Physics
35MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£32,000
SATISFACTION76%
CONTINUATION90%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS65%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 35% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Physics
BSc · University of York · 3 years
The pay story
- £32,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £30,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £37,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 82th percentile of 611 Physical Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 70%Found their work meaningful
- 70%Felt on track with their career
- 65%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 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).