Natural Sciences
36MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£29,500
SATISFACTION88%
CONTINUATION55%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS75%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 36% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Natural Sciences
BSc · The Open University
CONTINUATION ALERT
45% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £29,500Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £26,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £32,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 42th percentile of 611 Physical Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 82%Found their work meaningful
- 69%Felt on track with their career
- 75%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 6% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 12% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 11% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 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).