Revealed: The Best Universities for Graduate Employment

University can be about a lot more than just getting a job, but choosing the right university and course can go a long way toward helping your employment prospects when you graduate.

We’ve looked at university in the UK, to determine which have the best graduate salaries, as well as which ones see the most graduates in full time work (three and a half years after completing their studies).

We also combine the two to give an overall ranking, and you may be surprised at where came out on top!

Overall (Combining Average Grad Salary & Employment Rate)

Top Five

University	Average Graduate Salary	Graduate Employment Rate
City, University of London	£61,000	79.9%
University of Warwick	£57,000	80.3%
London School of Economics	£63,000	79.4%
Loughborough University	£50,000	85.3%
Durham University	£55,000	78.3%

Bottom Five

University	Average Graduate Salary	Graduate Employment Rate
Glasgow School of Art	£32,000	67%
University of Chester	£28,000	71%
Goldsmiths University	£35,000	67.1%
University of East London	£36,000	66%
University of the Arts London	£33,000	70.8%

Graduate Salary

Top Five

University	Average Graduate Salary
University of Cambridge	£72,000
University of Oxford	£70,000
London School of Economics	£63,000
City, University of London	£61,000
Imperial College London	£61,000

Bottom Five

University	Average Graduate Salary
University of Chichester	£25,000
University for the Creative Arts	£26,000
Arts University Bournemouth	£27,000
Queen Margaret University	£27,000
University of Cumbria	£27,000

Graduate Employment Rate

Top Five

University	Graduate Employment Rate
Royal Agricultural University	89.7%
Loughborough University	85.3%
Harper Adams University	84.7%
Southampton Solent University	82.6%
Bournemouth University	82.5%

Bottom Five

University	Graduate Employment Rate
Open University	57.4%
SOAS, University of London	61.%
Birkbeck, University of London	62%
Royal College of Art	65%
University of East London	66%