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

Historical & Philosophical Studies

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Aviation Management with Foundation Year
Dancebox Theatre Works
£49,000
£49,000···£24,000···£30,000
2
Mechanical Engineering with Business Finance with Integrated Foundation Year
University College London
£40,000
£40,000···£38,000···£58,000
3
Business with Finance
City St George's, University of London
£35,000
£35,000···£40,000···£55,000
4
Economics and Management
Loughborough University
£33,000
£33,000···£36,000···£54,500
5
Accounting
The University of Manchester
£30,000
£30,000···£29,000···£38,500
6
Law with Business and Management
University of Sussex
£30,000
£30,000···£31,500···£42,500
7
Marketing
Coventry University
£28,000
£28,000···£26,000···£33,000
8
International Business Management
Coventry University
£28,000
£28,000···£27,500···£33,000
9
Business Management with Events Management
Abertay University
£27,000
£27,000···£22,500···£26,500
10
Human Resource Management
Stratford College London Limited
£27,000
£27,000···£24,500···£30,500
11
Finance & Statistics
University of Glasgow
£27,000
£27,000···£31,000···£41,000
12
Business & Management/Italian
University of Glasgow
£26,500
£26,500···£23,500···£29,000
13
Mathematics, Statistics and Accounting
University of Strathclyde
£26,500
£26,500···£32,000···£43,000
14
International Tourism Management
The University of Surrey
£26,000
£26,000···£25,000···£29,500
15
Law and Business
University of Edinburgh
£26,000
£26,000···£31,000···£44,000
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