Professional Chef
4MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£25,000
SATISFACTION73%
CONTINUATION75%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS0%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 4% of the work its graduates go into (Low).
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Professional Chef
FDA · University College Birmingham · 2 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
25% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £25,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £20,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £23,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 56th percentile of 115 Agriculture 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
- 0%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 5 / 100Elementary occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 4 / 100Skilled trades occupations · 75% 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).