Law

 

Law
5 years after Graduation.

EXPLAINER NOTES BY ANDY GARDNER

Subjects covered include:

Law

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:

Dear oh dear, it’s really not good!  If many of these law students went into their degrees thinking they would be earning lots of money they must be very disappointed.  Two thirds of these courses have produced lower-quartile graduates that are earning below the UK median average.  Around one-third of these courses have median earnings below the national average.  One midlands university had a cohort of 270 students and the median average for this course is £19,700. I think I’ll stop!  If there are Paralegal or Solicitor Apprenticeships available locally and the sixth former is not interested that much in full-time HE then these must be seriously considered.

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

Law
Data Set

HE provider Upper quartile Median earnings Lower quartile
The University of Oxford 78000 61400 37400
The University of Cambridge 73500 54700 33900
London School of Economics and Political Science 69300 47700 33400
University College London 69300 47200 34500
The University of Warwick 61500 41600 28200
University of Durham 55200 40400 24900
University of Nottingham 50900 37900 28900
The University of Bristol 52200 37700 28400
King's College London 55200 37200 26200
The University of Manchester 50100 35500 24800
The University of Exeter 44300 34300 23100
The University of Edinburgh 40200 34200 26400
The University of Sussex 40200 33800 24600
The University of Southampton 40800 33100 26100
The University of Aberdeen 38400 32500 26000
The University of Glasgow 37000 31600 25700
Queen Mary University of London 41900 31400 25800
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 39500 30700 21600
The University of Surrey 37700 30700 23200
The University of Birmingham 38500 30300 22700
The Open University in England16 44200 30200 18500
Birkbeck College 49100 30100 18200
The University of East Anglia 39300 30100 24000
Oxford Brookes University 42900 30000 23100
The University of Reading 39500 29500 21900
The University of Brighton 37100 28800 21600
The School of Oriental and African Studies 48100 28800 21600
The Robert Gordon University 34300 28700 22800
The University of Strathclyde 33600 28300 20700
Brunel University London 33900 28000 18600
The University of Sheffield 37400 27900 19700
The University of Kent 35900 27600 21100
The University of Dundee 32000 27300 19700
The City University 38400 27200 19200
The University of Leeds 37000 26800 21100
The University of Leicester 33700 26400 19000
Cardiff University 33100 26200 20000
The University of Essex 31100 26000 19700
University of Northumbria at Newcastle 33900 25700 19600
Canterbury Christ Church University 34200 25600 19700
University of Gloucestershire 32800 25600 18400
GB 34400 25300 18700
The University of Portsmouth 28900 24800 20500
The University of Westminster 30000 24800 17200
Bournemouth University 32400 24700 19700
The University of Liverpool 31600 24500 18600
The University of West London 29300 24300 14800
The University of Lancaster 30100 24100 19600
Kingston University 29000 24000 18800
The University of Greenwich 30000 23800 16000
University of the West of England, Bristol 30500 23800 19200
Anglia Ruskin University 30300 23700 17900
The University of Keele 31100 23700 17600
Swansea University 30200 23700 19200
The Nottingham Trent University 28900 23600 18100
University of Abertay Dundee 29700 23300 18200
The University of Stirling 28400 23300 17300
The University of Hull 30600 23100 18200
The University of Buckingham 35000 23000 15200
Glasgow Caledonian University 29200 23000 18200
Sheffield Hallam University 27400 22700 19600
University of Hertfordshire 30800 22200 17700
Aberystwyth University 28500 22200 17600
The University of Central Lancashire 27300 21700 16600
The Manchester Metropolitan University 29900 21700 16500
Coventry University 26200 21400 17100
Liverpool John Moores University 27800 21300 17000
University of Plymouth 26300 21300 16300
University of Chester 26600 21200 16000
London South Bank University 25700 21200 14300
The University of East London 28800 21100 9700
Leeds Beckett University 26600 21100 17000
The University of Northampton 26500 21100 17100
Southampton Solent University 29600 21100 17900
Staffordshire University 27200 21000 17200
The University of Sunderland 25500 21000 16700
Edinburgh Napier University 27400 21000 17600
Bangor University 25900 20400 16300
Teesside University 25300 20300 16600
The University of Huddersfield 25300 20200 15300
London Metropolitan University 28000 20100 13900
De Montfort University 24500 20000 16200
Middlesex University 26000 20000 11700
The University of Lincoln 24200 19800 16700
Birmingham City University 24100 19700 14600
Buckinghamshire New University 26800 19700 14400
The University of the West of Scotland 22500 19700 15700
The University of Wolverhampton 23900 19600 14700
Edge Hill University 24400 19500 17400
University of Derby 24800 18600 14400
University of South Wales 25400 18500 12900
The University of Bolton 20900 18300 13900
University of Bedfordshire 23500 17800 14000
The University of Bradford 21700 17300 14800

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