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

Veterinary Science

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
The Royal Veterinary College
£36,000
£36,000···£36,000···£42,500
2
Veterinary Science: Accelerated Graduate Entry
University of Bristol
£36,000
£36,000···£34,500···£43,500
3
Veterinary Gateway Programme
The Royal Veterinary College
£36,000
£36,000···£36,000···£42,500
4
Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Surgery including a Preliminary Year
University of Nottingham, the
£35,500
£35,500···£33,000···£40,500
5
Veterinary Science
The University of Liverpool
£35,000
£35,000···£36,000···£44,500
6
Veterinary Medicine and Science
The University of Surrey
£35,000
7
Veterinary Biosciences
The University of Surrey
£35,000
8
Veterinary Biosciences
The University of Surrey
£35,000
9
Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
University of Glasgow
£34,000
£34,000···£35,000···£41,500
10
Veterinary Biosciences
University of Glasgow
£34,000
£34,000···£35,000···£41,500
11
Veterinary Nursing
Hartpury University
£27,000
12
Equine Veterinary Nursing
Hartpury University
£27,000
13
Veterinary Nursing
The Royal Veterinary College
£27,000
£27,000···£22,500···£27,500
14
Veterinary Nursing Science
Sparsholt College
£25,000
£25,000···£21,500···£26,500
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