Subject Guide

Social Sciences

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Real earnings 15 months after graduation (Full-time)
Total Courses37,683
Data SourceOffice for Students

BAGlobal Development

University of York
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied92%
Drop-out0%
Salary£30k
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BScPsychology with Criminology

Royal School of Needlework(The)
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied82%
Drop-out15%
Salary£34k
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BScPolitics and International Relations

The London School of Economics and Political Science
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied78%
Drop-out5%
Salary£35k
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BAPolitics, Sociology and East European Studies

University College London
FT4Y
Satisfied86%
Drop-out15%
Salary£31k
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BScPolitics and International Relations

University College London
FT3Y
Satisfied80%
Drop-out4%
Salary£32k
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BAPolitics

Birkbeck College
PT
Satisfied82%
Drop-out25%
Salary£39k
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BASociology

University of Nottingham, the
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied86%
Drop-out11%
Salary£32k
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BAHistory and Politics of the Americas with a Year Abroad

University College London
FT4Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)£31k
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BAHealth & Wellbeing and Human Biology

Liverpool Hope University
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied98%
Drop-out25%
Salary£35k
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MAInternational Relations and Scottish History

University of St Andrews
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied90%
Drop-out5%
Salary (3yr)£29k
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BScGlobal Health & Social Medicine

King's College London
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied84%
Drop-out10%
Salary£33k
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BAChildhood and Early Years Studies

University of Northumbria at Newcastle
FT3Y
Satisfied92%
Drop-out25%
Salary£32k
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BASocial Work

The University of Essex
FT3Y
Satisfied83%
Drop-out15%
Salary£30k
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BAHistory and Politics of the Americas

University College London
FT3Y
Satisfied83%
Drop-out10%
Salary£31k
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BAYouth Work and Communities

Birmingham City University
FT3Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out20%
Salary (3yr)£32k
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BAInternational Development

King's College London
FT3YAbroad
Satisfied82%
Drop-out8%
Salary£33k
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BAApplied Social Science, Community Development and Youth Work

Goldsmiths' College
FT3Y
Satisfied74%
Drop-out15%
Salary£32k
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BAEconomics and Politics

The University of Sheffield
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied94%
Drop-out10%
Salary£29k
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BAPolitics

University of Durham
FT3YPlacementAbroadFoundation
Satisfied92%
Drop-out5%
Salary£31k
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BASocial Work

Nottingham Trent University
FT3Y
Satisfied90%
Drop-out25%
Salary (3yr)£29k
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BAPolitics, International Studies and Hispanic Studies

The University of Warwick
FT4YPlacement
Satisfied94%
Drop-out10%
Salary£30k
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BAPolitics and International Relations

University of Durham
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied82%
Drop-out0%
Salary£31k
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BAChildhood Practice

University of the Highlands and Islands
PT
Satisfied81%
Drop-out42%
Salary£32k
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BAMontessori Early Childhood Studies (Graduate Practitoner)

Anglia Ruskin University
PT
Satisfied86%
Drop-out35%
Salary£29k
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Highest graduate salaries for Social Sciences

Subject Snapshot

Total Courses37,683
Avg Graduate SalaryN/A
Data SourceOffice for Students