English studies

Graduate earnings at 110 UK universities

£27,799

Avg Salary

£38,000

Top Salary

84.8%

Avg Employment

110

Universities

Best UK universities for English studies

Ranked by median graduate salary 5 years after graduation.

Rank	University	Salary	Employment
1	University of Durham	£38,000	86%
2	The University of Oxford	£37,800	83.3%
3	The University of Buckingham	£35,800	73.5%
4	The University of Warwick	£35,400	84.6%
5	University of Exeter	£35,000	82.1%
6	University College London	£34,700	90.3%
7	University of Bristol	£33,600	86.8%
8	The University of Cambridge	£33,200	87.2%
9	The University of St. Andrews	£33,200	90.6%
10	The University of Nottingham	£32,700	86.9%
11	King's College London	£32,500	88.6%
12	Oxford Brookes University	£31,800	85.7%
13	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	£31,800	90%
14	University of Southampton	£31,800	88.7%
15	The University of Leeds	£31,800	86.6%
16	Roehampton University	£31,600	82.9%
17	Loughborough University	£31,400	92.6%
18	The University of Strathclyde	£31,400	87.9%
19	The University of Birmingham	£31,000	90.7%
20	Queen Mary University of London	£31,000	81.3%

Graduate salaries vary significantly by university choice.

Lowest

£15,700

Average

£27,799

Highest

£38,000

Graduate earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset. Median salary 5 years after graduation, 2016/17 cohort.