Politics

Graduate earnings at 74 UK universities

£34,441

Avg Salary

£52,900

Top Salary

82%

Avg Employment

Universities

Best UK universities for Politics

Ranked by median graduate salary 5 years after graduation.

Rank	University	Salary	Employment
1	The University of Bath	£52,900	87.1%
2	The London School of Economics and Political Science	£51,800	82.7%
3	The University of Oxford	£51,800	84%
4	Staffordshire University	£51,100	87.8%
5	University of Durham	£49,300	84.4%
6	The University of Cambridge	£47,400	79.7%
7	Loughborough University	£43,800	86.8%
8	King's College London	£42,700	79.3%
9	University of Exeter	£41,600	87.2%
10	The University of Warwick	£40,900	84.6%
11	The University of St. Andrews	£40,900	75.4%
12	The University of Edinburgh	£40,200	80.4%
13	University of Newcastle Upon Tyne	£39,800	86.8%
14	The University of Nottingham	£39,400	81.7%
15	University of Bristol	£39,400	89.9%
16	The University of Leeds	£39,100	88%
17	Queen Mary University of London	£38,700	79%
18	Cardiff University	£38,700	81.8%
19	City St George's, University of London	£38,300	73.1%
20	The University of Birmingham	£38,000	84.8%

Graduate salaries vary significantly by university choice.

Lowest

£23,700

Average

£34,441

Highest

£52,900

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