Biological Sciences
(ex. Psychology)
Biological Sciences (excluding Psychology)
5 years after Graduation.
EXPLAINER NOTES BY ANDY GARDNER
Subjects covered include:
Biology, Botany, Zoology, Genetics, Microbiology, Sport & exercise science, Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry
General Median salaries to compare with below:
For all 24-29-year-olds in work in 2014-15: £20,800 WonkHE. For all ages, £27,600 in 2015 ASHE
Interesting points from the depths of the LEO spreadsheet:
Loads of courses in this sector have lower quartiles below the UK average salary for 24-29 year olds. Fair play to University of Chichester for being so high up the earnings ranking with students from the lowest band of prior attainment. Glyndwr University – we feel your pain! Your students are doing Wildlife Biology courses, it’s clearly not the money they are interested in!
It’s not just about the money!
There are many reasons to go to university; Love of a subject, independent and critical thinking, independent living (if affordable!). It’s not just about salary levels, however applicants must not be misled by general statements about a blanket graduate dividend, these can be clearly bogus. See information below.
For courses with a clear vocational link, check to see if there is a relevant apprenticeship standard:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standards https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/institute-for-apprenticeships
https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeshipsearch
Biological Sciences (excluding Psychology)
Data Set

HE provider | Upper quartile | Median earnings | Lower quartile |
---|---|---|---|
The University of Cambridge | 48800 | 36600 | 27500 |
The University of Oxford | 51900 | 36300 | 27800 |
University College London | 40900 | 34800 | 25600 |
The University of Bristol | 37900 | 30000 | 24100 |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | 43300 | 29700 | 22100 |
University of Durham | 39500 | 29400 | 24100 |
The University of Warwick | 34400 | 29300 | 21500 |
The University of Southampton | 36500 | 28500 | 21800 |
Loughborough University | 38400 | 28400 | 23000 |
The University of Sussex | 33500 | 28100 | 22900 |
King's College London | 36000 | 28000 | 17000 |
The University of Surrey | 34400 | 27500 | 22900 |
Brunel University London | 32600 | 27300 | 20900 |
The University of Exeter | 33100 | 27300 | 20700 |
University of Nottingham | 33400 | 27300 | 21500 |
The University of Manchester | 33700 | 27100 | 20300 |
Bournemouth University | 31200 | 26900 | 20600 |
The University of Edinburgh | 34400 | 26900 | 21000 |
The University of Brighton | 33400 | 26700 | 20600 |
The University of Bath | 32900 | 26600 | 19800 |
The University of Leeds | 31200 | 26500 | 20600 |
St Mary's University, Twickenham | 32300 | 26500 | 22600 |
Canterbury Christ Church University | 31700 | 26400 | 19800 |
Newman University | 29700 | 26400 | 21400 |
The University of Birmingham | 34400 | 26200 | 20700 |
The University of Lancaster | 29300 | 26000 | 17200 |
Oxford Brookes University | 32600 | 26000 | 19400 |
The University of Liverpool | 33500 | 25800 | 20800 |
The University of the West of Scotland | 31100 | 25600 | 17400 |
Queen Mary University of London | 32100 | 25500 | 17700 |
Cardiff University | 29100 | 25300 | 19500 |
The University of Aberdeen | 29600 | 25100 | 18400 |
The University of Westminster | 30100 | 25000 | 18900 |
The University of York | 29100 | 24900 | 19800 |
The Robert Gordon University | 27400 | 24900 | 19800 |
The University of Chichester | 30200 | 24800 | 18700 |
The University of Strathclyde | 28000 | 24800 | 19500 |
University of Cumbria | 29100 | 24700 | 19600 |
The University of Kent | 29800 | 24600 | 20100 |
The Open University in England16 | 30000 | 24500 | 15700 |
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College | 29600 | 24500 | 19400 |
University of the West of England, Bristol | 29800 | 24500 | 19700 |
University of Abertay Dundee | 31100 | 24500 | 20200 |
The University of Glasgow | 33600 | 24400 | 18700 |
Aston University | 30400 | 24300 | 21000 |
The University of Portsmouth | 29500 | 24300 | 18400 |
Glasgow Caledonian University | 31300 | 24200 | 17600 |
GB | 29800 | 24100 | 18300 |
Kingston University | 29700 | 24000 | 18500 |
University of Bedfordshire | 28800 | 23900 | 18700 |
University of Hertfordshire | 30100 | 23900 | 18600 |
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 30300 | 23900 | 16800 |
The University of Northampton | 28000 | 23900 | 19300 |
Roehampton University | 31300 | 23900 | 18900 |
Cardiff Metropolitan University | 27600 | 23900 | 18700 |
The University of Bradford | 28300 | 23800 | 16300 |
The University of Essex | 28800 | 23800 | 19300 |
The University of Leicester | 30500 | 23800 | 20800 |
Southampton Solent University | 28900 | 23800 | 20200 |
The University of Sheffield | 28300 | 23600 | 17500 |
The University of Reading | 30000 | 23500 | 20200 |
Buckinghamshire New University | 31400 | 23400 | 15600 |
University of Chester | 27900 | 23400 | 18200 |
University of Northumbria at Newcastle | 28900 | 23400 | 17900 |
The University of Wolverhampton | 28400 | 23400 | 16500 |
The University of Central Lancashire | 27100 | 23300 | 16800 |
The University of Hull | 28000 | 23300 | 16700 |
The University of Stirling | 29500 | 23300 | 20400 |
The University of Greenwich | 30700 | 23200 | 19400 |
The University of Keele | 25800 | 23200 | 20500 |
The University of Winchester | 28200 | 23200 | 12900 |
Heriot-Watt University | 29400 | 23200 | 19600 |
The University of St Andrews | 30200 | 23200 | 16900 |
The University of East Anglia | 27400 | 23100 | 16700 |
Leeds Beckett University | 27600 | 22900 | 17700 |
Staffordshire University | 26400 | 22900 | 16600 |
York St John University | 26900 | 22900 | 18100 |
Liverpool John Moores University | 28300 | 22700 | 17800 |
The Nottingham Trent University | 27600 | 22600 | 17600 |
Sheffield Hallam University | 28200 | 22600 | 17900 |
The University of Lincoln | 25700 | 22500 | 18600 |
Swansea University | 27800 | 22500 | 16100 |
Middlesex University | 25400 | 22400 | 19500 |
The University of Dundee | 27500 | 22400 | 17100 |
University of Gloucestershire | 27800 | 22200 | 15700 |
The Manchester Metropolitan University | 26800 | 22200 | 17100 |
University of Worcester | 28400 | 22200 | 16900 |
Leeds Trinity University | 26400 | 22100 | 16600 |
Coventry University | 28700 | 22000 | 18800 |
London Metropolitan University | 27600 | 21800 | 14800 |
University of Plymouth | 27000 | 21300 | 15200 |
The University of Bolton | 24000 | 20700 | 15700 |
The University of East London | 26100 | 20700 | 12400 |
Edinburgh Napier University | 25800 | 20700 | 15600 |
London South Bank University | 25700 | 20600 | 12800 |
Teesside University | 26200 | 20500 | 16500 |
Anglia Ruskin University | 26600 | 20400 | 13900 |
University of Derby | 25200 | 20200 | 15200 |
The University of Salford | 24300 | 20200 | 15600 |
Liverpool Hope University | 25900 | 20000 | 13700 |
University of South Wales | 26000 | 20000 | 15800 |
Aberystwyth University | 25700 | 19900 | 15400 |
University of St Mark and St John | 23700 | 19800 | 15800 |
The University of Sunderland | 24400 | 19800 | 17000 |
Edge Hill University | 24500 | 19500 | 14500 |
The University of Huddersfield | 25500 | 19500 | 14100 |
Bangor University | 24200 | 18200 | 13300 |
Glyndŵr University | 21400 | 16800 | 15300 |