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

Psychology

15 months after graduation · sorted by starting salary

1
Psychology with Counselling Skills
Middlesex University
£33,000
£33,000···£34,000···£34,500
2
Criminology and Psychology with a Year in Industry
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
£27,000
£27,000···£24,000···£28,500
3
Psychology
University of Derby
£27,000
£27,000···£22,500···£27,500
4
Psychology with Foundation Year
School of Coding Limited
£25,000
£25,000···£18,500···£23,000
5
Psychology and Sociology
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
£25,000
£25,000···£21,000···£25,000
6
Psychology
The University of Manchester
£25,000
£25,000···£23,500···£29,500
7
Psychology with Sociology
Nottingham Trent University
£25,000
£25,000···£22,500···£27,500
8
Sport and Exercise Psychology
University of Winchester
£25,000
£25,000···£22,000···£26,500
9
Psychology and Counselling Studies (with Foundation Year)
Birmingham Newman University
£25,000
£25,000···£18,500···£22,500
10
Psychology with Criminology
University of the West of England, Bristol
£24,500
£24,500···£22,000···£26,500
11
Psychology
University of Aberdeen
£24,000
£24,000···£23,500···£29,000
12
Psychology
London South Bank University
£24,000
£24,000···£21,500···£27,500
13
Dance and Psychology
Liverpool Hope University
£24,000
£24,000···£18,000···£22,500
14
Psychology With Mental Health
University of Lincoln
£24,000
£24,000···£21,500···£26,500
15
Biology and Psychology
University of Stirling
£23,500
£23,500···£21,000···£26,000
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