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 |