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Top universities for agriculture, food and related studies in the UK: the Be Wise ranking
11 UK universities and colleges ranked for agriculture, food and related studies on official data.
Providers need at least 50 survey responses in agriculture, food and related studies to appear in the table. Student experience is the average share of final-year students giving positive answers across the seven National Student Survey themes. Earnings are medians five years after graduating, compared with the UK average for agriculture, food and related studies.
The table
| Position | University or college | Score out of 100 | Student experience | Continuation | Graduate prospects | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, England | 100.0 | 81.6% | 95.9% | 58.7% | £41,70042% above the UK average for this subject |
| 2 | University College BirminghamBirmingham, England | 89.1 | 94.2% | 87.9% | 51.3% | £30,0002% above the UK average for this subject |
| 3 | Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, Wales | 85.4 | 88.6% | 87.2% | 66.8% | £29,300In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 4 | Harper Adams UniversityNewport, Shropshire, England | 77.7 | 80.8% | 88.0% | 72.0% | £34,00016% above the UK average for this subject |
| 5 | University of ReadingReading, England | 73.8 | 89.8% | 81.3% | 56.5% | £34,60018% above the UK average for this subject |
| 6 | The Royal Agricultural UniversityEngland | 62.6 | 83.1% | 84.0% | 60.9% | £33,70015% above the UK average for this subject |
| 7 | Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham, England | 39.9 | 86.1% | 88.0% | 36.5% | £25,60013% below the UK average for this subject |
| 8 | Hartpury UniversityGloucester, England | 32.4 | 85.1% | 82.1% | 39.8% | Not published |
| 9 | SRUCCollegeScotland | 21.5 | 76.6% | 82.6% | 50.0% | £30,7005% above the UK average for this subject |
| 10 | Anglia Ruskin UniversityCambridge, England | 17.5 | 84.3% | 75.3% | 46.4% | Not published |
| 11 | University of ChesterChester, England | 0.0 | 79.8% | 82.0% | 35.7% | £23,10021% below the UK average for this subject |
Sources: National Student Survey 2026, Office for Students (Open Government Licence v3.0), first degree, full-time, by teaching provider; LEO graduate outcomes, tax year 2023-24, Department for Education (Open Government Licence v3.0), median earnings five years after graduating; Discover Uni dataset, 8 September 2026 edition, HESA (CC BY 4.0), continuation and graduate prospects. All sources and licences.
Not enough data (32)
These providers teach agriculture, food and related studies but have fewer than 50 survey responses in the subject or too few published measures to include fairly. This says nothing about their quality. Discover Uni has their course-level data.
Abertay University; Askham Bryan College; Bangor University; Bishop Burton College; Canterbury Christ Church University; Cardiff Metropolitan University; Glasgow Caledonian University; London South Bank University; Manchester Metropolitan University; Myerscough College; Oxford Brookes University; Plumpton College; Queen's University Belfast; Reaseheath College; Sheffield Hallam University; Sparsholt College; Teesside University; The Royal Veterinary College; Ulster University; University of Cumbria; University of Greenwich; University of Kent; University of Lancashire; University of Leeds; University of Lincoln; University of Liverpool; University of Nottingham; University of Plymouth; University of Surrey; University of West London; Warwickshire College; Wrexham University
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Quick answers
Which universities have the highest student satisfaction for agriculture, food and related studies?
In the 2026 National Student Survey, the highest average positive scores for agriculture, food and related studies among providers with at least 50 responses were University College Birmingham (94.2%), University of Reading (89.8%), Aberystwyth University (88.6%), Nottingham Trent University (86.1%), Hartpury University (85.1%). This is one measure; the full table also shows graduate earnings.
How much do agriculture, food and related studies graduates earn?
Across UK providers, the typical (median) earnings of agriculture, food and related studies graduates five years after graduating were £29,300 in the 2023-24 tax year, according to the Department for Education's LEO data. Earnings vary a lot by university, region and job.
How is this agriculture, food and related studies table put together?
It uses only official data: the National Student Survey 2026, Discover Uni and LEO earnings. We do not copy commercial league tables. Universities with too little data are listed as not enough data rather than guessed.