Popular Music Performance (GIFHE)
29MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£23,000
SATISFACTION86%
CONTINUATION55%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS55%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 29% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Popular Music Performance (GIFHE)
BA · Tec Partnership · 3 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
45% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £23,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £16,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £18,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 24th percentile of 1,089 Creative Arts and Design courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 80%Found their work meaningful
- 60%Felt on track with their career
- 55%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 20% of graduatescards →
- 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
- 15 / 100Welfare Professionals · 10% 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).