Real Earnings Data

Salary Explorer

Compare graduate earnings across every subject. Real salary data from HMRC tax records - 15 months, 3 years & 5 years post-graduation.

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20 subjects · Full-time · Starting salary (15 months)

Median Graduate Salary by Subject

Full-time graduates only · Click a bar to see top courses
Trajectory key:15 months3 years5 years
Medicine and Dentistry
£37,000
£37,000£24,000£23,500-36% over 5yrs
Education and Teaching
£36,000
£36,000£26,500£28,000-22% over 5yrs
Architecture and Planning
£30,000
£30,000£29,000£34,000+13% over 5yrs
Communications and Media
£30,000
£30,000£20,000£23,500-22% over 5yrs
Languages and Area Studies
£30,000
£30,000£38,500£49,000+63% over 5yrs
Law
£29,500
£29,500£30,000£35,500+20% over 5yrs
Subjects Allied to Medicine
£28,000
£28,000£26,000£30,500+9% over 5yrs
Economics
£28,000
£28,000£22,500£26,000-7% over 5yrs
Veterinary Sciences
£26,000
£26,000£20,000£24,500-6% over 5yrs
Agriculture
£26,000
£26,000£22,000£26,500+2% over 5yrs
Psychology
£26,000
£26,000£21,000£24,500-6% over 5yrs
History and Philosophy
£25,000
£25,000£19,000£23,500-6% over 5yrs
Sport and Exercise Science
£25,000
£25,000£22,500£26,000+4% over 5yrs
Computer Science
£24,500
£24,500£29,500£32,500+33% over 5yrs
Geography and Earth Sciences
£24,500
£24,500£20,500£25,000+2% over 5yrs
Physical Sciences
£24,000
£24,000£18,500£22,000-8% over 5yrs
Sociology
£24,000
£24,000£16,500£20,000-17% over 5yrs
Biological Sciences
£23,000
£23,000£18,500£23,500+2% over 5yrs
Mathematical Sciences
£23,000
£23,000£22,000£25,000+9% over 5yrs
General Studies
£21,500
£21,500£16,500£20,500-5% over 5yrs
Top earning courses

Sociology

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Psychosocial Studies
Birkbeck College
£38,500
£38,500···£33,500···£36,000
2
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Birkbeck College
£38,500
£38,500···£33,500···£36,000
3
Crime and Security Science
University College London
£30,500
£30,500···£28,000···£37,500
4
Anthropology
University College London
£30,500
£30,500···£28,000···£37,500
5
Criminology and Anthropology
Global Banking School Limited
£30,000
£30,000···£29,000···£34,500
6
Health and Human Sciences
University of Durham
£30,000
£30,000···£27,500···£36,000
7
Anthropology and Sociology
University of Durham
£30,000
£30,000···£27,500···£36,000
8
Anthropology and Sociology
Goldsmiths' College
£28,000
£28,000···£22,500···£28,500
9
Social Policy
University of Bristol
£26,500
£26,500···£27,500···£34,500
10
Law with Criminology
Elizabeth School of London Limited
£25,500
£25,500···£25,000···£30,000
11
Law with Criminology
University of Derby
£25,000
£25,000···£20,500···£24,000
12
Sociology
The University of Sheffield
£25,000
£25,000···£23,000···£29,000
13
Sociology
University of the West of England, Bristol
£24,500
£24,500···£22,000···£26,500
14
Anthropology and Psychology
University of Aberdeen
£24,000
£24,000···£23,000···£28,500
15
Criminology
University of Keele
£24,000
£24,000···£22,500···£28,500
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