Sociology League Table 2008

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Sociology focuses on human society – how it works, how it has developed and why it is structured the way it is. Our ranking includes Gender Studies and Social Theory.

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Rank	University Name	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the university. This table uses the old UCAS tariff. Read more	Research Assessment Research Assessment Maximum score: 5* Read more	Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the success of graduates on completion of their courses at the university. Maximum score: 100 Read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Maximum score: 100.0 Read more	Next Steps
1st	Cambridge	507	5	86	100.0	Profile
2nd	Warwick	400	5	66	91.2	Profile Courses
3rd	Aberdeen	435	5	60	90.9	Profile Courses
4th	Bristol	396	5	66	90.1	Profile Courses
5th	Loughborough	349	5*	62	89.9	Profile Courses
6th	Bath	345	5	72	89.8	Profile Courses

7th	London School of Economics	414	5	58	89.7	Profile Courses
8th	Leeds	370	5	62	89.1	Profile Courses
9th	Edinburgh	452	5	50	89.0	Profile Courses
10th	Essex	333	5*	60	88.8	Profile Courses
11th	Surrey	307	5*	60	87.9	Profile Courses
12th	Durham	383	4	60	87.6	Profile Courses
12th	York	382	5	54	87.6	Profile Courses
14th	Manchester	397	5*	44	87.1	Profile Courses
15th	Sussex	385	4	56	86.6	Profile Courses
16th	Kent	276	5*	56	85.8	Profile Courses

17th	Nottingham	377	4	52	85.4	Profile Courses
18th	Brunel University London	287	5	58	85.2	Profile Courses
19th	Sheffield	355	5	52	85.1	Profile Courses
19th	Southampton	326	5	52	85.1	Profile Courses
21st	Glasgow	406	4	46	84.9	Profile Courses
22nd	Leicester	328	4	60	84.8	Profile Courses
23rd	Cardiff	343	5	48	84.7	Profile Courses
24th	Keele	327	5	54	84.6	Profile Courses
24th	Newcastle	350	4	56	84.6	Profile Courses
26th	Aston	314	5	54	84.2	Profile Courses
27th	Goldsmiths College	248	5*	52	83.9	Profile Courses
28th	Exeter	374	5	44	83.8	Profile Courses
29th	Lancaster	316	5*	46	83.6	Profile Courses
30th	Portsmouth	281	3a	66	83.3	Profile Courses
31st	City, University of London	281	4	56	83.0	Profile Courses
31st	Strathclyde	400	3a	48	83.0	Profile Courses
33rd	Liverpool	302	4	56	82.9	Profile Courses
34th	Queen's, Belfast	311	5	44	82.6	Profile Courses
35th	Reading	355	3a	52	82.4	Profile
36th	Hull	348	3a	52	82.1	Profile Courses
37th	Stirling	321	5	44	81.9	Profile Courses
38th	Oxford Brookes	318	4	46	81.8	Profile Courses
39th	Birmingham	361	3a	52	81.5	Profile Courses
40th	Nottingham Trent	271	3a	56	80.4	Profile Courses
41st	Northumbria	271	3a	52	79.4	Profile Courses
42nd	Bangor	254	3a	46	78.0	Profile Courses
43rd	East London	173	4	54	77.8	Profile Courses
44th	Middlesex	189	4	56	77.5	Profile Courses
45th	Sheffield Hallam	270	n/a	64	77.1	Profile Courses
46th	Kingston	213	4	42	77.0	Profile Courses
47th	Glasgow Caledonian	313	3a	40	76.8	Profile
48th	Robert Gordon	271	n/a	60	76.1	Profile
49th	Teesside	205	3a	52	76.0	Profile Courses
49th	West of England, Bristol	261	3a	40	76.0	Profile Courses
51st	Paisley	278	3a	40	75.5	Profile
52nd	Brighton	263	3b	46	75.4	Profile Courses
52nd	Central Lancashire	249	3b	48	75.4	Profile Courses
54th	Salford	256	4	28	75.1	Profile Courses
55th	Bradford	217	4	48	74.9	Profile Courses
56th	Derby	216	2	52	74.7	Profile Courses
57th	Manchester Metropolitan	260	3a	36	73.9	Profile Courses
58th	Sunderland	203	3a	38	73.5	Profile Courses
59th	Anglia Ruskin	254	3a	n/a	73.3	Profile Courses
59th	London South Bank	188	4	34	73.3	Profile Courses
61st	Greenwich	195	3a	38	73.2	Profile Courses
62nd	East Anglia (UEA)	315	n/a	42	73.1	Profile Courses
62nd	Westminster	191	3a	38	73.1	Profile Courses
64th	Napier	283	n/a	46	73.0	Profile Courses
65th	Worcester	222	2	46	72.9	Profile Courses
66th	Plymouth	208	4	34	72.7	Profile Courses
67th	Bedfordshire	208	n/a	54	72.4	Profile Courses
68th	Liverpool Hope	206	2	48	72.2	Profile Courses
69th	Staffordshire	257	3a	34	72.0	Profile
70th	Ulster	257	3b	36	71.8	Profile Courses
71st	Leeds Metropolitan	243	n/a	46	71.6	Profile Courses
72nd	Roehampton	207	3a	34	71.5	Profile Courses
73rd	Northampton	203	3b	42	71.3	Profile Courses
74th	Southampton Solent	213	2	42	70.9	Profile Courses
75th	Bath Spa	242	n/a	42	70.6	Profile Courses
75th	Central England	230	n/a	44	70.6	Profile Courses
77th	Chester	280	n/a	36	70.4	Profile Courses
78th	Wolverhampton	214	n/a	44	70.1	Profile Courses
79th	Liverpool John Moores	240	n/a	40	70.0	Profile Courses
80th	Gloucestershire	258	n/a	36	69.6	Profile Courses
81st	Buckinghamshire Chilterns	172	n/a	46	69.1	Profile Courses
82nd	Canterbury Christ Church	222	n/a	38	68.8	Profile Courses
83rd	Huddersfield	n/a	2	38	68.6	Profile Courses
84th	Coventry	216	n/a	36	68.1	Profile Courses
84th	UWIC, Cardiff	215	n/a	36	68.1	Profile
86th	Glamorgan	235	n/a	30	67.3	Profile Courses
87th	Winchester	213	n/a	32	67.0	Profile Courses

Notes

Read University and Subject League Table Methodology to find where the data comes from, how the tables are compiled, and explanations of the measures used.

Measures

The maximum scores for the measures shown are as follows:

Entry Standards: No maximum
Research Assessment: 5*
Graduate Prospects: 100
Overall Score: 100.0

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