Rank

Institution

Student satisfaction

Research quality

Entry standards

Graduate prospects

Overall Score

1

Oxford

90%

5.5/9

463

80.0%

100.0

2

Manchester

88%

5.7/9

427

79.0%

97.7

3

Cambridge

80%

5.4/9

467

86.0%

96.6

4

King"s

81%

5.4/9

458

75.0%

93.5

5

Royal Holloway

82%

6.4/9

390

75.0%

93.2

6

York

79%

5.5/9

416

76.0%

91.4

7

Royal Academy of Music

81%

3.9/9

n/a

91.0%

91.1

8

Sheffield

84%

5.3/9

357

72.0%

89.4

9

Southampton

80%

5.6/9

378

73.0%

89.2

10

Birmingham

80%

5.7/9

420

63.0%

89.1

11

Newcastle

83%

4.7/9

346

77.0%

88.3

12

Bristol

82%

3.3/9

386

81.0%

87.9

13

Durham

75%

3.9/9

427

82.0%

87.8

14

Nottingham

81%

4.2/9

426

68.0%

87.6

15

Bangor

81%

3.8/9

329

78.0%

85.1

16

SOAS

n/a

4.6/9

n/a

69.0%

84.1

16

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

n/a

2.6/9

n/a

87.0%

84.1

18

The Queen"s

76%

4.4/9

331

75.0%

83.2

19

Cardiff

82%

3.2/9

388

63.0%

82.7

20

Leeds

83%

3.5/9

365

62.0%

82.4

21

Edinburgh

n/a

3.4/9

400

65.0%

81.9

22

Royal College of Music

69%

2.8/9

329

97.0%

81.5

23

Goldsmiths

72%

4.1/9

339

78.0%

81.4

24

Keele

82%

3.5/9

277

75.0%

81.2

25

Surrey

74%

3.4/9

400

67.0%

80.8

26

Sussex

75%

3.5/9

331

75.0%

80.6

27

Birmingham City

74%

2.6/9

318

86.0%

80.3

28

Aberdeen

83%

2.2/9

328

n/a

79.7

29

Lancaster

71%

4.1/9

343

72.0%

79.5

29

Royal Northern College of Music

76%

1.9/9

328

84.0%

79.5

31

Huddersfield

80%

3.7/9

286

69.0%

79.4

32

Glasgow

66%

4.3/9

407

63.0%

78.2

33

Hull

82%

1.9/9

261

80.0%

77.9

34

Strathclyde

n/a

n/a

370

74.0%

76.0

35

Liverpool

77%

2.7/9

336

57.0%

75.3

36

Bath Spa

81%

2.0/9

302

59.0%

74.5

37

City

63%

4.1/9

292

76.0%

74.1

38

East Anglia

81%

1.6/9

285

64.0%

73.7

39

De Montfort

81%

2.9/9

199

67.0%

73.5

40

Coventry

73%

2.3/9

285

67.0%

72.2

41

Glamorgan

75%

n/a

293

73.0%

70.1

42

Oxford Brookes

72%

2.4/9

254

64.0%

69.9

43

Ulster

70%

1.4/9

275

71.0%

69.2

44

Canterbury CC

75%

2.0/9

251

57.0%

68.0

45

Cumbria

67%

n/a

306

75.0%

67.2

45

Hertfordshire

78%

1.2/9

276

51.0%

67.2

45

Westminster

65%

1.8/9

285

68.0%

67.2

48

Central Lancs

78%

n/a

275

59.0%

66.7

49

Salford

75%

1.3/9

236

58.0%

66.2

50

Plymouth

74%

2.5/9

231

50.0%

66.1

51

Chichester

75%

n/a

260

62.0%

65.6

52

Brunel

59%

2.7/9

318

59.0%

65.5

53

Brighton

65%

4.3/9

305

33.0%

65.0

54

Edin Napier

63%

0.4/9

338

64.0%

64.9

55

Anglia Ruskin

75%

1.4/9

266

46.0%

64.8

56

Middlesex

65%

n/a

150

91.0%

63.1

57

Kingston

71%

0.6/9

224

58.0%

62.2

58

Derby

74%

n/a

217

52.0%

60.3

59

Thames Valley

66%

0.6/9

204

59.0%

59.2

60

University College Falmouth

71%

n/a

229

51.0%

59.1

61

Essex

74%

n/a

209

48.0%

58.5

62

Bournemouth

69%

n/a

239

46.0%

57.2

63

East London

57%

n/a

221

65.0%

55.9

64

Bucks New

66%

n/a

211

49.0%

55.3

65

York St John

68%

n/a

218

39.0%

54.0

66

Soton Solent

59%

n/a

237

41.0%

50.8