What can you do with your degree?
30 UK degree subjects across 10 areas. Each guide covers the jobs graduates start in, where they work, official graduate earnings, the universities with the highest-earning graduates and live vacancies.
Browse 148 UK universities— the same subject page is reused wherever more than one university offers that course.
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Accounts assistant · Audit associate
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Newly qualified adult nurse · Community staff nurse
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Architectural assistant (Part 1) · CAD technician
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Laboratory technician · Research assistant
Compare BiologyTrainee biomedical scientist · Laboratory technician
Compare Biomedical ScienceOperations coordinator · Project coordinator
Compare Business ManagementAnalytical chemist (graduate) · Laboratory technician
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Graduate civil engineer · Site engineer (entry)
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Junior software developer · IT support analyst
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Probation services officer · Intelligence researcher (entry)
Compare CriminologyEconomic research assistant · Data analyst
Compare EconomicsGraduate electrical engineer · Design engineer (entry)
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Editorial assistant · Content writer
Compare EnglishGIS technician · Planning assistant
Compare GeographyHeritage assistant · Museum assistant
Compare HistoryPolicy assistant · NGO programme assistant
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Paralegal · Legal assistant
Compare LawMarketing assistant · Digital marketing executive
Compare MarketingData analyst · Actuarial analyst (entry)
Compare MathematicsGraduate mechanical engineer · CAD technician
Compare Mechanical EngineeringCommunications assistant · Social media coordinator
Compare Media and CommunicationsFoundation Year 1 doctor · Foundation Year 2 doctor
Compare MedicineFoundation trainee pharmacist · Hospital pharmacy technician (related path)
Compare PharmacyGraduate physicist · Data analyst
Compare PhysicsNewly qualified physiotherapist · Rehabilitation assistant
Compare PhysiotherapyParliamentary assistant · Public affairs assistant
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Primary teacher (QTS path) · Teaching assistant
Compare Primary EducationAssistant psychologist · Psychological wellbeing practitioner
Compare PsychologyNewly qualified social worker · Family support worker
Compare Social WorkSocial research assistant · Housing officer (entry)
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Graduate earnings by subject
Median earnings one and five years after graduating, from DfE LEO data for the 2023–24 tax year. See all subjects in the full table.
| Subject | 1 year after | 5 years after | In work or study, 5 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine | £43,600 | £56,400 | 92.2% |
| Economics | £30,700 | £51,200 | 87.9% |
| Electrical Engineering | £33,700 | £44,600 | 89.4% |
| Pharmacy | £27,100 | £43,900 | 91.4% |
| Physics | £30,000 | £43,900 | 89.7% |
| Mathematics | £29,600 | £43,600 | 88.9% |
| Mechanical Engineering | £31,100 | £43,600 | 89.5% |
| Biomedical Science | £24,500 | £42,500 | 90.4% |
| Computer Science | £31,500 | £41,700 | 86.5% |
| Civil Engineering | £30,700 | £41,400 | 88.3% |
| Business Management | £32,200 | £38,100 | 85.7% |
| Chemistry | £27,100 | £38,100 | 91.7% |
| Accounting and Finance | £25,600 | £37,700 | 87.5% |
| Politics | £26,000 | £37,000 | 86% |
| Physiotherapy | £29,300 | £36,600 | 93.2% |
| Adult Nursing | £32,900 | £35,900 | 94.2% |
| Marketing | £24,900 | £34,800 | 86.8% |
| Primary Education | £27,400 | £34,400 | 91.7% |
| Biology | £23,800 | £34,000 | 89.3% |
| Law | £23,800 | £33,300 | 87.5% |
| History | £23,800 | £33,000 | 89.5% |
| Social Work | £32,200 | £32,900 | 91.4% |
| Architecture | £23,400 | £31,100 | 86.7% |
| English | £23,400 | £31,100 | 88.2% |
| Psychology | £22,700 | £29,600 | 89.5% |
| Sociology | £23,400 | £29,600 | 88.5% |
| Media and Communications | £21,600 | £27,400 | 85.5% |
| Criminology | — | — | — |
| Geography | £24,500 | — | — |
| International Relations | — | — | — |
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