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

Architecture, Building & Planning

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Building Surveying
Anglia Ruskin University
£48,000
£48,000···£48,500···£62,000
2
Building Surveying
University College of Estate Management
£46,000
3
Building Surveying
Sheffield Hallam University
£43,500
£43,500···£38,500···£46,500
4
Building Services Engineering
Glasgow Caledonian University
£40,000
£40,000···£40,000···£48,000
5
Marine Engineering with Naval Architecture
University of Plymouth
£33,000
£33,000···£30,000···£36,500
6
in Urban Planning and Development
Cardiff University
£30,000
£30,000···£30,000···£40,000
7
Architecture
Coleg Sir Gar
£30,000
£30,000···£23,000···£31,000
8
Building Surveying
Nottingham Trent University
£30,000
£30,000···£36,000···£49,500
9
Building Surveying
Everton Free School & Football College
£30,000
£30,000···£30,500···£41,000
10
Building Services Engineering
London South Bank University
£30,000
£30,000···£28,000···£36,000
11
Urban Planning
University of Dundee
£29,000
£29,000···£25,000···£29,000
12
Urban Planning
The University of Sheffield
£28,500
£28,500···£29,000···£37,000
13
Architecture
The University of Westminster
£26,500
£26,500···£24,500···£31,000
14
Architecture
Birmingham City University
£26,000
£26,000···£23,000···£27,500
15
Architecture
University of the West of England, Bristol
£25,000
£25,000···£25,500···£29,500
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