Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year
30MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£30,000
SATISFACTION73%
CONTINUATION68%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS70%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 30% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
Mechanical Engineering with a Foundation Year
BEng · Swansea University · 4 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
32% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £30,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £29,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £36,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 23th percentile of 1,186 Engineering and Technology courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 85%Found their work meaningful
- 70%Felt on track with their career
- 70%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
- 45 / 100Media Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 25% 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).