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Music & Performing Arts degrees compared with official data

616 courses at 151 universities, every page shows entry standards, graduate earnings, satisfaction scores and fees.

616
Courses
151
Universities

Top Music & Performing Arts 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) Musical Theatre
SGSC · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 99.3% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Acting
RWCMDL · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 99.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 96%
BA (Hons) Acting and Contemporary Theatre
University of Essex · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Commerical Dance for Stage and Screen
SGSC · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.9% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Acting
University of Lancashire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 98.4% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Theatre and Performance Studies
University of Warwick · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.6% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre
Arts Educational Schools · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.4% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Dance Performance
University of Chichester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Dance
University of Lincoln · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.6% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre
SSU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre
West London · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Performance (Actor Musicianship)
MATA · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Acting
RADA · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre
York St John University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.7% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Acting
Leeds Conservatoire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Music
University of Bristol · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.6% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
HND Music
Bishop Auckland College · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Creative Music Technology
University of Wales Trinity Saint David · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.7% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Stage & Screen Acting (Advanced Entry)
ENU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Drama, Theatre and Directing
University of Chichester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96% · in work or study 83% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre
University of Lincoln · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BA Acting
RCS · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.1% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Acting
University of Essex · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Music (Songwriting and Production)
LIPA · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 78.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Performance (Acting)
MATA · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 78% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Theatre Arts with Foundation Year
University of Derby · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Acting
Nottingham College · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Drama, Theatre and Performing Arts
University of Kent · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 88%
BA (Hons) Acting And Performance
SSU · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.9% · in work or study 86% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre (Cabaret)
University of Chichester · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.9% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Performance (Musical Theatre)
MATA · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BMus (Hons) Music
RHUL · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 81.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Acting
University of Chichester · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Dance (Contemporary)
NSCD · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 89%
BA (Hons) Theatre and Performance Practice
University of Salford · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Drama
QMUE · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89% · in work or study 95% · continued 91%
BA (Hons) Popular Music: Production and Performance
University of Winchester · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85% · in work or study 100% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Music
University of York · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Acting
UCA · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 88%
BA (Hons) Acting with Integrated Foundation Year
UCA · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 88%
BA (Hons) Acting with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year
UCA · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 88%
BA (Hons) Acting with Professional Practice Year
UCA · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 88%
BA (Hons) Music Specialised
Bath Spa University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Acting and Community Engagement
University of Essex · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 94%
BA (Hons) Acting and Fight Performance
University of Essex · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 94%
BA (Hons) Acting and Physical Theatre
University of Essex · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 94%
BA (Hons) Creative Music Technology Specialised
Bath Spa University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.9% · in work or study 94% · continued 94%
BA (Hons) World Performance
University of Essex · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 94%

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 Music & Performing Arts graduates earn

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

Starting (15 months) HESA GO
£20,000 – £28,000
After 3 years LEO
£15,725 – £22,200
After 5 years LEO
£19,975 – £28,200

National figures for Music & Performing Arts 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 Music & Performing Arts graduates typically go.

Typical roles

  • Performer
  • Music teacher
  • Sound engineer
  • Composer / producer
  • Arts administrator

Where they work

  • Orchestras & ensembles
  • Schools & conservatoires
  • Studios & venues
  • Media & freelance

Every university offering Music & Performing Arts

Course counts link to each university’s full profile.

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