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Economics degrees compared with official data

620 courses at 86 universities, every page shows entry standards, graduate earnings, satisfaction scores and fees.

620
Courses
86
Universities

Top Economics 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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BSc (Hons) Economic History
LSEPS · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Economics with a Placement Year
East Anglia · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Economics
University of Surrey · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Economics and Economic History
LSEPS · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Economics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 98%
BSc (Hons) Economics and Mathematics with professional placement or study abroad
University of Bath · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Geography with Economics
Loughborough University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Geography with Economics
Loughborough University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) French and Economics
University of Warwick · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93% · in work or study 92% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Swansea University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.9% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Economics and Politics
University of Exeter · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA/BSc (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics
University of Warwick · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.6% · in work or study 94% · continued 98%
BA (Hons) Economics and Sociology
University of Manchester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 82.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Economics and Mathematics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.1% · in work or study 92% · continued 98%
MA (Hons) Economics and Mathematics
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.1% · in work or study 92% · continued 98%
BA (Hons) Economics, Politics and International Relations
OBU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Economics
University of Sussex · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.7% · in work or study 89% · continued 100%
BASc (Hons) Economic Studies and Global Sustainable Development
University of Warwick · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.3% · in work or study 92% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Economics
University of Warwick · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89% · in work or study 93% · continued 97%
BSc (Hons) Economics
Aston University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.3% · in work or study 93% · continued 93%
BSc (Hons) Mathematical Economics and Statistics
University of Birmingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.4% · in work or study 86% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Economics
Loughborough University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 96%
BSc (Hons) Economics
Loughborough University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 96%
BSc (Hons) Economics with professional placement or study abroad
University of Bath · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85% · in work or study 94% · continued 99%
BSc (Hons) Economics
University of Sheffield · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.6% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) German and Economics
University of Warwick · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89% · in work or study 92% · continued 96%
BA (Hons) Italian and Economics
University of Warwick · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89% · in work or study 92% · continued 96%
BA/BSc (Hons) Economics, Politics and International Studies
University of Warwick · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89% · in work or study 92% · continued 96%
BSc (Hons) Economics
Ulster University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.7% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) International Social and Public Policy with Economics
LSEPS · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 82% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Economics and Econometrics
University of Nottingham · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 81.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Economics with a Year Abroad
East Anglia · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.6% · in work or study 91% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics
University of Reading · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.3% · in work or study 91% · continued 95%
MA (Hons) Economics and Politics
University of Aberdeen · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) Economics and Mathematics
University of Edinburgh · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 81% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Economics (Industry)
Lancaster University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations and Economics
Strathclyde · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Economics
LSEPS · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 94%
BA (Hons) Politics and Economics
University of Leicester · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Economics
University of Liverpool · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 96%
BA (Hons) Economics (Industry)
Lancaster University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.6% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Loughborough University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.6% · in work or study 94% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Loughborough University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.6% · in work or study 94% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Economics with Politics
University of Bath · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.6% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Mathematics/Economics
University of Glasgow · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 79.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
LLB (Hons) Law with Economics
GUL · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 89%
MA (Hons) Economics
University of St Andrews · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.3% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) Economics and International Relations
University of St Andrews · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.3% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%

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 Economics graduates earn

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

Starting (15 months) HESA GO
£26,500 – £35,000
After 3 years LEO
£26,775 – £37,800
After 5 years LEO
£36,125 – £51,000

National figures for Economics 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 Economics graduates typically go.

Typical roles

  • Economist
  • Data analyst
  • Financial analyst
  • Policy adviser
  • Actuarial analyst

Where they work

  • Banks & consultancies
  • Bank of England
  • Government Economic Service
  • Think tanks

Every university offering Economics

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