History
40MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£46,500
SATISFACTION79%
CONTINUATION100%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS65%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 40% of the work its graduates go into (High).
History
BA · Birkbeck College
The pay story
- £46,500Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £26,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £31,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 100th percentile of 834 History and Philosophy courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 85%Found their work meaningful
- 65%Felt on track with their career
- 65%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 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).