Childhood and Youth Studies
17MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£31,000
SATISFACTION87%
CONTINUATION63%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS67%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 17% of the work its graduates go into (Low).
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Childhood and Youth Studies
BA · The Open University
CONTINUATION ALERT
37% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £31,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £30,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £35,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 74th percentile of 656 Social Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 93%Found their work meaningful
- 78%Felt on track with their career
- 67%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 2% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 4% of graduatescards →
- 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
- 18 / 100Other Educational Professionals · 4% 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).