Economics with Foundation Year
43MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£34,000
SATISFACTION89%
CONTINUATION80%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS90%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 43% of the work its graduates go into (High).
Economics with Foundation Year
BSc · The University of Surrey · 4 years
The pay story
- £34,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £40,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £54,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 77th percentile of 280 Economics courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 80%Found their work meaningful
- 65%Felt on track with their career
- 90%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 45% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 25% of graduatescards →
- 5 / 100Sports and fitness occupations · 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).