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Top universities for allied health in the UK: the Be Wise ranking
61 UK universities and colleges ranked for allied health on official data.
Providers need at least 50 survey responses in allied health 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 allied health.
The table
| Position | University or college | Score out of 100 | Student experience | Continuation | Graduate prospects | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of WinchesterWinchester, England | 100.0 | 93.9% | 92.7% | 87.0% | Not published |
| 2 | University of SurreyGuildford, England | 89.5 | 88.4% | 92.0% | 90.6% | £38,40010% above the UK average for this subject |
| 3 | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, England | 89.2 | 93.3% | 92.5% | 83.9% | £35,9003% above the UK average for this subject |
| 4 | University of HertfordshireHatfield, England | 88.0 | 90.2% | 90.7% | 84.0% | £40,10015% above the UK average for this subject |
| 5 | Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityCardiff, Wales | 83.5 | 91.2% | 92.9% | 84.8% | £34,0003% below the UK average for this subject |
| 6 | University of LiverpoolLiverpool, England | 83.3 | 93.1% | 91.2% | 80.8% | £35,5002% above the UK average for this subject |
| 7 | University of East AngliaNorwich, England | 81.9 | 85.1% | 93.5% | 88.1% | £37,3007% above the UK average for this subject |
| 8 | Cardiff UniversityCardiff, Wales | 79.7 | 82.4% | 94.3% | 88.9% | £37,7008% above the UK average for this subject |
| 9 | King's College LondonLondon, England | 79.1 | 81.2% | 93.5% | 84.0% | £41,70020% above the UK average for this subject |
| 10 | University of LeicesterLeicester, England | 78.3 | 94.4% | 83.0% | 84.1% | Not published |
| 11 | Brunel University LondonLondon, England | 78.0 | 89.4% | 88.2% | 81.4% | £38,80011% above the UK average for this subject |
| 12 | University of the West of ScotlandPaisley, Scotland | 77.8 | 92.9% | 90.0% | 86.0% | £31,10011% below the UK average for this subject |
| 13 | University of NottinghamNottingham, England | 75.7 | 82.0% | 98.0% | 80.0% | £36,6005% above the UK average for this subject |
| 14 | City St George's, University of LondonLondon, England | 74.8 | 85.3% | 86.7% | 88.3% | £39,30013% above the UK average for this subject |
| 15 | Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool, England | 74.5 | 89.8% | 91.9% | 82.0% | £32,6006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 16 | UWE BristolBristol, England | 74.3 | 86.0% | 93.2% | 83.2% | £34,6001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 17 | University of PlymouthPlymouth, England | 74.2 | 85.1% | 90.8% | 89.3% | £34,800In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 18 | Glasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow, Scotland | 71.9 | 86.3% | 89.8% | 83.7% | £35,9003% above the UK average for this subject |
| 19 | Robert Gordon UniversityAberdeen, Scotland | 71.7 | 85.7% | 93.6% | 75.9% | £36,6005% above the UK average for this subject |
| 20 | Northumbria UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, England | 68.0 | 87.9% | 90.8% | 73.6% | £35,9003% above the UK average for this subject |
| 21 | Ulster UniversityBelfast, Northern Ireland | 67.4 | 85.7% | 91.4% | 76.1% | Not in LEO data |
| 22 | University of GloucestershireCheltenham, England | 67.1 | 87.9% | 82.5% | 88.4% | Not published |
| 22 | University of SheffieldSheffield, England | 67.1 | 89.8% | 90.9% | 67.7% | £36,2004% above the UK average for this subject |
| 24 | Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester, England | 66.9 | 85.6% | 90.7% | 79.7% | £34,800In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 24 | University of BrightonBrighton, England | 66.9 | 85.4% | 88.9% | 75.4% | £38,80011% above the UK average for this subject |
| 26 | Leeds Beckett UniversityLeeds, England | 66.5 | 90.6% | 87.4% | 74.3% | £35,1001% above the UK average for this subject |
| 27 | Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford, England | 65.2 | 80.8% | 92.7% | 78.9% | £37,3007% above the UK average for this subject |
| 28 | University of WorcesterWorcester, England | 62.5 | 90.0% | 88.7% | 88.0% | £25,60027% below the UK average for this subject |
| 29 | University of HullHull, England | 61.3 | 88.9% | 81.9% | 81.9% | Not published |
| 30 | University of ManchesterManchester, England | 60.8 | 83.9% | 86.4% | 88.6% | £32,8006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 31 | Swansea UniversitySwansea, Wales | 60.6 | 87.4% | 89.4% | 75.5% | £32,6006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 32 | University of WolverhamptonWolverhampton, England | 60.0 | 89.5% | 92.7% | 74.5% | £27,40021% below the UK average for this subject |
| 33 | Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield, England | 55.3 | 82.7% | 90.7% | 74.4% | £33,7003% below the UK average for this subject |
| 34 | University of StaffordshireStoke-on-Trent, England | 54.5 | 89.7% | 87.6% | 71.5% | £30,30013% below the UK average for this subject |
| 35 | York St John UniversityYork, England | 53.2 | 89.6% | 82.9% | 69.6% | £35,000In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 36 | Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham, England | 52.3 | 78.3% | 89.0% | 83.2% | £33,9003% below the UK average for this subject |
| 36 | University of GreenwichLondon, England | 52.3 | 81.8% | 84.5% | 66.0% | £42,80023% above the UK average for this subject |
| 38 | London South Bank UniversityLondon, England | 49.8 | 81.7% | 81.9% | 72.9% | £40,60017% above the UK average for this subject |
| 39 | Canterbury Christ Church UniversityCanterbury, England | 49.5 | 79.2% | 88.6% | 83.7% | £31,50010% below the UK average for this subject |
| 40 | University of NorthamptonNorthampton, England | 49.2 | 83.6% | 80.6% | 83.4% | £34,4001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 41 | University of HuddersfieldHuddersfield, England | 45.7 | 82.9% | 85.1% | 74.3% | £33,3005% below the UK average for this subject |
| 42 | University of SalfordSalford, England | 44.2 | 85.9% | 86.9% | 69.8% | £29,80015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 43 | University of EssexColchester, England | 44.1 | 81.8% | 84.5% | 65.3% | £38,40010% above the UK average for this subject |
| 44 | Bournemouth UniversityBournemouth and Poole, England | 43.7 | 86.5% | 82.1% | 71.5% | £32,6006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 45 | Anglia Ruskin UniversityCambridge, England | 42.8 | 73.9% | 85.4% | 78.2% | £38,80011% above the UK average for this subject |
| 45 | London Metropolitan UniversityLondon, England | 42.8 | 83.3% | 89.4% | 61.6% | £33,3005% below the UK average for this subject |
| 47 | Teesside UniversityMiddlesbrough, England | 40.1 | 80.7% | 73.8% | 86.7% | £37,0006% above the UK average for this subject |
| 48 | University of Greater ManchesterBolton, England | 38.3 | 67.8% | 82.3% | 77.6% | £45,80031% above the UK average for this subject |
| 49 | University of DerbyDerby, England | 38.1 | 84.9% | 83.4% | 71.9% | £29,60015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 50 | Queen Margaret University, EdinburghEdinburgh, Scotland | 36.3 | 72.9% | 90.2% | 72.4% | £34,4001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 51 | University of BradfordBradford, England | 35.5 | 84.6% | 79.1% | 77.0% | £30,00014% below the UK average for this subject |
| 52 | University of CumbriaCarlisle, England | 35.4 | 72.8% | 84.1% | 78.1% | £37,0006% above the UK average for this subject |
| 52 | University of SunderlandSunderland, England | 35.4 | 75.6% | 88.2% | 91.1% | £23,90031% below the UK average for this subject |
| 54 | University of LancashirePreston, England | 31.8 | 72.9% | 87.1% | 73.9% | £34,0003% below the UK average for this subject |
| 55 | Coventry UniversityCoventry, England | 30.0 | 74.7% | 80.2% | 78.3% | £35,5002% above the UK average for this subject |
| 56 | Edge Hill UniversityOrmskirk, England | 29.8 | 80.0% | 85.7% | 68.6% | £29,30016% below the UK average for this subject |
| 57 | St Mary’s University, TwickenhamLondon, England | 27.6 | 87.1% | 80.8% | 54.8% | £32,0008% below the UK average for this subject |
| 58 | Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham, England | 26.0 | 74.9% | 84.8% | 72.7% | Not published |
| 59 | Buckinghamshire New UniversityHigh Wycombe, England | 17.8 | 84.9% | 78.0% | 56.6% | Not published |
| 60 | University of East LondonLondon, England | 10.7 | 81.3% | 67.1% | 63.4% | £33,3005% below the UK average for this subject |
| 61 | University College BirminghamBirmingham, England | 0.0 | 76.9% | 83.8% | 26.7% | Not published |
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 (65)
These providers teach allied health 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.
Aberystwyth University; Arden University; Aston University; Bangor University; Bath Spa University; Birmingham Newman University; Bishop Auckland College; Bradford College; Burnley College; Colchester Institute; Croydon College; DN Colleges Group; De Montfort University; Durham University; Imperial College London; Keele University; Kingston University; LCA Education; Lancaster University; Lincoln Bishop University; Lincoln College; Liverpool Hope University; Loughborough College; Middlesex University; NCG; New College Durham; Newcastle University; Northern College of Acupuncture; Performance Preperation Academy; South Essex College of Further and Higher Education; Southampton Solent University; TEC Partnership; The College of Integrated Chinese Medicine; The Metanoia Institute; The Oldham College; The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute; UCL (University College London); University of Aberdeen; University of Bedfordshire; University of Birmingham; University of Bristol; University of Cambridge; University of Chester; University of Chichester; University of Dundee; University of Edinburgh; University of Exeter; University of Glasgow; University of Leeds; University of Lincoln; University of Portsmouth; University of Reading; University of Roehampton; University of South Wales; University of St Mark & St John; University of Stirling; University of Strathclyde; University of Suffolk; University of Wales Trinity Saint David; University of Warwick; University of West London; University of Westminster; University of the Highlands and Islands; Weston College of Further and Higher Education; Wrexham University
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Which universities have the highest student satisfaction for allied health?
In the 2026 National Student Survey, the highest average positive scores for allied health among providers with at least 50 responses were University of Leicester (94.4%), University of Winchester (93.9%), University of Southampton (93.3%), University of Liverpool (93.1%), University of the West of Scotland (92.9%). This is one measure; the full table also shows graduate earnings.
How much do allied health graduates earn?
Across UK providers, the typical (median) earnings of allied health graduates five years after graduating were £34,900 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 allied health 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.