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Sociology & Social Sciences degrees compared with official data

798 courses at 131 universities, every page shows entry standards, graduate earnings, satisfaction scores and fees.

798
Courses
131
Universities

Top Sociology & Social Sciences 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) Human Geography
Swansea University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) French and Geography
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) French and Geography
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) Sociology
University of Aberdeen · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Geography
University of Sheffield · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.3% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Sociology
University of Worcester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97% · in work or study 93% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Geography
LJMU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.4% · in work or study 95% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Sociology
University of Birmingham · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Geography
University of Winchester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 83.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Childhood with Therapeutic Play
University of Chichester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 97.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Social Anthropology & Sociology
University of Manchester · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 82.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Geography
UWE Bristol · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Geography
Ulster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.9% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Geography
LJMU · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88.6% · in work or study 95% · continued 97%
MA (Hons) Geography
University of St Andrews · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Geography
University of Sheffield · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95% · in work or study 90% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Criminal and Corporate Investigation
Northampton · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 85%
BSc (Hons) Sociology
Cardiff University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.6% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Anthropology and Sociology
Durham University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.1% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Sociology
Lancaster University · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Sociology
University of Bath · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.1% · in work or study 100% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Social Policy and Criminal Justice
Bedfordshire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.6% · in work or study 100%
BSc (Hons) Social Policy and Social Research
Bedfordshire · Top 5% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.6% · in work or study 100%
BA (Hons) Social Sciences
University of Sheffield · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Social Sciences
University of Sheffield · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 88% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Languages and Global Cultures
Lancaster University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.9% · in work or study 88% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies
Lancaster University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.9% · in work or study 88% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies (Placement Year)
Lancaster University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.9% · in work or study 88% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies (Study Abroad)
Lancaster University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 89.9% · in work or study 88% · continued 100%
BSc (Hons) Geography (Human and Physical) with Professional Experience
University of Reading · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.7% · in work or study 85% · continued 100%
MA (Hons) Geography
University of Aberdeen · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.7% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Geography
UCL · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.4% · in work or study 90% · continued 97%
BA (Hons) Sociology
UCP · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Sociology and Social Policy
University of Bath · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.6% · in work or study 93% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Geography (International Programme)
UCL · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 87.1% · in work or study 90% · continued 100%
BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs and Disability Studies
PMU · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 92.3% · in work or study 100% · continued 85%
BSc (Hons) Sociology
University of Suffolk · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 91.7% · in work or study 100% · continued 85%
MA (Hons) Geography and Hebrew
University of St Andrews · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 96.1% · in work or study 85% · continued 95%
BA (Hons) Sociology
Newcastle University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 86.7% · continued 97%
BSc (Hons) Geography
Loughborough University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.3% · in work or study 85% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Geography
Loughborough University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 95.3% · in work or study 85% · continued 95%
BSc (Hons) Professional Policing
Edge Hill University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 93.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 92%
BSc (Hons) Physical Geography
Southampton · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 85.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 95%
BSocSc (Hons) Social Anthropology
University of Manchester · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 90.1% · in work or study 95% · continued 90%
BA (Hons) Youth Work
City College Norwich · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.9% · in work or study 90% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Geography
Swansea University · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 94.7% · in work or study 90% · continued 90%
BSc (Hons) Geography
University of Bristol · Top 25% of UK courses on official measures · NSS 84.9% · in work or study 92% · continued 98%

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 Sociology & Social Sciences graduates earn

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

Starting (15 months) HESA GO
£23,000 – £30,000
After 3 years LEO
£20,400 – £28,800
After 5 years LEO
£24,650 – £34,800

National figures for Sociology & Social Sciences 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 Sociology & Social Sciences graduates typically go.

Typical roles

  • Social researcher
  • Policy officer
  • Social worker (with qualification)
  • Charity roles
  • HR roles

Where they work

  • Local authorities
  • Charities & NGOs
  • Research organisations
  • Government & universities

Every university offering Sociology & Social Sciences

Course counts link to each university’s full profile.

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