Software Engineering with Foundation Year
50MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£26,000
SATISFACTION89%
CONTINUATION75%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS85%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 50% of the work its graduates go into (High).
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Software Engineering with Foundation Year
BEng · Manchester Conservatoire of Creative and Performing Arts Limited · 4 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
25% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £26,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £21,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £26,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 21th percentile of 708 Computer Science courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 85%Found their work meaningful
- 55%Felt on track with their career
- 85%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 50% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 15% of graduatescards →
- 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 6 / 100Caring personal services · 5% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).