Rank |
Institution |
Guardian Score/100 |
% Satisfied with Teaching |
% Satisfied with course |
Continuation |
Expenditure per student (fte) |
Student: staff ratio |
Career prospects |
Value added score/10 |
Average Entry Tariff |
% Satisfied with Assessment |
1 |
Essex |
100 |
94.8 |
88.9 |
93.3 |
5 |
15.6 |
78 |
9 |
167 |
82.2 |
2 |
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama |
92.4 |
87.5 |
80.9 |
96.4 |
10 |
10.7 |
83 |
8 |
129 |
63.1 |
3 |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
91.4 |
90.3 |
85.4 |
93.7 |
7 |
9.9 |
80 |
|
151 |
81.5 |
4 |
Manchester Met |
89.9 |
98.8 |
92.6 |
94.6 |
5 |
11.8 |
62 |
9 |
139 |
77 |
5 |
Manchester |
88.7 |
96.6 |
82.8 |
97.6 |
8 |
12.3 |
|
7 |
169 |
75.6 |
6 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
88.4 |
90.9 |
89.4 |
95.9 |
9 |
8 |
65 |
7 |
137 |
72.8 |
7 |
Birmingham |
84.9 |
90.3 |
80 |
96.9 |
8 |
12.1 |
80 |
7 |
160 |
66.7 |
8 |
Royal Holloway |
84.6 |
91.4 |
83.7 |
95.5 |
6 |
11.1 |
81 |
6 |
150 |
71.4 |
9 |
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
84.2 |
93.5 |
89.9 |
93.4 |
|
8.6 |
|
8 |
131 |
73.4 |
10 |
Central Lancashire |
83.2 |
91.3 |
86 |
92.5 |
6 |
13.1 |
73 |
6 |
126 |
81.9 |
10 |
West London |
83.2 |
94.8 |
90.7 |
|
10 |
7 |
|
1 |
124 |
85 |
12 |
Lancaster |
83 |
86.9 |
91.9 |
|
10 |
10.7 |
|
7 |
150 |
68.2 |
13 |
Glasgow |
81.8 |
90.3 |
87.8 |
95.5 |
4 |
14.4 |
|
5 |
200 |
68.4 |
14 |
Sunderland |
81.5 |
87.2 |
73.3 |
95 |
8 |
19.3 |
74 |
8 |
134 |
79.1 |
15 |
Surrey |
80.4 |
88.4 |
70.2 |
96.5 |
7 |
13.6 |
80 |
5 |
149 |
66.6 |
16 |
Trinity Saint David |
80.1 |
88.5 |
80.3 |
96.2 |
5 |
10.4 |
48 |
5 |
150 |
76.2 |
17 |
Warwick |
79.2 |
81.3 |
77.2 |
97.4 |
8 |
9.5 |
71 |
7 |
153 |
60.2 |
18 |
Queen Mary |
78.8 |
88.5 |
74.8 |
94.1 |
7 |
11.3 |
77 |
8 |
137 |
66.8 |
19 |
Exeter |
78.5 |
91.4 |
85 |
96.1 |
4 |
15.4 |
73 |
7 |
150 |
74.9 |
20 |
Worcester |
78.3 |
92.9 |
81.1 |
95.7 |
3 |
14.1 |
|
8 |
116 |
76.3 |
21 |
Leeds |
76.7 |
84.6 |
78.9 |
95.5 |
7 |
13.5 |
77 |
7 |
151 |
67.7 |
22 |
Sussex |
76.4 |
94 |
89.8 |
95.2 |
2 |
13.4 |
|
6 |
143 |
77.2 |
22 |
Staffordshire |
76.4 |
89.3 |
86.4 |
89.7 |
10 |
15.7 |
|
8 |
121 |
79.9 |
24 |
Nottingham Trent |
75.9 |
94.9 |
89.4 |
93.4 |
4 |
13.8 |
76 |
1 |
142 |
88.5 |
24 |
Edge Hill |
75.9 |
85.4 |
81 |
90.6 |
5 |
10.2 |
60 |
8 |
141 |
77.2 |
26 |
Queen Margaret |
75.1 |
90.1 |
84.2 |
98.2 |
2 |
27.9 |
49 |
10 |
183 |
72 |
27 |
Anglia Ruskin |
74.5 |
80.9 |
59.8 |
92.3 |
9 |
9.9 |
|
8 |
134 |
65.3 |
28 |
Lincoln |
74.1 |
93.1 |
82.6 |
94.5 |
4 |
10.7 |
62 |
6 |
119 |
78.2 |
29 |
Royal Central School of Speech & Drama |
73.9 |
77.3 |
60.4 |
93.7 |
8 |
9.7 |
73 |
7 |
138 |
54.7 |
30 |
Birmingham City |
73.8 |
85.3 |
78.1 |
91.5 |
|
7.4 |
69 |
4 |
126 |
71.5 |
31 |
Portsmouth |
72.1 |
96 |
95.8 |
92.8 |
4 |
15.4 |
61 |
|
107 |
88 |
32 |
St Mary's, Twickenham |
71.9 |
82.4 |
73.5 |
93.5 |
2 |
14.4 |
74 |
9 |
118 |
58.6 |
33 |
Derby |
71.6 |
87.3 |
84.3 |
91.3 |
9 |
11.4 |
|
2 |
120 |
83.7 |
34 |
Northampton |
71.5 |
91 |
85.6 |
93.5 |
|
15.1 |
71 |
3 |
111 |
77.2 |
35 |
Chichester |
71.3 |
84.3 |
76.8 |
94.5 |
4 |
14.7 |
73 |
5 |
127 |
67.6 |
36 |
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts |
71.1 |
86.8 |
78.7 |
94.7 |
2 |
16.4 |
67 |
6 |
141 |
65.3 |
37 |
York |
70.9 |
90.4 |
76.5 |
96.9 |
5 |
16.1 |
64 |
6 |
153 |
64.6 |
38 |
Kent |
70.4 |
85.3 |
77.4 |
97.2 |
5 |
13.2 |
64 |
5 |
126 |
72 |
39 |
Bristol |
70.1 |
87 |
70.8 |
95 |
4 |
13.3 |
|
6 |
169 |
66.1 |
40 |
UEA |
69.9 |
87.3 |
75.9 |
96.1 |
3 |
12.1 |
|
8 |
135 |
58.3 |
41 |
Salford |
68.2 |
82.9 |
75.6 |
92.4 |
4 |
12.9 |
60 |
7 |
130 |
71.9 |
41 |
Plymouth |
68.2 |
86.5 |
79.9 |
89.4 |
6 |
17.7 |
74 |
9 |
116 |
73.4 |
43 |
University for the Creative Arts |
67.9 |
88.1 |
80.6 |
93.3 |
6 |
15.6 |
66 |
7 |
125 |
69.6 |
44 |
Chester |
67.8 |
83.2 |
71.9 |
89.6 |
4 |
11.7 |
75 |
3 |
127 |
80 |
45 |
Trinity Laban Conservatoire |
67.7 |
84.5 |
72.5 |
88.9 |
4 |
10 |
|
5 |
136 |
62.3 |
46 |
Greenwich |
67.2 |
86 |
81.6 |
90 |
|
|
84 |
3 |
132 |
69.2 |
47 |
East London |
66.8 |
78.1 |
76.3 |
94.4 |
5 |
18 |
75 |
5 |
115 |
71.1 |
48 |
Liverpool John Moores |
66.4 |
74.7 |
67.7 |
90.3 |
3 |
13.7 |
67 |
8 |
152 |
60.7 |
49 |
Bath Spa |
66.2 |
89.1 |
83.8 |
91.8 |
6 |
17.6 |
62 |
6 |
116 |
82.7 |
50 |
South Wales |
65.6 |
79.7 |
68.3 |
93.8 |
9 |
12.9 |
69 |
3 |
120 |
73.1 |
51 |
Bucks New University |
65.5 |
91.3 |
86.4 |
90.9 |
8 |
11.5 |
56 |
2 |
120 |
88.4 |
52 |
Rose Bruford College |
65.3 |
80.5 |
70.2 |
92.6 |
3 |
19.1 |
72 |
8 |
125 |
60 |
53 |
De Montfort |
65.1 |
84.3 |
74.8 |
91.8 |
4 |
15 |
57 |
8 |
121 |
69.5 |
54 |
Middlesex |
64.3 |
79.7 |
70.5 |
88.9 |
6 |
12.2 |
74 |
4 |
120 |
71.3 |
55 |
Coventry |
63.9 |
90.5 |
85.7 |
88.7 |
7 |
|
|
5 |
106 |
79.6 |
56 |
York St John |
63.5 |
90.7 |
88 |
89.9 |
4 |
15.5 |
|
5 |
114 |
76.5 |
57 |
Gloucestershire |
63.4 |
81.2 |
75.1 |
97.5 |
5 |
22.5 |
57 |
8 |
125 |
69.5 |
58 |
London South Bank |
62.5 |
85.5 |
79.8 |
94.3 |
5 |
14.6 |
|
8 |
113 |
71.8 |
59 |
Bolton |
61.9 |
77.5 |
71 |
90.9 |
|
|
|
2 |
127 |
70.1 |
60 |
Hull |
61.1 |
88.9 |
75.5 |
89.7 |
6 |
17.4 |
70 |
7 |
117 |
62.7 |
61 |
Queen's, Belfast |
60.2 |
87.1 |
76.5 |
91.2 |
5 |
18 |
|
8 |
139 |
63.7 |
62 |
Northumbria |
59.6 |
78.9 |
64 |
88.2 |
5 |
13.4 |
66 |
4 |
148 |
69.6 |
63 |
Roehampton |
58.9 |
79.8 |
68.1 |
85.7 |
6 |
7.5 |
60 |
8 |
113 |
59.6 |
64 |
UWE Bristol |
58.8 |
79.4 |
65.5 |
90.9 |
4 |
14.4 |
57 |
9 |
125 |
59.3 |
65 |
Bedfordshire |
58.6 |
84.2 |
71.1 |
85.3 |
3 |
21.3 |
83 |
8 |
97 |
71.9 |
66 |
Brunel |
57.8 |
72.7 |
62 |
97.3 |
6 |
|
|
5 |
127 |
53.5 |
67 |
West of Scotland |
55.9 |
85.5 |
78.3 |
|
2 |
30.2 |
|
7 |
145 |
84.8 |
67 |
Aberystwyth |
55.9 |
89.5 |
89.5 |
90.4 |
5 |
18.2 |
62 |
1 |
132 |
87.3 |
69 |
Falmouth |
55.8 |
89.1 |
81.9 |
86.5 |
|
13.4 |
52 |
3 |
132 |
75.5 |
70 |
Huddersfield |
55.4 |
81.6 |
74 |
91.2 |
7 |
|
48 |
4 |
111 |
65.5 |
71 |
Liverpool Hope |
55.1 |
80.5 |
55.8 |
91.8 |
2 |
11.7 |
63 |
4 |
116 |
62.2 |
72 |
Winchester |
54.8 |
81.2 |
64.2 |
91.8 |
2 |
12 |
66 |
3 |
103 |
71 |
73 |
Arts University Bournemouth |
54 |
87.6 |
84.6 |
96 |
4 |
14.9 |
38 |
1 |
140 |
77.8 |
74 |
Wolverhampton |
53.7 |
86.8 |
75.4 |
81.6 |
8 |
13.5 |
|
2 |
116 |
80.7 |
75 |
Kingston |
52.3 |
80.2 |
62.2 |
86.8 |
6 |
18.4 |
63 |
3 |
127 |
79.4 |
76 |
Reading |
51.8 |
84.5 |
68.2 |
95.9 |
4 |
15.2 |
|
3 |
119 |
57.1 |
77 |
Plymouth College of Art |
49 |
81.9 |
71.4 |
|
2 |
12.8 |
|
1 |
118 |
72.1 |
78 |
University of the Arts London |
48.8 |
75.1 |
58.5 |
91.3 |
9 |
19.7 |
47 |
4 |
131 |
72.4 |
79 |
Goldsmiths |
48.3 |
84 |
66.1 |
83.8 |
|
14.6 |
|
7 |
129 |
52.3 |
80 |
Ulster |
47.6 |
84.3 |
80.6 |
87.4 |
4 |
25.9 |
|
4 |
117 |
78.5 |
81 |
Leeds Beckett |
36.6 |
78.1 |
57.2 |
79.8 |
3 |
18.3 |
|
7 |
97 |
65.5 |
82 |
Cumbria |
34.8 |
73.4 |
56.3 |
86.4 |
6 |
21.1 |
51 |
5 |
110 |
61.2 |
83 |
Canterbury Christ Church |
34.1 |
78.7 |
60.7 |
81.6 |
2 |
17.6 |
69 |
2 |
103 |
68.3 |