Health and Social Care with Foundation Year
18MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£28,000
SATISFACTION88%
CONTINUATION40%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS30%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 18% of the work its graduates go into (Low).
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Health and Social Care with Foundation Year
BA · University of Derby · 4 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
60% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £28,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £25,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £28,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 51th percentile of 656 Social Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 90%Found their work meaningful
- 85%Felt on track with their career
- 30%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
- 12 / 100Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation · 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).