University League Table 2014

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Rank within Selection	CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Maximum score: 5.00 Click here to read more	Research Assessment Research Assessment The average quality of the research undertaken in the University. Maximum score: 4.00 Click here to read more	Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Maximum score: 100.0 Click here to read more	Student-Staff Ratio Student-Staff Ratio The average staffing levels at the University. Click here to read more	Academic Services Spend Academic Services Spend A guide to how much the University spends on supporting services such as libraries and IT. Click here to read more	Facilities Spend Facilities Spend A guide to how much the University spends on supporting facilities such as the careers service, health and counselling services and sport facilities. Click here to read more	Good Honours Good Honours The percentage of graduates achieving a first or upper second class honours degree – the class of degree achieved can impact a graduate’s employment prospects. Maximum score: 100.0 Click here to read more	Degree Completion Degree Completion The proportion of students expected to successfully complete their studies and gain a degree from the University. Maximum score: 100.0 Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology, comprising the four measures listed in the University League Table together with Teaching Standards, Employment Prospects, Good Honours, Staff–Student Ratio, Academic and Facilities Spend, Degree Completion and Green (listed in the University Profiles). Maximum score: 1000 Click here to read more
Rank within Selection	2014	2013	University Name
1	51	-	Royal Agricultural University	305	3.96	1.50	67.3	24.2	1,324	1,071	47.1	90.9	637
2	104	93	Buckinghamshire New	233	3.87	1.67	49.2	24.1	834	1,063	46.4	83.1	496
3	53	47	Hertfordshire	310	3.88	2.40	58.5	19.5	659	1,009	61.6	80.1	622
4	5	5	Durham	507	4.15	2.72	79.5	15.1	1,332	940	83.9	96.1	925
5	62	101	Northampton	297	4.04	1.69	61.8	20.0	1,002	736	61.0	81.9	610
6	107	82	Bedfordshire	213	3.86	2.09	57.7	22.5	828	719	50.2	79.1	486
7	1	1	Cambridge	608	4.19	2.98	84.9	11.6	2,297	715	89.4	98.9	1000
8	39	39	Essex	335	4.03	2.77	56.8	16.4	1,041	688	60.7	85.7	720
9	4	4	Imperial College London	560	3.99	2.94	87.7	11.7	2,448	681	84.6	97.0	933
10	86	95	University for the Creative Arts	301	3.85	1.90	47.3	17.1	994	674	56.3	82.1	546
11	29	25	Queen's, Belfast	384	4.10	2.56	72.7	15.6	1,159	660	71.7	91.8	755
12	116	-	St Mark and St John	248	4.02	1.08	45.6	20.5	447	637	51.7	87.2	439
13	23	17	Glasgow	469	4.09	2.59	79.8	16.4	1,415	616	74.5	88.9	779
14	12	12	York	454	4.13	2.78	69.6	15.5	1,247	589	78.1	95.1	826
15	13	22	Surrey	409	4.15	2.58	71.2	16.6	1,445	586	74.7	92.7	824
16	66	63	Birmingham City	320	3.99	2.31	64.7	21.0	938	585	59.1	81.9	602
17	16	20	Leicester	411	4.16	2.45	69.5	12.9	1,520	584	75.5	93.6	812
18	14	14	Loughborough	410	4.11	2.62	73.2	16.9	1,182	581	73.3	93.4	818
19	10	13	Exeter	468	4.17	2.62	74.6	17.8	1,382	576	83.8	97.2	848
20	11	9	Lancaster	435	4.12	2.71	74.4	15.4	1,055	561	73.0	94.7	842
21	20	27	East Anglia	415	4.12	2.58	68.9	13.5	1,134	553	71.6	91.4	795
22	56	58	West of England, Bristol	318	3.94	2.20	64.6	21.7	931	548	69.6	84.7	621
23	45	45	Oxford Brookes	343	4.03	2.20	64.7	17.3	822	537	68.9	89.3	670
24	61	62	Nottingham Trent	317	3.92	2.16	60.1	20.0	894	522	63.0	86.1	611
25	44	41	Brunel	356	4.04	2.32	57.1	17.5	1,214	516	62.5	87.1	681
26	57	55	Buckingham	304	4.24		89.8	11.4	921	514	43.9	79.5	619
27	35	42	Queen Mary	413	4.01	2.73	73.3	12.2	1,352	502	68.1	89.0	736
28	8	6	Warwick	504	3.99	2.80	77.1	14.3	1,566	494	79.6	95.7	854
29	18	16	Edinburgh	485	3.84	2.75	75.0	13.9	1,473	492	82.6	90.8	802
30	17	23	Birmingham	443	4.03	2.64	79.1	14.8	1,570	490	78.8	95.1	810
31	111	111	Abertay Dundee	312	3.85	1.83	53.1	24.0	677	489	59.9	71.6	466
32	3	2	London School of Economics	541	4.00	2.96	85.1	11.1	1,913	472	81.3	97.0	975
33	25	29	Manchester	453	3.98	2.82	72.0	14.8	1,199	468	72.0	93.4	768
34	110	89	Sunderland	270	4.00	1.86	42.7	17.0	849	459	52.6	78.5	477
35	113	112	Southampton Solent	278	3.82	1.49	43.8	20.5	743	457	58.8	76.7	453
36	20	15	Southampton	432	4.06	2.72	67.6	13.7	1,415	456	77.6	93.5	795
37	95	102	Greenwich	284	4.03	1.90	56.7	21.3	988	455	57.3	77.3	518
38	31	21	Sussex	403	4.04	2.61	61.5	17.1	1,060	452	79.6	92.4	752
39	6	6	St Andrews	521	4.15	2.72	75.4	12.6	1,758	442	88.8	96.8	891
40	22	23	Newcastle	436	4.07	2.63	77.2	15.3	1,252	435	78.3	94.9	784
41	49	50	Stirling	365	4.02	2.41	62.4	18.3	855	430	63.0	81.2	644
42	24	19	Nottingham	437	4.03	2.67	72.5	14.0	1,214	429	76.5	94.0	777
43	124	115	East London	229	3.89	2.24	39.4	24.8	620	426	49.0	62.9	316
44	92	69	Central Lancashire	294	3.95	1.96	54.8	19.0	1,204	421	54.6	79.1	525
45	38	31	Liverpool	416	3.96	2.54	69.8	13.3	1,551	420	72.8	91.6	727
46	40	40	Heriot-Watt	390	4.18	2.48	73.7	18.3	892	418	69.3	84.8	713
47	9	10	Bath	478	4.16	2.71	81.8	16.8	1,226	417	82.8	96.9	852
48	82	71	Bradford	306	3.97	2.34	68.1	19.4	885	417	52.8	82.9	558
49	74	60	Ulster	283	4.00	2.48	54.2	18.6	984	411	60.3	83.0	582
50	19	18	King's College London	463	3.89	2.69	86.9	11.7	1,415	407	80.6	92.8	796
51	32	34	Leeds	426	4.04	2.72	71.9	16.8	987	407	79.5	93.2	748
52	28	33	Kent	377	4.08	2.60	68.7	14.6	836	406	73.5	90.5	758
53	96	79	Cardiff Metropolitan	309	3.86	1.88	48.0	23.4	810	405	59.1	84.5	512
54	93	83	Middlesex	250	3.86	2.18	54.7	23.0	1,899	404	55.3	77.0	522
55	27	34	Aston	396	3.96	2.43	78.1	16.2	1,204	404	73.5	91.1	760
56	91	91	Glamorgan	320	3.97	2.04	54.1	22.3	864	402	59.9	78.9	527
57	30	26	Royal Holloway	396	4.08	2.67	66.1	16.2	995	402	73.7	93.3	754
58	43	44	Aberdeen	439	3.98	2.57	72.8	16.4	1,115	392	72.0	81.6	683
59	42	38	City	386	3.88	2.48	73.8	18.6	1,332	392	69.9	87.2	696
60	70	58	Aberystwyth	325	4.01	2.48	55.2	19.4	789	391	58.5	86.5	591
61	53	56	Hull	339	4.07	2.37	67.4	19.8	923	386	58.3	86.0	622
62	113	108	Staffordshire	251	4.02	1.62	48.9	20.3	823	386	56.3	78.9	453
63	101	95	Leeds Metropolitan	275	3.95	2.05	54.3	20.7	603	383	57.5	80.2	503
64	26	28	Sheffield	440	4.07	2.72	73.2	15.5	1,084	383	77.5	95.3	762
65	60	-	Falmouth	285	3.91	2.20	54.5	23.9	1,508	380	64.4	87.9	612
66	71	68	Chester	295	4.10	1.74	64.0	16.3	1,010	380	62.4	81.2	589
67	78	78	Salford	293	3.92	2.36	56.3	17.6	729	369	61.4	82.4	571
68	101	85	Kingston	308	3.85	2.04	56.2	20.4	771	369	57.1	80.1	503
69	15	11	Bristol	485	4.01	2.72	80.8	14.2	1,566	369	84.0	97.4	815
70	2	3	Oxford	582	4.20	2.96	79.7	11.1	2,880	366	90.9	98.4	990
71	64	54	Northumbria	329	4.02	2.15	60.2	17.7	952	360	59.3	87.2	603
72	112	98	Cumbria	249	3.87	1.23	57.9	18.6	657	357	65.7	82.5	454
73	45	46	Keele	350	4.11	2.41	76.3	16.5	755	352	70.0	89.8	670
74	84	88	Roehampton	270	3.97	2.20	54.8	20.0	1,200	350	59.9	83.1	552
75	76	67	Chichester	301	4.17	1.96	50.3	18.8	712	337	60.1	90.7	576
76	105	106	Anglia Ruskin	244	3.94	2.07	61.4	20.2	863	335	56.6	81.7	494
77	71	63	Plymouth	313	4.00	2.18	60.2	16.8	881	334	61.9	86.1	589
78	115	100	Glyndwr	230	4.00	1.69	69.7	21.1	1,203	333	46.4	74.1	443
79	99	103	York St John	299	4.05	1.40	51.5	20.9	781	332	61.5	88.7	505
80	35	36	Cardiff	431	4.03	2.69	74.9	14.2	988	331	74.5	93.2	736
81	80	81	Glasgow Caledonian	349	3.86	2.01	56.7	21.4	1,174	330	65.9	81.1	567
82	108	-	Leeds Trinity	286	4.06	1.86	62.6	23.3	647	325	50.8	80.6	483
83	41	37	Strathclyde	462	4.02	2.45	72.3	18.3	1,289	323	75.1	83.5	711
84	94	74	Gloucestershire	285	3.95	1.72	57.0	22.3	952	318	62.6	84.4	521
85	97	97	Teesside	314	4.09	1.99	52.7	20.1	939	318	56.0	79.1	510
86	118	109	West London	234	3.98	1.67	53.5	21.6	1,194	314	51.1	73.5	436
87	48	49	Swansea	358	3.99	2.43	70.2	16.1	1,043	312	63.8	88.2	653
88	37	32	Reading	376	4.04	2.53	68.9	15.6	1,109	311	74.6	90.5	728
89	99	87	Canterbury Christ Church	270	3.97	1.79	58.0	19.5	737	306	62.7	85.2	505
90	52	53	Lincoln	322	4.05	1.90	67.4	19.4	894	305	60.7	87.4	624
91	73	70	Brighton	299	3.99	2.37	58.9	19.0	619	304	65.3	85.4	583
92	63	57	Huddersfield	308	4.11	2.10	69.6	18.4	976	304	60.9	80.2	606
93	53	52	Robert Gordon	344	4.03	2.06	75.8	19.7	933	298	62.5	82.0	622
94	58	65	Coventry	293	4.07	1.85	69.9	14.6	849	294	66.1	83.6	617
95	88	86	Manchester Metropolitan	330	3.91	2.16	55.2	19.4	776	289	61.8	78.6	539
96	69	76	Winchester	304	4.08	2.16	53.4	17.7	746	289	63.0	88.9	592
97	76	72	Sheffield Hallam	312	3.93	2.05	56.2	20.0	946	280	63.1	86.5	576
98	47	43	Dundee	386	4.00	2.54	73.1	14.4	1,046	269	69.3	78.9	660
99	64	66	Bangor	310	4.00	2.43	61.9	17.9	775	269	60.1	84.7	603
100	7	8	University College London	509	3.95	2.84	82.9	10.0	1,832	269	84.0	96.6	859
101	103	98	Derby	286	4.01	1.96	50.6	18.8	1,038	266	54.7	80.3	500
102	67	48	University of the Arts, London	309	3.80	2.49	54.4	22.4	1,073	263	65.0	90.9	599
103	81	80	De Montfort	294	4.02	2.32	56.6	20.2	771	262	61.4	85.2	559
104	85	94	Edge Hill	305	4.05	1.50	62.3	17.2	1,093	257	56.9	83.6	547
105	87	73	Westminster	323	3.82	2.23	57.0	20.8	1,025	249	60.3	81.0	540
106	121	116	Bolton	268	3.95	1.75	42.5	20.6	537	247	49.2	68.5	343
107	90	84	Queen Margaret	327	3.89	1.37	53.6	20.5	1,006	247	73.4	80.4	531
108	89	-	Harper Adams	331	4.14	1.95	61.7	22.0	899	241	52.3	86.2	537
109	123	-	University College Birmingham	232	4.04		45.2	21.8	132	241	41.9	78.9	340
110	59	61	Bournemouth	337	3.88	2.18	62.4	21.5	1,048	240	68.4	87.3	616
111	82	90	Liverpool John Moores	319	4.00	2.15	57.0	21.6	986	240	68.0	83.5	558
112	106	-	Newman	299	4.07	1.52	51.4	18.4	942	239	56.8	78.3	488
113	79	75	Bath Spa	336	3.99	1.89	55.5	21.8	601	235	68.6	87.1	568
114	109	107	Worcester	278	3.99	1.54	59.0	23.6	677	229	60.8	85.9	480
115	120	113	West of Scotland	283	3.97	1.84	52.8	21.7	1,021	217	56.0	65.8	418
116	33	30	SOAS	418	3.83	2.60	70.1	11.8	1,589	217	80.6	87.1	744
117	119	109	London South Bank	237	3.91	2.24	61.0	23.7	900	210	53.5	76.1	427
118	68	77	Portsmouth	311	4.03	2.24	62.3	19.2	1,051	203	67.3	87.2	597
119	98	91	Edinburgh Napier	312	3.89	1.83	69.3	23.8	833	202	66.5	75.3	508
120	50	50	Goldsmiths, University of London	358	4.02	2.58	54.2	19.2	746	176	73.5	84.6	640
121	75	-	Arts University at Bournemouth	306	4.21	1.20	63.5	19.3	464	143	57.8	92.4	578
122	121	114	London Metropolitan	225	3.82	1.84	51.7	21.7	395	103	51.5	72.1	343
123	34	-	St George's University of London	416	3.74	2.28	92.1	13.9	5,448	79	59.8	94.1	740
124	116	-	Bishop Grosseteste	243	4.19	1.19	85.4	32.9	371	67	58.9	91.6	439

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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