University Subject Tables 2008

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Sociology

CUG Rank		University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Research Assessment	Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Click here to read more
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	Cambridge	507	5	86.0	100.0
2	-	Warwick	400	5	66.0	91.2
3	-	Aberdeen	435	5	60.0	90.9
4	-	Bristol	396	5	66.0	90.1
5	-	Loughborough	349	5*	62.0	89.9
6	-	Bath	345	5	72.0	89.8
7	-	London School of Economics	414	5	58.0	89.7
8	-	Leeds	370	5	62.0	89.1
9	-	Edinburgh	452	5	50.0	89.0
10	-	Essex	333	5*	60.0	88.8
11	-	Surrey	307	5*	60.0	87.9
12	-	Durham	383	4	60.0	87.6
12	-	York	382	5	54.0	87.6
14	-	Manchester	397	5*	44.0	87.1
15	-	Sussex	385	4	56.0	86.6
16	-	Kent	276	5*	56.0	85.8
17	-	Nottingham	377	4	52.0	85.4
18	-	Brunel	287	5	58.0	85.2
19	-	Sheffield	355	5	52.0	85.1
19	-	Southampton	326	5	52.0	85.1
21	-	Glasgow	406	4	46.0	84.9
22	-	Leicester	328	4	60.0	84.8
23	-	Cardiff	343	5	48.0	84.7
24	-	Keele	327	5	54.0	84.6
24	-	Newcastle	350	4	56.0	84.6
26	-	Aston	314	5	54.0	84.2
27	-	Goldsmiths College	248	5*	52.0	83.9
28	-	Exeter	374	5	44.0	83.8
29	-	Lancaster	316	5*	46.0	83.6
30	-	Portsmouth	281	3a	66.0	83.3
31	-	City	281	4	56.0	83.0
31	-	Strathclyde	400	3a	48.0	83.0
33	-	Liverpool	302	4	56.0	82.9
34	-	Queen's, Belfast	311	5	44.0	82.6
35	-	Reading	355	3a	52.0	82.4
36	-	Hull	348	3a	52.0	82.1
37	-	Stirling	321	5	44.0	81.9
38	-	Oxford Brookes	318	4	46.0	81.8
39	-	Birmingham	361	3a	52.0	81.5
40	-	Nottingham Trent	271	3a	56.0	80.4
41	-	Northumbria	271	3a	52.0	79.4
42	-	Bangor	254	3a	46.0	78.0
43	-	East London	173	4	54.0	77.8
44	-	Middlesex	189	4	56.0	77.5
45	-	Sheffield Hallam	270		64.0	77.1
46	-	Kingston	213	4	42.0	77.0
47	-	Glasgow Caledonian	313	3a	40.0	76.8
48	-	Robert Gordon	271		60.0	76.1
49	-	Teesside	205	3a	52.0	76.0
49	-	West of England, Bristol	261	3a	40.0	76.0
51	-	Paisley	278	3a	40.0	75.5
52	-	Brighton	263	3b	46.0	75.4
52	-	Central Lancashire	249	3b	48.0	75.4
54	-	Salford	256	4	28.0	75.1
55	-	Bradford	217	4	48.0	74.9
56	-	Derby	216	2	52.0	74.7
57	-	Manchester Metropolitan	260	3a	36.0	73.9
58	-	Sunderland	203	3a	38.0	73.5
59	-	Anglia Ruskin	254	3a		73.3
59	-	London South Bank	188	4	34.0	73.3
61	-	Greenwich	195	3a	38.0	73.2
62	-	East Anglia	315		42.0	73.1
62	-	Westminster	191	3a	38.0	73.1
64	-	Napier	283		46.0	73.0
65	-	Worcester	222	2	46.0	72.9
66	-	Plymouth	208	4	34.0	72.7
67	-	Bedfordshire	208		54.0	72.4
68	-	Liverpool Hope	206	2	48.0	72.2
69	-	Staffordshire	257	3a	34.0	72.0
70	-	Ulster	257	3b	36.0	71.8
71	-	Leeds Metropolitan	243		46.0	71.6
72	-	Roehampton	207	3a	34.0	71.5
73	-	Northampton	203	3b	42.0	71.3
74	-	Southampton Solent	213	2	42.0	70.9
75	-	Bath Spa	242		42.0	70.6
75	-	Central England	230		44.0	70.6
77	-	Chester	280		36.0	70.4
78	-	Wolverhampton	214		44.0	70.1
79	-	Liverpool John Moores	240		40.0	70.0
80	-	Gloucestershire	258		36.0	69.6
81	-	Buckinghamshire Chilterns	172		46.0	69.1
82	-	Canterbury Christ Church	222		38.0	68.8
83	-	Huddersfield		2	38.0	68.6
84	-	Coventry	216		36.0	68.1
84	-	UWIC, Cardiff	215		36.0	68.1
86	-	Glamorgan	235		30.0	67.3
87	-	Winchester	213		32.0	67.0

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