Social Studies
(ex. Economics)
Social Studies (excluding Economics)
5 years after Graduation.
EXPLAINER NOTES BY ANDY GARDNER
Subjects covered include:
Politics, Sociology, Social policy, Social work, Anthropology, Human & social geography, Development studies, Criminology, International relations, War and Peace studies, Childhood st (also in Education)
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:
Things seem a little bit more positive in terms of median earnings here. Way-to-go Hertfordshire! Really high up, yet students are in the lowest prior attainment band – Well done! Also well done De Montford for the same reasons.
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
Social Studies (excluding Economics)
Data Set

HE provider | Upper quartile | Median earnings | Lower quartile |
---|---|---|---|
The University of Oxford | 51700 | 38600 | 30400 |
London School of Economics and Political Science | 50000 | 35600 | 25900 |
The University of Cambridge | 45900 | 34200 | 27000 |
University of Hertfordshire | 38100 | 33300 | 27100 |
University of Nottingham | 40600 | 31400 | 24200 |
University of Durham | 43500 | 31200 | 24700 |
King's College London | 40000 | 30800 | 25200 |
The Robert Gordon University | 33300 | 30800 | 19400 |
The University of Exeter | 39900 | 30300 | 24600 |
The University of Bath | 35700 | 30000 | 23400 |
The University of Warwick | 41400 | 30000 | 22500 |
The University of Bristol | 36200 | 29800 | 24000 |
The University of Edinburgh | 37600 | 29800 | 22500 |
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 39900 | 29500 | 22000 |
The University of St Andrews | 40000 | 29400 | 24100 |
Loughborough University | 38700 | 29200 | 22900 |
University College London | 37300 | 29100 | 24200 |
Queen Mary University of London | 34200 | 27900 | 23600 |
The University of Reading | 33500 | 27900 | 21300 |
Newman University | 30300 | 27600 | 20500 |
Bournemouth University | 35300 | 27400 | 20700 |
The University of Leeds | 34900 | 27400 | 22000 |
The University of Winchester | 29900 | 27300 | 22200 |
Brunel University London | 33300 | 27200 | 17100 |
De Montfort University | 29400 | 27100 | 19400 |
The University of Portsmouth | 31600 | 27000 | 19900 |
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College | 32300 | 26900 | 19900 |
London South Bank University | 31900 | 26700 | 19500 |
The Open University in England16 | 33300 | 26700 | 14800 |
The University of Sheffield | 32200 | 26700 | 21500 |
The University of Birmingham | 33500 | 26600 | 21600 |
The University of York | 34600 | 26600 | 20300 |
Birkbeck College | 34200 | 26500 | 19700 |
The University of Southampton | 33400 | 26400 | 22100 |
The University of Manchester | 32100 | 26200 | 19400 |
The University of East Anglia | 31700 | 26000 | 18600 |
The University of Surrey | 32000 | 25900 | 20700 |
Buckinghamshire New University | 28700 | 25500 | 20300 |
The University of Sussex | 31200 | 25200 | 17400 |
The School of Oriental and African Studies | 30200 | 24900 | 17400 |
The University of Kent | 31300 | 24800 | 19800 |
Cardiff University | 29900 | 24800 | 18200 |
The University of Dundee | 28700 | 24700 | 17300 |
Oxford Brookes University | 30000 | 24600 | 17700 |
The University of Aberdeen | 28900 | 24600 | 18800 |
The University of Strathclyde | 29700 | 24600 | 18900 |
GB | 31000 | 24600 | 17700 |
Aston University | 29800 | 24500 | 19600 |
The University of Liverpool | 29200 | 24500 | 19200 |
Southampton Solent University | 32800 | 24500 | 18500 |
The City University | 33000 | 24400 | 16900 |
The University of Essex | 29700 | 24400 | 17600 |
Kingston University | 30800 | 24200 | 17800 |
The University of Lancaster | 29400 | 24200 | 17800 |
The University of Salford | 29700 | 23900 | 16500 |
The University of Westminster | 29000 | 23900 | 16900 |
The University of Glasgow | 29300 | 23900 | 17100 |
The University of Brighton | 27500 | 23800 | 17800 |
University of the West of England, Bristol | 29600 | 23800 | 18400 |
The University of Keele | 29100 | 23700 | 17900 |
Goldsmiths College | 27100 | 23600 | 17800 |
London Metropolitan University | 31900 | 23600 | 14200 |
Glasgow Caledonian University | 28500 | 23600 | 17600 |
Aberystwyth University | 28900 | 23400 | 17800 |
Cardiff Metropolitan University | 29900 | 23400 | 18100 |
The University of Leicester | 28200 | 23200 | 18500 |
University of Chester | 27500 | 23100 | 17100 |
Roehampton University | 27100 | 23100 | 18900 |
The Nottingham Trent University | 28700 | 23000 | 17300 |
Canterbury Christ Church University | 27200 | 22900 | 14400 |
Sheffield Hallam University | 28000 | 22800 | 17400 |
The University of Stirling | 29000 | 22600 | 17900 |
Swansea University | 28800 | 22500 | 17100 |
Middlesex University | 29500 | 22400 | 16900 |
The University of Hull | 28200 | 22300 | 16800 |
Birmingham City University | 28600 | 22200 | 16500 |
University of Abertay Dundee | 28000 | 22200 | 16300 |
Coventry University | 28400 | 22100 | 16700 |
The University of Greenwich | 29000 | 22100 | 13300 |
The University of East London | 30900 | 22000 | 12600 |
University Campus Suffolk | 25800 | 22000 | 13800 |
Glyndŵr University | 27400 | 22000 | 15400 |
Anglia Ruskin University | 28200 | 21900 | 15300 |
The University of Lincoln | 28200 | 21900 | 16300 |
The University of Chichester | 29400 | 21800 | 16000 |
University of Gloucestershire | 28500 | 21700 | 17700 |
Staffordshire University | 26900 | 21500 | 15400 |
The University of Huddersfield | 27300 | 21400 | 15000 |
University of Derby | 30900 | 21300 | 16200 |
University of Plymouth | 27900 | 21300 | 13700 |
The University of the West of Scotland | 28000 | 21200 | 14500 |
The University of Northampton | 27700 | 21100 | 14100 |
The University of Central Lancashire | 27900 | 21000 | 14500 |
Leeds Beckett University | 26800 | 21000 | 16500 |
University of Northumbria at Newcastle | 26500 | 20900 | 15800 |
Bath Spa University | 24900 | 20800 | 15800 |
University of Bedfordshire | 29400 | 20600 | 12100 |
University of South Wales | 27600 | 20500 | 14800 |
The University of Bradford | 28800 | 20300 | 15100 |
Liverpool John Moores University | 26400 | 20200 | 15900 |
The Manchester Metropolitan University | 25200 | 20100 | 15500 |
Teesside University | 26100 | 19900 | 14600 |
Edge Hill University | 25400 | 19600 | 15100 |
The University of Wolverhampton | 25300 | 19100 | 11800 |
Bangor University | 23000 | 19000 | 14000 |
University of St Mark and St John | 24200 | 18900 | 13200 |
University of Worcester | 24500 | 18900 | 11900 |
The University of Bolton | 22600 | 18700 | 14500 |
The University of Sunderland | 23800 | 18000 | 13700 |
Liverpool Hope University | 22000 | 17700 | 12800 |
Edinburgh Napier University | 23700 | 17600 | 12200 |
Bishop Grosseteste University | 22000 | 17400 | 12900 |
University of Cumbria | 24600 | 16700 | 13500 |
University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 23500 | 16400 | 11200 |
University of the Highlands and Islands | 27400 | 16300 | 10000 |