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

Physical Sciences

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Physics
The University of Bath
£33,000
£33,000···£35,500···£46,500
2
Chemical Sciences
University of St Andrews
£32,000
£32,000···£30,000···£35,000
3
Physics
Loughborough University
£32,000
£32,000···£30,500···£36,000
4
Mathematics and Physics
The Open University
£32,000
£32,000···£30,000···£36,000
5
Physics (with International Study)
Birmingham Community Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust
£32,000
£32,000···£32,500···£43,500
6
Chemistry with Study Abroad
Birmingham Community Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust
£31,000
£31,000···£27,000···£33,000
7
Chemistry
University Academy 92 Limited
£30,000
£30,000···£24,000···£30,000
8
Astronomy Space Science and Astrophysics
The University of Kent
£30,000
£30,000···£28,000···£36,000
9
Physics
University of Sussex
£30,000
£30,000···£31,000···£42,500
10
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Loughborough University
£30,000
£30,000···£27,000···£35,500
11
Chemistry
The University of Manchester
£29,000
£29,000···£27,500···£36,500
12
Forensic Science with Criminology
Whitefield Academy Trust
£28,000
£28,000···£24,500···£30,500
13
Biological and Forensic Sciences
Coventry University
£28,000
£28,000···£22,000···£26,500
14
Astrophysics
Prifysgol Aberystwyth
£28,000
£28,000···£22,500···£29,000
15
Chemistry
The University of Kent
£28,000
£28,000···£25,000···£31,000
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