Psychology

SUBJECT LEAGUE TABLE 2025
A Psychology degree involves studying the inner workings of the human mind. Our Psychology rankings show the best universities for Psychology in the UK and include courses like Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology, and courses that offer combinations like Psychology with Sport & Exercise Science or Business. Our Psychology league table allows you to filter the top universities for psychology in the UK by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. You can use these filters to compare courses that suit you and decide which you'd like to apply for.
A Psychology degree involves studying the inner workings of the human mind. Our Psychology rankings show the best universities for Psychology in the UK and include courses like Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology, and courses that offer combinations like Psychology with Sport & Exercise Science or Business. Our Psychology league table allows you to filter the top universities for psychology in the UK by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. You can use these filters to compare courses that suit you and decide which you'd like to apply for.
A Psychology degree involves studying the inner workings of the human mind. Our Psychology rankings show the best universities for Psychology in the UK and include courses like Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology, and courses that offer combinations like Psychology with Sport & Exercise Science or Business. Our Psychology league table allows you to filter the top universities for psychology in the UK by region, entry standards, student satisfaction, graduate prospects, and more. You can use these filters to compare courses that suit you and decide which you'd like to apply for.
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Overall score/ Max 100
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Entry standards/ Max 213
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Student satisfaction/ Max 4
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Research quality/ Max 4
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Contin - uation/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – outcomes/ Max 100
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Graduate prospects – on track/ Max 100
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4 213 526 327 730 433 337 348 260 1164 966 868 790 596 4114 1118
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97.0 97%92.4 92%90.1 90%90.0 90%89.7 90%88.8 89%87.9 88%86.3 86%84.8 85%84.5 85%84.4 84%84.1 84%82.0 82%81.2 81%77.0 77%70.5 71%
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206 97%141 66%151 71%152 71%139 65%136 64%137 64%129 61%122 57%126 59%117 55%111 52%106 50%131 62%122 57%103 49%
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3.18 80%3.26 81%3.01 75%2.93 73%3.03 76%2.86 71%2.99 75%3.18 80%3.30 83%3.01 75%2.80 70%3.03 76%3.25 81%3.08 77%3.15 79%3.40 85%
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3.62 91%3.35 84%3.47 87%3.37 84%3.32 83%3.17 79%3.38 85%2.96 74%2.08 52%2.28 57%2.83 71%2.93 73%2.63 66%n/an/an/a
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98 98%97 97%95.9 96%98 98%97 97%97.3 97%96.9 97%93.4 93%91.3 91%92.3 92%94.9 95%95.5 96%91.8 92%84.1 84%88.2 88%81.6 82%
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n/a81.0 81%70.0 70%66.0 66%69.0 69%75.0 75%63.0 63%64.0 64%77.0 77%69.0 69%63.0 63%58.0 58%57.0 57%81.0 81%45.0 45%37.0 37%
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n/a82.0 82%74.0 74%77.0 77%80.0 80%74.0 74%71.0 71%74.0 74%69.0 69%76.0 76%81.0 81%75.0 75%69.0 69%82.0 82%75.0 75%41.0 41%
This table was updated on 24 May 2024.
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All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table view. Maximum scores for the measures:
Overall score: maximum score of 1000
Entry standards: no maximum score
Student satisfaction: maximum score of 4
Research quality: maximum score of 4
Continuation: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – outcomes: maximum score of 100
Graduate prospects – on track: maximum score of 100
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