Arts and Humanities
31MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£31,000
SATISFACTION89%
CONTINUATION63%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS56%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 31% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
Skip to main content
Arts and Humanities
BA · The Open University
CONTINUATION ALERT
37% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £31,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £21,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £24,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 80th percentile of 22 General Studies courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 73%Found their work meaningful
- 57%Felt on track with their career
- 56%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 16% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 7% of graduatescards →
- 45 / 100Media Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 6% 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).