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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21 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 & Dentistry
£37,000
Education
£36,000
Computer Science
£30,000
£30,000£34,000+13% over 5yrs
Mass Communications & Documentation
£30,000
Languages
£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£30,500+9% over 5yrs
Politics
£28,000
Psychology
£26,000
Veterinary Science
£26,000
£26,000£26,500+2% over 5yrs
Combined
£26,000
Historical & Philosophical Studies
£25,000
Economics
£25,000
£25,000£26,000+4% over 5yrs
Engineering & Technology
£24,500
£24,500£29,500£32,500+33% over 5yrs
Architecture, Building & Planning
£24,500
£24,500£25,000+2% over 5yrs
Nursing
£24,500
Agriculture & Related
£24,000
Sociology
£24,000
Biological Sciences
£23,000
£23,000£23,500+2% over 5yrs
Physical Sciences
£23,000
£23,000£25,000+9% over 5yrs
General Studies
£21,500
Top earning courses

Economics

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Economics
University College London
£41,000
£41,000···£45,000···£64,000
2
Economics
University College London
£41,000
£41,000···£45,000···£64,000
3
Economics with Study Abroad
University of Bristol
£35,000
£35,000···£42,000···£60,000
4
Economics and Econometrics
University of Nottingham, the
£34,500
£34,500···£38,500···£55,500
5
German and Economics
The University of Warwick
£34,500
£34,500···£28,000···£36,000
6
Economics and Mathematics
The University of Surrey
£34,000
£34,000···£40,000···£54,000
7
Economics and Mathematics
The University of Surrey
£34,000
£34,000···£40,000···£54,000
8
Economics and Mathematics
University of York
£33,500
£33,500···£35,500···£51,000
9
Economics and International Relations
University of St Andrews
£33,000
£33,000···£31,000···£41,000
10
Economics Statistics and Mathematics
Queen Mary University of London
£33,000
£33,000···£35,500···£50,000
11
Economics with Accounting
City St George's, University of London
£33,000
£33,000···£33,000···£50,500
12
Accounting and Economics
University of Southampton
£32,500
£32,500···£29,500···£40,500
13
Management (International Business Economics)
The University of Manchester
£32,000
£32,000···£30,500···£39,500
14
Economics
University of Southampton
£32,000
£32,000···£34,000···£46,500
15
Management Economics
The University of Essex
£31,000
£31,000···£30,000···£38,500
✕ Clear selection