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

Nursing

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Mental Health Nursing
Whitefield Academy Trust
£33,000
£33,000···£33,500···£42,500
2
Physiotherapy
Brunel University London
£32,000
£32,000···£33,000···£37,500
3
Midwifery with Foundation Year
University of Keele
£31,000
£31,000···£32,000···£30,500
4
Nursing Studies (Mental Health)
Glasgow Caledonian University
£30,000
£30,000···£29,000···£34,000
5
Nursing (Adult) (Fife)
University of Dundee
£30,000
£30,000···£28,500···£33,000
6
Nursing (Adult)
Stratford College London Limited
£29,000
£29,000···£30,000···£33,500
7
Children's Nursing
Whitefield Academy Trust
£29,000
£29,000···£32,000···£36,000
8
Nursing (Mental Health)
University of Portsmouth
£29,000
£29,000···£29,000···£34,500
9
Mental Health Nursing
Coventry University
£28,500
£28,500···£32,000···£35,500
10
Nursing - Mental Health (September intake)
Birmingham City University
£28,500
£28,500···£31,500···£36,000
11
Nursing (Mental Health)
University of York
£28,000
£28,000···£28,000···£32,000
12
Physiotherapy
School of Coding Limited
£28,000
£28,000···£22,500···£22,500
13
Nursing with Registration (Learning Disability)
Performance Preparation Academy Limited
£28,000
£28,000···£29,000···£31,000
14
Nursing (Child)
Birmingham Community Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust
£28,000
£28,000···£28,500···£32,000
15
Children and Young People's Nursing
The University of East Anglia
£28,000
£28,000···£28,500···£32,000
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