Oceanography
32MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£29,500
SATISFACTION89%
CONTINUATION89%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS70%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 32% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Oceanography
MSci · University of Southampton · 4 years
The pay story
- £29,500Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £27,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £34,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 84th percentile of 378 Geography and Earth Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 75%Found their work meaningful
- 65%Felt on track with their career
- 70%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 35% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →
- 28 / 100Engineering 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).