Language Studies
29MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£29,000
SATISFACTION89%
CONTINUATION60%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS66%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 29% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
Language Studies
BA · The Open University
CONTINUATION ALERT
40% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £29,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £24,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £27,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 80th percentile of 704 Languages and Area Studies courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 80%Found their work meaningful
- 62%Felt on track with their career
- 66%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 3% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Sales occupations · 4% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 8% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).