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34MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£38,500
SATISFACTION82%
CONTINUATION75%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS60%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 34% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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BA · Birkbeck College
CONTINUATION ALERT
25% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £38,500Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £33,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £36,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 99th percentile of 656 Social Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 65%Found their work meaningful
- 70%Felt on track with their career
- 60%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 50 / 100Business and Financial Project Management Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 20% 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).