Subject Guide

Social Sciences

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Average Graduate Salary
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Real earnings 15 months after graduation (Full-time)
Total Courses1,241
Data SourceOffice for Students

LLBLaw with Criminology

University of Derby
PTFoundation
Satisfied89%
Drop-out42%
Salary (3yr)Β£27k
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MAPolitics

University of Dundee
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied84%
Drop-out15%
SalaryΒ£29k
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BScInternational Relations and History with Placement Year

Brunel University London
FT4Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)Β£29k
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MAEconomics and International Relations

University of Dundee
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied81%
Drop-out8%
SalaryΒ£29k
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BScInternational Relations and History

Brunel University London
FT3Y
Satisfied89%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)Β£29k
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BScEconomics

University of Lincoln
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied82%
Drop-out25%
SalaryΒ£27k
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BAPolitics and International Relations with International Foundation Year

The University of Reading
FT4Y
Satisfied86%
Drop-out14%
Salary (3yr)Β£28k
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BAInternational Relations and Economics with Placement Year

The University of Reading
FT4Y
Satisfied79%
Drop-out14%
Salary (3yr)Β£28k
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BAInternational Relations (2-year degree)

The University of Buckingham
FT2Y
Satisfied79%
Drop-out25%
Salary (3yr)Β£31k
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BAGlobal Development with Politics

The University of East Anglia
FT3Y
Satisfied88%
Drop-out9%
SalaryΒ£27k
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MAPolitics

University of Edinburgh
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied80%
Drop-out10%
SalaryΒ£30k
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BAInternational Relations

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied92%
Drop-out0%
SalaryΒ£26k
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BASocial Work

University of Suffolk
FT3Y
Satisfied78%
Drop-out10%
SalaryΒ£25k
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BAInternational Relations

University of Portsmouth
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied83%
Drop-out5%
SalaryΒ£30k
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BAHealth & Wellbeing and Human Biology (With Foundation Year)

Liverpool Hope University
FT4YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied98%
Drop-out25%
Salary (3yr)Β£29k
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BAEarly Childhood Studies (including Practitioner Options/Graduate Practitioner Competencies)

University of Derby
PTAbroadFoundation
Satisfied91%
Drop-out55%
SalaryΒ£26k
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BScHealth and Social Care

Swansea University
FT3Y
Satisfied95%
Drop-out20%
SalaryΒ£28k
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BScPolitics and Sociology

Aston University
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied88%
Drop-out30%
SalaryΒ£28k
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BAEarly Childhood Studies with Foundation

University of Plymouth
FT4YAbroad
Satisfied79%
Drop-out15%
Salary (3yr)Β£29k
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BAModern Languages and Politics

The University of Leeds
FT4YPlacement
Satisfied80%
Drop-out8%
Salary (3yr)Β£28k
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LLBLaw with Politics

Queen's University of Belfast
FT3Y
Satisfied80%
Drop-out5%
SalaryΒ£25k
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BABusiness Economics

University of Lincoln
FT3YPlacementAbroad
Satisfied79%
Drop-out15%
SalaryΒ£27k
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BAGlobal Politics and Language (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish)

Birkbeck College
PT
Satisfied82%
Drop-out25%
Salary (3yr)Β£31k
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BAWar, Peace and International Relations with Placement Year

The University of Reading
FT4Y
Satisfied86%
Drop-out14%
Salary (3yr)Β£28k
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Top Universities

Highest graduate salaries for Social Sciences

Subject Snapshot

Total Courses1,241
Avg Graduate SalaryN/A
Data SourceOffice for Students