Psychology
Psychology
5 years after Graduation.
EXPLAINER NOTES BY ANDY GARDNER
Subjects covered include:
Psychology
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:
Seems around 75% of these courses produce lower quartile graduates earning below the national general median salary and one third are producing median earnings below the national general median earnings. On a more positive note – The Only Way is Essex, producing higher end earnings from students in the mid-range prior attainment band.
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
Psychology
Data Set

HE provider | Upper quartile | Median earnings | Lower quartile |
---|---|---|---|
The University of Oxford | 58800 | 37100 | 26200 |
The University of Cambridge | 45900 | 35600 | 26300 |
University College London | 42700 | 32300 | 23100 |
Birkbeck College | 37700 | 30600 | 16900 |
The University of Warwick | 32100 | 27900 | 20700 |
The University of Edinburgh | 32500 | 27400 | 19700 |
The University of Bath | 35600 | 27300 | 22900 |
The University of Bristol | 38400 | 26700 | 22000 |
The University of Essex | 30000 | 26700 | 17500 |
The University of Southampton | 33100 | 26400 | 22000 |
Brunel University London | 29500 | 26300 | 19700 |
University of Durham | 35900 | 26300 | 21300 |
Goldsmiths College | 32700 | 26000 | 19600 |
The University of Aberdeen | 31100 | 25900 | 19500 |
Heriot-Watt University | 30000 | 25900 | 17700 |
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College | 35900 | 25700 | 19500 |
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 34500 | 25600 | 22800 |
The University of Sussex | 30600 | 25600 | 21000 |
The University of York | 31000 | 25600 | 18500 |
The University of Sheffield | 27800 | 25500 | 21000 |
University of Nottingham | 35500 | 25300 | 20400 |
The University of Westminster | 29700 | 25200 | 19900 |
Cardiff University | 29300 | 25100 | 19800 |
Oxford Brookes University | 30700 | 25000 | 20100 |
The University of Exeter | 31300 | 24900 | 21200 |
The University of Manchester | 32400 | 24900 | 20400 |
The University of Surrey | 33900 | 24800 | 18700 |
The University of Leeds | 33000 | 24600 | 19900 |
The University of Birmingham | 30400 | 24500 | 18600 |
London South Bank University | 30100 | 24500 | 17100 |
Kingston University | 29300 | 24400 | 19200 |
The University of Kent | 30400 | 24100 | 18500 |
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 28000 | 24100 | 14900 |
The University of Reading | 29000 | 24000 | 18400 |
Loughborough University | 29800 | 23900 | 18100 |
Aston University | 30700 | 23800 | 16700 |
University of Hertfordshire | 29600 | 23600 | 17400 |
Newman University | 26200 | 23600 | 15800 |
The City University | 27700 | 23500 | 15000 |
The University of Portsmouth | 29900 | 23500 | 18500 |
The University of Greenwich | 28200 | 23300 | 17800 |
Buckinghamshire New University | 27700 | 23200 | 18500 |
Canterbury Christ Church University | 29700 | 23200 | 17900 |
St Mary's University, Twickenham | 29300 | 23200 | 17200 |
The University of Northampton | 26100 | 23000 | 17600 |
The University of Brighton | 26900 | 22900 | 18400 |
York St John University | 27400 | 22900 | 16600 |
Bournemouth University | 25100 | 22800 | 17800 |
The University of Liverpool | 28300 | 22700 | 18900 |
Middlesex University | 29700 | 22700 | 16200 |
The University of St Andrews | 26500 | 22600 | 17400 |
Roehampton University | 28500 | 22500 | 16900 |
London Metropolitan University | 29900 | 22300 | 15800 |
The University of Dundee | 27500 | 22300 | 17900 |
The University of Glasgow | 27900 | 22300 | 19100 |
The University of Strathclyde | 25500 | 22300 | 17700 |
The University of Keele | 27500 | 22200 | 17900 |
GB | 27600 | 22200 | 16700 |
University of Plymouth | 25200 | 22000 | 17800 |
University of the West of England, Bristol | 26600 | 21900 | 15300 |
Swansea University | 25800 | 21700 | 17500 |
The University of Leicester | 27400 | 21500 | 15300 |
The University of East London | 27500 | 21400 | 14100 |
University of Gloucestershire | 24200 | 21400 | 15700 |
The University of Lancaster | 25600 | 21400 | 18500 |
Southampton Solent University | 24900 | 21400 | 15900 |
Cardiff Metropolitan University | 25300 | 21300 | 16000 |
Coventry University | 25800 | 21200 | 16400 |
Leeds Beckett University | 25900 | 21200 | 15300 |
Leeds Trinity University | 24100 | 21200 | 17500 |
Liverpool John Moores University | 24600 | 21200 | 16800 |
Bangor University | 25900 | 21200 | 16800 |
Edinburgh Napier University | 25900 | 21200 | 15500 |
The Nottingham Trent University | 25100 | 21100 | 16500 |
Bath Spa University | 26400 | 21000 | 14200 |
The University of Central Lancashire | 24600 | 20900 | 17000 |
The Open University in England16 | 31800 | 20900 | 11700 |
Sheffield Hallam University | 25700 | 20700 | 16800 |
Glasgow Caledonian University | 25000 | 20700 | 14600 |
The University of East Anglia | 26400 | 20400 | 15100 |
University of Worcester | 25700 | 20400 | 11000 |
The University of Stirling | 25300 | 20400 | 16900 |
The University of Lincoln | 25300 | 20100 | 14600 |
Teesside University | 24100 | 20100 | 16200 |
The Manchester Metropolitan University | 25000 | 20000 | 14700 |
The University of Hull | 24900 | 19900 | 13800 |
The University of Salford | 23000 | 19800 | 16000 |
The University of Winchester | 24800 | 19800 | 15500 |
Edge Hill University | 24500 | 19700 | 16400 |
The University of West London | 22800 | 19700 | 14100 |
Anglia Ruskin University | 24200 | 19600 | 12400 |
De Montfort University | 24400 | 19300 | 15000 |
The University of the West of Scotland | 24700 | 19300 | 14100 |
University of Northumbria at Newcastle | 24700 | 19200 | 15500 |
University of Chester | 22200 | 18800 | 14300 |
University of Derby | 24600 | 18800 | 13500 |
The University of Bolton | 21900 | 18500 | 13900 |
The University of Huddersfield | 23200 | 18400 | 14500 |
The University of Sunderland | 24700 | 18400 | 16000 |
University of Abertay Dundee | 23400 | 18400 | 14900 |
University of South Wales | 21900 | 18300 | 15700 |
The University of Bradford | 22500 | 18000 | 13100 |
Staffordshire University | 23500 | 18000 | 13700 |
University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 25000 | 16800 | 13600 |
Liverpool Hope University | 22200 | 16700 | 13300 |
University of Bedfordshire | 23700 | 16100 | 8800 |
University Campus Suffolk | 18600 | 15500 | 10200 |