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Art & Design degrees compared with official data

1,926 courses at 197 universities, every page shows entry standards, graduate earnings, satisfaction scores and fees.

1,926
Courses
197
Universities

Top Art & Design courses

Ordered by the arithmetic mean of the official measures published for each course, NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation. Official data only; no commercial league-table input. Two of the three measures are published rounded to the nearest 5 percentage points, so courses are grouped into bands against the whole board instead of scored out of 10, and courses whose measures are identical are listed alphabetically.

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BA (Hons) Graphic Design and Illustration
SECFHE · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 99.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Fine Art and Material Practice
SGSC · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.9% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) 3D Design & Animation
University of Wales Trinity Saint David · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.3% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Fashion Design
University of Wales Trinity Saint David · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.3% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
University of Wales Trinity Saint David · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.3% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Illustration
University of Wales Trinity Saint David · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.3% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Jewellery Design
University of Wales Trinity Saint David · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.3% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Multidisciplinary in Art & Design
University of Wales Trinity Saint David · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.3% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Contour Fashion
De Montfort University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.9% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Fine Art
SECFHE · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 99% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Textile Design
CMU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 98.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Contemporary Design Crafts
Hereford College of Arts · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles
LMU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.1% · continued 100%
MSci (Hons) Product Design and Innovation
Strathclyde · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Interior and Spatial Design
SECFHE · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 99.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
FD Photography (Degree)
Coleg Y Cymoedd · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.7% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Interior Design
University of Salford · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
UCA · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Popular Music
Hereford College of Arts · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Product Design
SHU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Design For Performance
RWCMDL · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 96%
BA (Hons) Fine Art with Foundation Year
University of Derby · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
HND Graphic Design
City of Bristol College · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
HND Music Production
Gloucestershire College · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
HND Performing Arts
Gloucestershire College · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
HND Photography
City of Bristol College · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Fine Art
University of Derby · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Fashion
Kingston University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BMus (Hons) Creative Music Technology
University of Surrey · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 96%
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Arts University Plymouth · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Arts University Plymouth · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Animation
UWE Bristol · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen
Northern School of Art · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Film and Media Arts Production
University Centre Weston · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.6% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Product Design
BCU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Fashion Promotion and Communication
BNU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Illustration
BCU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Textile Design
NTU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 93%
BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Design
Northern School of Art · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 82% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Animation
SHU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Animation
University of Lancashire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Animation (with Foundation Year)
University of Lancashire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Music
Bangor University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Music and Drama
Bangor University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BMus (Hons) Music
Bangor University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Acting
University of Surrey · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85% · in work or study 96% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Performing Arts
Hereford College of Arts · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BFA (Hons) Fine Art
UCL · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.4% · continued 90%

Pick your predicted grades above and each course gets a fit badge: they compare your UCAS points with that course’s admitted-student tariff, same logic as the calculator on every course page. Courses with no published tariff stay unbadged. Not a guarantee; many universities make contextual offers.

What Art & Design graduates earn

What Art & Design graduates actually earn, from real outcome data — 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.

Starting (15 months) HESA GO
£22,000 – £27,000
After 3 years LEO
£17,000 – £24,000
After 5 years LEO
£20,825 – £29,400

National figures for Art & Design graduates — HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.

Roles & employers

Where Art & Design graduates typically go.

Typical roles

  • Graphic designer
  • UX/UI designer
  • Illustrator
  • Art director
  • Product designer

Where they work

  • Design studios & agencies
  • In-house brand teams
  • Games & media companies
  • Freelance & self-employed

Every university offering Art & Design

Course counts link to each university’s full profile.

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