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Top universities for psychology in the UK: the Be Wise ranking
100 UK universities and colleges ranked for psychology on official data.
Providers need at least 50 survey responses in psychology 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 psychology.
The table
| Position | University or college | Score out of 100 | Student experience | Continuation | Graduate prospects | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCL (University College London)London, England | 100.0 | 88.1% | 94.2% | 64.3% | £41,00037% above the UK average for this subject |
| 2 | University of BathBath, England | 99.6 | 86.8% | 96.3% | 73.6% | £36,20021% above the UK average for this subject |
| 3 | University of WarwickWarwick and Leamington Spa, England | 96.9 | 87.7% | 95.2% | 74.2% | £33,70012% above the UK average for this subject |
| 4 | King's College LondonLondon, England | 93.5 | 85.2% | 93.6% | 65.7% | £48,30061% above the UK average for this subject |
| 5 | University of ExeterExeter, England | 90.1 | 84.0% | 97.3% | 71.0% | £36,20021% above the UK average for this subject |
| 6 | University of BirminghamBirmingham, England | 88.6 | 87.7% | 95.7% | 64.5% | £34,40015% above the UK average for this subject |
| 7 | Loughborough UniversityLoughborough, England | 86.8 | 86.0% | 95.0% | 67.4% | £34,80016% above the UK average for this subject |
| 8 | University of SurreyGuildford, England | 85.2 | 88.9% | 87.2% | 67.6% | £34,40015% above the UK average for this subject |
| 9 | University of BristolBristol, England | 78.4 | 79.9% | 95.3% | 63.8% | £41,70039% above the UK average for this subject |
| 10 | University of SouthamptonSouthampton, England | 76.9 | 86.2% | 95.9% | 62.6% | £31,3004% above the UK average for this subject |
| 11 | University of YorkYork, England | 76.4 | 83.4% | 95.0% | 69.9% | £31,8006% above the UK average for this subject |
| 12 | University of AberdeenAberdeen, Scotland | 74.5 | 88.5% | 87.3% | 66.1% | £30,000In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 13 | University of SheffieldSheffield, England | 73.4 | 90.6% | 92.8% | 51.2% | £31,1004% above the UK average for this subject |
| 14 | City St George's, University of LondonLondon, England | 73.1 | 86.9% | 90.0% | 60.9% | £32,90010% above the UK average for this subject |
| 15 | University of ChichesterChichester, England | 73.0 | 88.8% | 90.7% | 65.8% | £26,70011% below the UK average for this subject |
| 16 | Aston UniversityBirmingham, England | 72.8 | 86.7% | 88.4% | 63.9% | £32,4008% above the UK average for this subject |
| 17 | University of ReadingReading, England | 71.8 | 85.3% | 87.8% | 65.1% | £33,70012% above the UK average for this subject |
| 18 | University of East AngliaNorwich, England | 70.9 | 85.9% | 94.3% | 58.6% | £31,8006% above the UK average for this subject |
| 19 | Cardiff UniversityCardiff, Wales | 70.6 | 84.5% | 93.0% | 60.2% | £33,70012% above the UK average for this subject |
| 20 | Durham UniversityDurham, England | 70.5 | 83.9% | 96.6% | 59.1% | £32,90010% above the UK average for this subject |
| 21 | University of EdinburghEdinburgh, Scotland | 69.4 | 80.9% | 93.9% | 66.6% | £34,40015% above the UK average for this subject |
| 22 | University of GlasgowGlasgow, Scotland | 68.3 | 84.9% | 90.5% | 61.2% | £32,90010% above the UK average for this subject |
| 23 | University of SussexBrighton, England | 68.1 | 85.9% | 94.1% | 57.4% | £31,1004% above the UK average for this subject |
| 24 | University of LeedsLeeds, England | 67.8 | 82.3% | 93.2% | 64.0% | £33,30011% above the UK average for this subject |
| 25 | University of LeicesterLeicester, England | 65.8 | 85.7% | 95.4% | 55.5% | £30,4001% above the UK average for this subject |
| 26 | University of ManchesterManchester, England | 64.6 | 83.2% | 96.3% | 56.2% | £32,6009% above the UK average for this subject |
| 27 | University of NottinghamNottingham, England | 60.8 | 81.3% | 97.3% | 52.7% | £34,80016% above the UK average for this subject |
| 28 | Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford, England | 60.0 | 86.9% | 88.0% | 49.3% | £33,70012% above the UK average for this subject |
| 29 | Ulster UniversityBelfast, Northern Ireland | 59.5 | 88.3% | 93.0% | 43.2% | Not in LEO data |
| 30 | Royal Holloway, University of LondonEgham, England | 59.2 | 83.5% | 91.5% | 51.3% | £35,10017% above the UK average for this subject |
| 31 | Southampton Solent UniversitySouthampton, England | 58.9 | 87.0% | 93.2% | 53.7% | £27,1009% below the UK average for this subject |
| 32 | Brunel University LondonLondon, England | 58.2 | 87.0% | 83.1% | 53.5% | £33,30011% above the UK average for this subject |
| 33 | University of WorcesterWorcester, England | 57.9 | 88.3% | 84.8% | 58.2% | £27,4008% below the UK average for this subject |
| 34 | Newcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, England | 55.6 | 80.6% | 94.7% | 52.6% | £34,80016% above the UK average for this subject |
| 35 | Queen Mary University of LondonLondon, England | 54.9 | 81.6% | 96.8% | 44.9% | £35,90020% above the UK average for this subject |
| 36 | Swansea UniversitySwansea, Wales | 54.6 | 85.7% | 85.7% | 57.7% | £29,3002% below the UK average for this subject |
| 37 | University of LincolnLincoln, England | 54.2 | 83.3% | 90.7% | 57.0% | £30,000In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 38 | Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham, England | 52.9 | 87.0% | 87.5% | 51.2% | £28,9004% below the UK average for this subject |
| 39 | University of HertfordshireHatfield, England | 52.8 | 91.0% | 68.1% | 55.8% | £32,6009% above the UK average for this subject |
| 40 | Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester, England | 50.8 | 86.0% | 87.6% | 53.8% | £27,8007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 41 | University of StrathclydeGlasgow, Scotland | 50.1 | 82.2% | 85.5% | 60.7% | £30,7002% above the UK average for this subject |
| 42 | Canterbury Christ Church UniversityCanterbury, England | 49.8 | 88.4% | 80.0% | 53.3% | £28,7004% below the UK average for this subject |
| 43 | Abertay UniversityDundee, Scotland | 49.6 | 89.3% | 84.4% | 46.6% | £28,2006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 43 | University of HuddersfieldHuddersfield, England | 49.6 | 88.5% | 86.5% | 49.6% | £26,40012% below the UK average for this subject |
| 45 | University of WinchesterWinchester, England | 49.5 | 87.9% | 80.2% | 50.6% | £30,7002% above the UK average for this subject |
| 46 | University of PlymouthPlymouth, England | 49.0 | 83.3% | 87.7% | 56.6% | £29,3002% below the UK average for this subject |
| 47 | University of PortsmouthPortsmouth, England | 48.3 | 83.4% | 89.3% | 51.4% | £30,7002% above the UK average for this subject |
| 48 | Anglia Ruskin UniversityCambridge, England | 47.7 | 87.1% | 81.6% | 53.4% | £28,5005% below the UK average for this subject |
| 49 | University of DundeeDundee, Scotland | 47.6 | 82.4% | 85.4% | 59.1% | £30,000In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 50 | Bournemouth UniversityBournemouth and Poole, England | 47.5 | 81.5% | 85.0% | 56.8% | £32,90010% above the UK average for this subject |
| 50 | Queen's University BelfastBelfast, Northern Ireland | 47.5 | 84.7% | 90.0% | 47.2% | Not in LEO data |
| 52 | Leeds Beckett UniversityLeeds, England | 47.1 | 83.9% | 84.3% | 58.5% | £28,5005% below the UK average for this subject |
| 53 | Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool, England | 45.7 | 86.4% | 84.9% | Not published | £26,40012% below the UK average for this subject |
| 53 | University of StirlingStirling, Scotland | 45.7 | 84.2% | 85.9% | 54.5% | £28,5005% below the UK average for this subject |
| 55 | University of EssexColchester, England | 44.5 | 85.7% | 81.0% | 51.4% | £30,4001% above the UK average for this subject |
| 56 | Bangor UniversityBangor, Wales | 43.4 | 82.0% | 92.9% | 50.3% | £28,5005% below the UK average for this subject |
| 57 | Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham, England | 43.0 | 87.2% | 88.7% | 44.3% | £26,40012% below the UK average for this subject |
| 58 | Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityCardiff, Wales | 42.3 | 81.2% | 82.2% | 64.8% | £27,8007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 59 | Kingston UniversityLondon, England | 42.2 | 85.7% | 85.0% | 47.4% | £28,9004% below the UK average for this subject |
| 60 | University of LiverpoolLiverpool, England | 41.9 | 78.0% | 91.9% | 56.3% | £31,1004% above the UK average for this subject |
| 61 | Keele UniversityKeele, England | 41.5 | 82.4% | 86.4% | 52.8% | £29,6001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 62 | University of RoehamptonLondon, England | 41.4 | 85.2% | 84.2% | 46.2% | £30,4001% above the UK average for this subject |
| 63 | Northumbria UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, England | 39.5 | 82.9% | 87.2% | Not published | £27,8007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 63 | University of South WalesPontypridd, Wales | 39.5 | 85.0% | 79.6% | 56.0% | £27,1009% below the UK average for this subject |
| 65 | University of KentCanterbury, England | 38.4 | 80.8% | 86.0% | 50.1% | £32,2007% above the UK average for this subject |
| 66 | Edge Hill UniversityOrmskirk, England | 37.6 | 82.5% | 83.5% | 55.3% | £27,8007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 67 | University of GreenwichLondon, England | 36.8 | 80.4% | 88.9% | 48.3% | £31,1004% above the UK average for this subject |
| 68 | Coventry UniversityCoventry, England | 36.6 | 87.4% | 70.0% | 52.5% | £30,000In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 69 | University of East LondonLondon, England | 36.3 | 81.4% | 82.1% | 56.9% | £28,8004% below the UK average for this subject |
| 70 | Teesside UniversityMiddlesbrough, England | 35.6 | 91.0% | 73.1% | 46.0% | £25,60015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 71 | University of BrightonBrighton, England | 35.2 | 85.0% | 84.5% | 41.9% | £29,6001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 72 | Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, Wales | 34.7 | 83.3% | 86.5% | 47.0% | £27,8007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 73 | Lancaster UniversityLancaster, England | 34.1 | 75.9% | 91.6% | 60.0% | £28,2006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 74 | University of DerbyDerby, England | 33.3 | 85.9% | 76.2% | 52.7% | £26,40012% below the UK average for this subject |
| 75 | University of LancashirePreston, England | 31.6 | 84.4% | 81.2% | 49.5% | £26,40012% below the UK average for this subject |
| 76 | Liverpool Hope UniversityLiverpool, England | 30.6 | 85.2% | 79.8% | 48.0% | £26,40012% below the UK average for this subject |
| 77 | London South Bank UniversityLondon, England | 30.5 | 83.5% | 75.5% | 52.2% | £29,3002% below the UK average for this subject |
| 78 | University of HullHull, England | 30.1 | 80.8% | 81.8% | 55.4% | £27,4008% below the UK average for this subject |
| 79 | UWE BristolBristol, England | 28.7 | 80.4% | 85.8% | 46.7% | £29,6001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 80 | University of West LondonLondon, England | 28.4 | 84.0% | 79.6% | 46.5% | £28,0006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 81 | University of ChesterChester, England | 28.0 | 81.5% | 83.7% | 50.6% | £26,70011% below the UK average for this subject |
| 82 | London Metropolitan UniversityLondon, England | 27.0 | 88.1% | 75.1% | 36.3% | £29,6001% below the UK average for this subject |
| 83 | Bath Spa UniversityBath, England | 26.1 | 78.8% | 84.1% | 51.0% | £29,3002% below the UK average for this subject |
| 84 | University of GloucestershireCheltenham, England | 24.8 | 79.9% | 82.0% | 51.8% | £27,8007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 85 | University of StaffordshireStoke-on-Trent, England | 24.7 | 85.6% | 74.8% | 51.1% | £24,00020% below the UK average for this subject |
| 85 | University of SunderlandSunderland, England | 24.7 | 87.6% | 68.3% | 50.2% | £25,60015% below the UK average for this subject |
| 87 | University of NorthamptonNorthampton, England | 24.3 | 85.1% | 81.0% | 38.4% | £27,8007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 88 | Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield, England | 24.2 | 77.7% | 86.5% | 52.1% | £27,8007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 89 | Leeds Trinity UniversityLeeds, England | 23.7 | 88.0% | 65.5% | 48.2% | £27,4008% below the UK average for this subject |
| 90 | Glasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow, Scotland | 22.2 | 81.0% | 89.0% | 41.6% | £26,00013% below the UK average for this subject |
| 91 | University of SalfordSalford, England | 21.3 | 83.1% | 86.8% | 36.8% | £26,40012% below the UK average for this subject |
| 92 | University of WolverhamptonWolverhampton, England | 20.8 | 83.8% | 82.0% | 42.5% | £24,90017% below the UK average for this subject |
| 93 | York St John UniversityYork, England | 19.8 | 81.9% | 87.0% | 37.2% | £27,1009% below the UK average for this subject |
| 94 | Middlesex UniversityLondon, England | 18.6 | 85.2% | 72.6% | 40.2% | £28,9004% below the UK average for this subject |
| 95 | University of the West of ScotlandPaisley, Scotland | 18.2 | 79.9% | 82.0% | Not published | £27,1009% below the UK average for this subject |
| 96 | Heriot-Watt UniversityEdinburgh, Scotland | 15.4 | 77.5% | 84.3% | Not published | £28,2006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 97 | University of WestminsterLondon, England | 13.8 | 78.8% | 78.2% | 44.8% | £30,000In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 98 | De Montfort UniversityLeicester, England | 8.6 | 77.7% | 74.7% | 49.9% | £28,2006% below the UK average for this subject |
| 99 | Goldsmiths, University of LondonLondon, England | 4.1 | 69.8% | 79.8% | 47.1% | £31,1004% above the UK average for this subject |
| 100 | Arden UniversityBirmingham, England | 0.0 | 80.5% | 69.5% | 45.5% | 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 (31)
These providers teach psychology 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.
Birkbeck, University of London; Birmingham Newman University; Blackburn College; Buckinghamshire New University; Burnley College; DN Colleges Group; Edinburgh Napier University; Farnborough College of Technology; LCA Education; Lincoln Bishop University; London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Northeastern University – London; Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh; Regent's University London; St Mary’s University, Twickenham; The Oldham College; Truro and Penwith College; University of Bedfordshire; University of Bradford; University of Buckingham; University of Cambridge; University of Cumbria; University of Greater Manchester; University of Oxford; University of St Andrews; University of St Mark & St John; University of Suffolk; University of Wales Trinity Saint David; University of the Arts, London; Wirral Metropolitan College; Wrexham University
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Which universities have the highest student satisfaction for psychology?
In the 2026 National Student Survey, the highest average positive scores for psychology among providers with at least 50 responses were University of Hertfordshire (91.0%), Teesside University (91.0%), University of Sheffield (90.6%), Abertay University (89.3%), University of Surrey (88.9%). This is one measure; the full table also shows graduate earnings.
How much do psychology graduates earn?
Across UK providers, the typical (median) earnings of psychology graduates five years after graduating were £30,000 in the 2023-24 tax year, according to the Department for Education's LEO data. Earnings vary a lot by university, region and job.
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