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Economics

CUG Rank University Name Entry Standards
Entry Standards
The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University.

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 Research Assessment
 Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University.

Maximum score: 100

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 Overall Score
Overall Score
The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology.

Maximum score: 1000.0

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2008 2007
2 - Cambridge 538 5 92 98.4
5 - Oxford 538 5 76 93.8
1 - London School of Economics 508 5* 88 100.0
4 - Warwick 483 5* 86 96.7
6 - Nottingham 481 5 78 93.7
3 - University College London 477 5* 86 98.3
9 - Durham 473 4 80 90.3
13 - Edinburgh 468 4 74 88.4
10 - York 463 5 66 89.5
12 - St Andrews 458 4 76 88.6
7 - Bath 452 5 78 91.1
8 - Bristol 449 4 80 90.7
11 - Southampton 428 5 68 88.8
17 - Birmingham 419 4 72 85.9
17 - Leeds 415 5 74 85.9
38 - Strathclyde 413 4 56 79.0
30 - Manchester 411 4 56 81.0
14 - Exeter 407 5 70 87.0
25 - Aberdeen 406 3a 66 82.6
23 - Glasgow 400 4 66 83.5
29 - Newcastle 388 4 70 82.0
20 - Cardiff 382 5 68 85.5
27 - Loughborough 377 3a 72 82.2
42 - Sheffield 377 3a 56 77.6
16 - Lancaster 374 5* 64 86.2
15 - Royal Holloway 369 4 80 86.3
32 - Queen's, Belfast 366 4 60 80.4
19 - SOAS 365 4 78 85.6
28 - Sussex 364 4 66 82.1
24 - Leicester 360 5 62 82.9
39 - East Anglia 357 4 54 78.4
43 - Dundee 354 3a 54 77.1
31 - Queen Mary 348 5 56 80.7
32 - Reading 347 5 64 80.4
37 - Liverpool 346 4 58 79.1
52 - Heriot-Watt 345 4 40 69.3
25 - Hull 343 4 78 82.6
35 - City 329 3a 68 79.2
22 - Essex 323 5* 64 84.2
49 - Salford 318 3a 40 70.7
21 - Surrey 315 3a 84 84.3
39 - Keele 312 3a 64 78.4
34 - Kent 304 4 60 79.4
35 - Stirling 301 4 60 79.2
44 - Brunel 299 4 52 76.9
58 - Northumbria 297 3b 40 63.5
53 - Aberystwyth 267 3b 52 68.8
45 - Ulster 265 4 58 73.9
41 - Swansea 260 4 60 77.7
62 - Coventry 260 46 61.9
55 - Leeds Metropolitan 258 60 65.9
48 - Manchester Metropolitan 254 3a 58 71.7
53 - Nottingham Trent 246 3b 60 68.8
47 - Portsmouth 223 4 58 72.3
63 - Liverpool John Moores 223 46 60.5
60 - West of England, Bristol 215 54 62.5
56 - Hertfordshire 206 3a 42 65.3
57 - Plymouth 201 3b 56 64.5
50 - Bradford 196 3b 72 70.4
64 - Greenwich 194 3b 42 60.2
59 - Kingston 177 60 62.8
61 - Middlesex 172 58 62.0
46 - Anglia Ruskin 2 72 72.5
51 - East London 3a 58 70.1

Please note that some Universities have missing data. Where the table is ranked by a single measure, the institutions with no data for that measure appear at the bottom.

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Maximum scores:
Student Satisfaction 5.00    Facilities spend N/A
Research Assessment 4.00    Good Honours 100.0
Entry Standards N/A    Graduate Prospects 100.0
Student Staff Ratio N/A    Completion 100.0
Academic Services Spend N/A    Overall Score 1000.0

 

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