16= Liverpool 6.2 15= Sheffield 67.9
All Saints 224 17 Arts London 18.5 16 Bedfordshire 21.4 17= Swansea 3.5 17= Aberdeen 79.5 Solent 71.5
16= Southampton 405 18 Ulster 29,819 17 Salford 21.2 17= Cumbria 3.5 18= Southampton 6.1 18= Bath 67.8
18= Trinity UC, 18 York 17.5 17= Lancaster 79.5 17= LSE 71.5
18= Sheffield 403 Carmarthen 226 19 Liverpool 29,465 18= Sunderland 20.6 17= UC Plymouth St 18= Exeter 6.1 18= Lancaster 67.8
19 Exeter 15.9 19 Brunel 71.6
18= Newcastle 403 18= Staffordshire 226 20 Liverpool John 18= Westminster 20.6 Mark & St John 3.5 20= Cardiff 6.0 19 Birkbeck 79.4
20 Manchester 20 King's College
Moores 29,397 20 Sheffield 13.7 17= Lincoln 3.5 20= Queen Mary 6.0
20 Birmingham 400 20 Chichester 227 18= Worcester 20.6 20 Teesside 79.1 Metropolitan 71.7 London 67.3
Source: 2009 Sunday Times survey 17= Northumbria 3.5
Source: Hesa Source: Hesa Source: Ucas Source: Hesa Source: Ucas Source: 2009 National Student Survey Source: 2009 National Student Survey Source: 2009 Sunday Times league table
Source: Ucas

LOWEST GRADUATE
STARTING SALARIES
Averarge graduate starting
salaries under £18,000
1 UC Falmouth £14,899
2 Trinity UC,
LOWEST DROPOUT RATE MOST MATURE STUDENTS FEWEST STUDENTS HIGHEST NUMBERS OF THE ACADEMICS' BEST FOR SPORT HIGHEST GRADUATE Carmarthen £15,885 WORST FOR JOBS BEST FOR JOBS
% projected to neither gain a % of students aged 21 or over
ACHIEVING FIRSTS OR 2:1S STUDENTS ACHIEVING VERDICTS Total points in BUCS
STARTING SALARIES 3 Bangor £15,935
% of graduates unemployed % of graduates unemployed
degree nor move institution when they began their % students gaining firsts or 2:1s
FIRSTS OR 2:1 University rating % championship 2008-9 Average graduate starting
4 Bath Spa £16,047 after six months after six months
undergraduate course 5 Creative Arts £16,117
% students gaining firsts or 2:1s 1 Loughborough 5512.0 salaries over £20,600 1 Creative Arts 17.0 1 Buckingham 0.0
1 Cambridge 1.3 1 UC Birmingham 41.6 1 Cambridge 91.2 6 UC Birmingham £16,510
1 UHI Millennium 2 East London 44.4 1 LSE £29,253 2 London South 2 The Robert Gordon 2.1
2 Oxford 2.6 Institute 69.0 1 Oxford 91.3 2 Oxford 90.6 2 Bath 3052.5 7 UHI Millennium
3 Greenwich 44.9 2 Imperial College Institute £16,813 Bank 16.7 3 St Mary's UC,
3 Durham 3.3 2 London 2 Cambridge 85.6 3 LSE 86.4 3 Leeds Twickenham 2.3
4= Southampton London £28,975 3 Westminster 16.6
South Bank 59.2 3 St Andrews 83.8 4 University College Metropolitan 2899.5 8= Chester £16,908 4 Edinburgh
4 Imperial College Solent 45.7 3 University
3 University 4= Liverpool John London 85.7 4 Birmingham 2553.5 College London £25,248 8= UC Plymouth St 4 Lampeter 16.5 Napier 3.2
London 3.4 4 Sussex 81.7
Campus Suffolk 54.9 Moores 45.7 4 Oxford £24,748 Mark and St John £16,908 5 Bolton 16.3 5= Surrey 3.3
5 Bristol 81.5 5 Imperial College 5 Edinburgh 2379.0
5 Warwick 3.6 4 East London 54.8 6 Edge Hill 46.1 10 Lincoln £17,060 5= Aberdeen 3.3
London 83.3 5 King's College 6 Teesside 16.0
6 Nottingham 3.7 5 Thames Valley 52.0 7 Buckinghamshire 6 University College 6 Durham 2182.5 London £24,440
6 Warwick 82.3 11 Derby £17,109 7 Middlesex 15.8 7 Newman UC 3.4
New 46.3 London 80.8
7 Exeter 3.9 6 Glyndwr 51.9 7 Nottingham 2077.0 6 Cambridge £24,091 12 Liverpool John 8 Trinity UC,
8 Derby 46.6 7 Edinburgh 80.6 7 Edinburgh 81.1 8 Sunderland 13.3 Carmarthen 3.5
7 Edinburgh Napier 49.8 8 Oxford 1788.0 7 Queen Mary £23,657 Moores £17,188
8 Bristol 4.2 9 Buckingham 46.7 8 Warwick 79.7 8 Bristol 79.8
8 Greenwich 42.5 8 Bath £23,562 13 Worcester £17,267 9 Buckinghamshire 9 Harper Adams 3.6
9 York 4.3 10 Trinity UC, 9 Exeter 79.4 9 King's College 9 Cambridge 1767.0 9 Warwick £23,238 New 13.2 10 Edge Hill 4.5
9 Lampeter 42.3 Carmarthen 46.8 London 77.8 14 Glamorgan £17,360
10 Birmingham 4.6 10 Durham 77.5 10 Newcastle 1761.5 10 City £22,765 10 Glasgow 11= Dundee 4.9
10 Bedfordshire 41.5 11 UC Plymouth St 15 Gloucestershire £17,381
11 Loughborough 4.7 Mark & St John 46.9 10 Nottingham 77.5 11 Manchester 1706.0 11 London Caledonian 12.8 11= City 4.9
11 Salford 36.4 11 LSE 76.0 16 Staffordshire £17,453
12 Hertfordshire 47.1 11 York 77.0 South Bank £22,625 11 Huddersfield 12.7 13= Canterbury
12 St Andrews 4.8 12 Middlesex 36.3 12 Reading 75.4 12 Exeter 1676.5 12 Dundee £22,328 17 Winchester £17,470 Christ Church 5.0
13 Bedfordshire 47.8 12 Manchester 75.1 12 Essex 12.4
13 LSE 5.2 13 Worcester 36.1 14 Abertay Dundee 48.3 13 Southampton 75.0 13 Bristol 1668.0 13 Brunel £22,323 18 Huddersfield £17,488 13= King's College 5.0
14 Bradford 35.1 14= Bath 74.9 13 Durham 75.0 14 Bristol £22,240 13 Lincoln 12.3
14= Bath 5.5 15 Worcester 48.4 14 Uwic 1577.5 19= Southampton 15 Stirling 5.2
15 Queen Margaret, 16 Cumbria 48.8 14= York 74.9 14 Leeds 74.6 15 Surrey £22,022 Solent £17,591 14 Salford 11.9 16= Glamorgan 5.3
14= Sussex 5.5 15 Leeds 1460.5
Edinburgh 34.6 17= University 15 St Andrews 74.2 16 Loughborough £21,723 19= Central 15= Newport 11.7 16= Chichester 5.39
16= Edinburgh 5.9 16 Sheffield 74.5
16 Anglia Ruskin 34.2 Campus Suffolk 49.0 16 Southampton 72.4 16 Cardiff 1395.5 17 Edinburgh £21,681 Lancashire £17,591
17 Leeds 73.5 15= Greenwich 11.7 18= Liverpool 5.4
16= Reading 5.9 17 Newport 33.2 17= Leeds Trinity & 17 Warwick 1350.5 18 Glasgow £21,590 21 Northampton £17,592
All Saints 49.0 18 Soas 73.2 17 Sheffield 72.1 17= Aberystwyth 11.6 18= Nottingham
16= Southampton 5.9 18 Glasgow 18 Brunel 1281.5 19 Strathclyde £21,248 22 Sunderland £17,655 Trent 5.4
19 Chichester 49.3 19 Nottingham 73.0 18 Queen Mary 71.7 17= East London 11.6
Caledonian 33.1 20 Southampton £21,198 18= University
19 Stirling 6.1 20= Canterbury 19 Glasgow 71.5 19 Northumbria 1254.0 23 York St John £17,714
19 Westminster 33.0 20 King's College 21 Durham £21,016 19= Hertfordshire 11.4 College London 5.4
20 Royal Holloway 6.6 Christ Church 49.7 24 Abertay Dundee £17,765
20 Birmingham City 32.7 London 72.8 20 Open 71.3 20 Southampton 1176.5 22 Nottingham £20,967 19= Central Lancashire 11.4 18= Glasgow 5.4
20= Central Lancashire 49.7 25 Aberdeen £17,833
Source: Hesa Source: Ucas Source: Hesa Source: Hesa Source: 2009 Sunday Times survey Source: BUCS 23 Greenwich £20,886 Source: Hesa Source: Hesa
24 The Robert 26 Leeds Trinity
Gordon £20,858 & All Saints £17,852
25 Birmingham £20,845 27 Swansea £17,854
26 Soas £20,839 28 Ulster £17,904
27 Royal Holloway £20,724 29 Leeds
28 Manchester £20,722 Metropolitan £17,938
29 Cardiff £20,691 30 Manchester
30 Hertfordshire £20,635 Metropolitan £17,9707
Source: Hesa Source: Hesa