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University degree

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City of Bristol College · Bristol
Qualification
Degree
Length
2 yrs
UK fees / yr
£6,000
Study
full-time
Worth knowing: about 100% of students don't make it past first year here - ask the uni what support they offer.
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Here's the honest picture on this course - what you'd study, whether you'd likely get in, what it pays, and where it leads. Everything's real data.
About this course

Higher Nationals are vocational Higher Education courses at level 4 (Certificate) and 5 (Diploma) that allow students to undertake a practical and vocational based programme and develop their technical skills at industry standard and enter the world of work, or go onto higher learning.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
No past-entry data for this course.
How they qualified
85% got in with other higher education. The rest came in a mix of ways:
other higher education85%
another degree15%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
90%
In work or further study after
0%
Continue past first year
What graduates earn over time
£17,500
3 years on
£20,500
5 years on
What graduates actually go on to do % of leavers
Sales occupations35%
Web and Multimedia Design ProfessionalsHighly skilled15%
Business and public service associate professionalsHighly skilled15%
Elementary occupations15%
Business and Financial Project Management ProfessionalsHighly skilled10%
Artistic, literary and media occupationsHighly skilled10%
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Where this degree can lead
Like the look of it?
When you're ready, the full entry requirements and application are on City of Bristol College's own site.
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Careermash · real course data from HESA / Discover Uni, in plain English.

Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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