Operating Department Practice Studies
8MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£28,000
SATISFACTION75%
CONTINUATION70%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS100%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 8% of the work its graduates go into (Low).
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Operating Department Practice Studies
BSc · Teesside University · 3 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
30% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £28,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £36,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £40,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 35th percentile of 610 Subjects Allied to Medicine courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 95%Found their work meaningful
- 85%Felt on track with their career
- 100%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 8 / 100Other Health Professionals · 90% of graduatescards →
- 6 / 100Medical Practitioners · 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).