Childhood Studies with Integrated Foundation Year
12MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£27,000
SATISFACTION91%
CONTINUATION65%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS60%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 12% of the work its graduates go into (Low).
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Childhood Studies with Integrated Foundation Year
BA · University of Sunderland · 4 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
35% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £27,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £18,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £23,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 42th percentile of 656 Social Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 100%Found their work meaningful
- 100%Felt on track with their career
- 60%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
- 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
- 12 / 100Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation · 15% of graduatescards →
- 8 / 100Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
- 6 / 100Caring personal services · 15% 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).