20 15 | 2014 | Institution | Guardian score/100 | Satisfied with course | Satisfied with teaching | Satisfied with feedback | Student to staff ratio | Spend per student/10 | Average entry tariff | Value added score/10 | Career after 6 months |
| 1 | 1 | Cambridge | 100 | 90.2 | 91.1 | 72.4 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 615.8 | 6 | 85.8 |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 94.4 | 90.6 | 92.5 | 71.4 | 11 | 9.9 | 580.1 | 7.3 | 78.7 |
| 3 | 4 | St Andrews | 92.4 | 92 | 94.1 | 75.7 | 11.8 | 7.5 | 523.3 | 7.7 | 79.6 |
| 4 | 7 | Bath | 83.4 | 93.7 | 92.5 | 74.4 | 16.6 | 5.9 | 489.4 | 6.3 | 83.4 |
| 5 | 9 | Imperial College | 82.9 | 87.3 | 88.2 | 69.2 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 576.3 | 6.4 | 87.8 |
| 6 | 8 | Surrey | 82.5 | 90.9 | 91.4 | 74.1 | 15.4 | 7.5 | 422.3 | 6.7 | 73.3 |
| 7 | 3 | London School of Economics | 82 | 88.3 | 85.1 | 71.4 | 11.8 | 7.3 | 537.8 | 5 | 76.3 |
| 8 | 6 | Durham | 81.7 | 90 | 89.8 | 71.8 | 15.6 | 5.7 | 526.7 | 6.4 | 83.2 |
| 9 | 10 | Warwick | 80.7 | 87.1 | 87.8 | 66.7 | 13.9 | 8.6 | 509.6 | 6 | 79.1 |
| 10 | 11 | Lancaster | 80.5 | 88.5 | 90.2 | 72.1 | 14.9 | 7.6 | 448.5 | 5.8 | 73.2 |
| 11 | 5 | UCL | 80.2 | 83.3 | 85.8 | 62.2 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 521.2 | 6.7 | 81.3 |
| 12 | 12 | Exeter | 79.6 | 90.3 | 91.8 | 74 | 17.2 | 6.6 | 459 | 6.8 | 78.3 |
| 13 | 18 | Heriot-Watt | 79.5 | 91.3 | 88 | 77.2 | 16.4 | 7.6 | 423.5 | 5.9 | 78.2 |
| 14 | 17 | UEA | 76.1 | 90.7 | 91.7 | 69.8 | 13 | 7.3 | 430.8 | 5.9 | 69.2 |
| 15 | 14 | Loughborough | 74.5 | 88.4 | 86.8 | 72.3 | 15.6 | 6.5 | 406.5 | 5.9 | 75.9 |
| 16 | 16 | York | 74 | 87.8 | 88.8 | 68.5 | 15 | 6.5 | 446.3 | 5.6 | 75.2 |
| 17 | 15 | Birmingham | 73.5 | 87.5 | 89.6 | 69.6 | 14.5 | 7.5 | 439 | 5.8 | 80.3 |
| 18 | 19 | Edinburgh | 72.7 | 82 | 84.8 | 55.5 | 13.8 | 9.2 | 489.2 | 6.5 | 75.6 |
| 19 | 24 | Southampton | 72.5 | 88.9 | 88.6 | 67.1 | 12.8 | 6.6 | 431.1 | 6.3 | 76.1 |
| 20 | 20 | Kent | 71.9 | 87.5 | 87 | 69 | 13.6 | 5.8 | 372 | 6.2 | 71.1 |
| 21 | 13 | Leicester | 71 | 88.9 | 89 | 72.8 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 401.3 | 6 | 71.2 |
| 22 | 30 | Aston | 70.4 | 87 | 86.5 | 72.5 | 16.2 | 5.8 | 381.4 | 6.2 | 73.5 |
| 22 | 28 | Nottingham | 70.4 | 87.6 | 88.1 | 68.6 | 14.1 | 6.7 | 442 | 5.9 | 77.4 |
| 24 | 22 | SOAS | 69.4 | 88 | 89.9 | 66.7 | 11.6 | 6 | 422.4 | 7.1 | 66.9 |
| 25 | 21 | Glasgow | 69.3 | 89.9 | 91.7 | 68.2 | 15.2 | 6.2 | 487.4 | 4.5 | 75 |
| 26 | 29 | Cardiff | 69 | 89.1 | 88.2 | 67.4 | 13 | 7.5 | 423.4 | 5.7 | 77.9 |
| 27 | 33 | Coventry | 68.9 | 88.6 | 90.9 | 80.1 | 15.3 | 3.7 | 313.2 | 6.4 | 71.9 |
| 28 | 34 | Leeds | 68.6 | 87.1 | 89.1 | 71.5 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 434.1 | 6.4 | 70.1 |
| 28 | 27 | Newcastle | 68.6 | 89.9 | 89.2 | 71.1 | 15.2 | 5.3 | 438.1 | 5.5 | 80.3 |
| 30 | 38 | Reading | 68.3 | 87.4 | 88.2 | 67.7 | 14.7 | 6.8 | 375.5 | 5 | 69.6 |
| 31 | 53 | University of the Arts London | 67.4 | 70.5 | 77.2 | 69.1 | 18.7 | 9.9 | 343.1 | 6.2 | 54.4 |
| 32 | 36 | Queen Mary | 67.2 | 88.2 | 88.2 | 69.8 | 14 | 7.3 | 424.5 | 4.8 | 70 |
| 33 | 31 | Manchester | 66.2 | 84 | 87.2 | 68.7 | 13.9 | 7.2 | 442.4 | 5 | 72.1 |
| 34 | 23 | Bristol | 66.1 | 86.2 | 89.2 | 66.7 | 14.1 | 5.3 | 482.8 | 5.9 | 79.5 |
| 35 | 37 | City | 66 | 87.4 | 85.7 | 71.7 | 17.5 | 6.8 | 394.6 | 5.9 | 71.1 |
| 36 | 38 | Royal Holloway | 65.2 | 88.9 | 90.3 | 70.4 | 15.4 | 4.3 | 405.1 | 5.2 | 63.7 |
| 37 | 38 | Sheffield | 65.1 | 89.9 | 90.2 | 70 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 438.8 | 5.5 | 72.2 |
| 38 | 26 | Strathclyde | 64.8 | 87.2 | 88 | 63.5 | 19.3 | 6 | 470.2 | 5.3 | 75 |
| 39 | 35 | Oxford Brookes | 64.6 | 85.5 | 89.3 | 73.2 | 16.9 | 5.6 | 369.5 | 6.2 | 63.5 |
| 40 | 32 | King's College London | 64.5 | 82.9 | 87 | 65.4 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 469.7 | 6.2 | 82.2 |
| 41 | 43 | Aberdeen | 62.5 | 88 | 88.9 | 67.1 | 15.5 | 4.9 | 444.3 | 5.3 | 76.6 |
| 41 | 45 | Keele | 62.5 | 91.9 | 90.5 | 73.1 | 15.2 | 3.7 | 383.5 | 5.6 | 69.3 |
| 43 | 50 | Sussex | 61.9 | 88.7 | 88.5 | 65 | 16.5 | 6 | 408.6 | 5.5 | 54.9 |
| 44 | 47 | Northampton | 61.7 | 86.8 | 89.1 | 77.4 | 19.8 | 6.3 | 280.2 | 6.5 | 58.4 |
| 45 | 54 | Liverpool | 61.3 | 88.3 | 87.4 | 68.4 | 12.7 | 6.6 | 414.2 | 5.7 | 72.2 |
| 46 | 48 | Queen's, Belfast | 60.8 | 87.9 | 89.6 | 72.9 | 15.5 | 4.6 | 391.1 | 5 | 75.3 |
| 47 | 41 | Dundee | 60.5 | 90.3 | 89.7 | 69.8 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 408.7 | 5.8 | 71.5 |
| 48 | 51 | Goldsmiths | 60 | 88.5 | 91.3 | 70.3 | 16.9 | 3.8 | 345.8 | 6.5 | 53.4 |
| 49 | 64 | UWE Bristol | 59.7 | 88 | 88.9 | 71 | 20 | 3.3 | 339.2 | 7.7 | 68.5 |
| 50 | 79 | Derby | 59.3 | 86.5 | 88.5 | 76.2 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 305.8 | 5.2 | 56.4 |
| 51 | 55 | Robert Gordon | 59.1 | 87.9 | 86.3 | 70.4 | 19.3 | 3.6 | 384.2 | 4.8 | 82.4 |
| 52 | 44 | Brunel | 58.7 | 86.7 | 84.4 | 72.5 | 16.9 | 5.8 | 352.2 | 4.5 | 60.7 |
| 53 | 76 | Falmouth | 58.6 | 70.5 | 79.1 | 65.6 | 23 | 6.4 | 316.2 | 5.5 | 61.8 |
| 54 | 63 | Essex | 58.5 | 86.3 | 85.9 | 72.1 | 16.1 | 4.7 | 343 | 4.7 | 52.4 |
| 55 | 48 | Portsmouth | 58.4 | 87.4 | 86.9 | 70.4 | 18.6 | 4.9 | 314 | 7.2 | 63.2 |
| 56 | 42 | Huddersfield | 58.3 | 86.2 | 87.5 | 78.6 | 18.3 | 3.7 | 334.6 | 5.6 | 67.3 |
| 57 | 73 | Nottingham Trent | 57.8 | 86.3 | 85.1 | 72.8 | 17.2 | 4.4 | 320 | 5.6 | 62.6 |
| 57 | 60 | Swansea | 57.8 | 84.5 | 85.9 | 68.8 | 15.5 | 4.8 | 340.4 | 5.7 | 77.8 |
| 59 | 66 | Winchester | 57.6 | 89.4 | 91.5 | 77.7 | 17.3 | 3 | 322.3 | 6.4 | 53.9 |
| 60 | 58 | Northumbria | 57.4 | 87.1 | 86.5 | 72.8 | 18.5 | 4.3 | 365.5 | 5.7 | 62.1 |
| 61 | 46 | Chester | 57.3 | 86.7 | 87.2 | 74.6 | 16.9 | 4.4 | 302.4 | 4.5 | 70.8 |
| 62 | 68 | Brighton | 56.9 | 83.2 | 84.7 | 70.7 | 18.3 | 4 | 315.7 | 6.1 | 59.1 |
| 63 | 56 | Stirling | 56.6 | 85.8 | 87.8 | 66.5 | 15.7 | 4.2 | 380.2 | 3.9 | 64.3 |
| 64 | 108 | Glyndwr | 55.7 | 80.8 | 83.3 | 75.2 | 20.1 | 3.9 | 287.4 | 4.7 | 62.5 |
| 65 | 56 | Lincoln | 55.3 | 84.4 | 85.1 | 72 | 18.6 | 4.1 | 337.7 | 3.4 | 69.5 |
| 66 | 82 | Hertfordshire | 55.2 | 81.8 | 82.6 | 66.5 | 18.3 | 4.9 | 343.9 | 6.8 | 62 |
| 67 | 87 | Central Lancashire | 55.1 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 75.1 | 17.2 | 5.8 | 336.9 | 4.2 | 55.6 |
| 68 | 59 | Plymouth | 54.8 | 85.3 | 87.5 | 70.3 | 16.2 | 6 | 315.7 | 5.1 | 58.2 |
| 69 | 78 | Bath Spa | 54.5 | 87.8 | 89.7 | 75.7 | 20 | 4.5 | 331.8 | 5.7 | 58 |
| 69 | 81 | Queen Margaret | 54.5 | 83.7 | 88.1 | 61.9 | 20.5 | 2.9 | 338.8 | 6.9 | 68.4 |
| 71 | 52 | Bournemouth | 53.8 | 79.4 | 83.7 | 68.9 | 21.6 | 5.8 | 336.4 | 5.5 | 64.2 |
| 71 | 93 | Manchester Met | 53.8 | 82.1 | 83.3 | 71.2 | 18.2 | 3.2 | 343.7 | 5.8 | 58.3 |
| 73 | 72 | Sheffield Hallam | 53.5 | 81.8 | 84.5 | 69.2 | 18.4 | 4.8 | 321.1 | 6.6 | 57.8 |
| 74 | 80 | Gloucestershire | 53.3 | 82.4 | 84.9 | 73.2 | 23.6 | 4.8 | 295.1 | 7.4 | 61.3 |
| 75 | 70 | Edge Hill | 53 | 87 | 88 | 78 | 16.8 | 3.8 | 307.8 | 4.4 | 61 |
| 75 | 62 | Hull | 53 | 89.5 | 89.4 | 73.3 | 17.8 | 4.2 | 332.8 | 5.4 | 55.5 |
| 77 | 65 | Sunderland | 52.9 | 82.5 | 85.6 | 72.9 | 17.9 | 6.9 | 302.7 | 4.3 | 49.7 |
| 78 | 85 | Edinburgh Napier | 52.6 | 83.7 | 86.9 | 70.9 | 21.6 | 3.8 | 348 | 7 | 63.3 |
| 78 | 98 | University Campus Suffolk | 52.6 | 82.8 | 84.5 | 74.8 | 19.2 | – | 338.1 | 4 | 60.9 |
| 80 | 77 | Chichester | 52.5 | 87.4 | 89.5 | 74.4 | 18.7 | 3.3 | 305.7 | 5.3 | 61.1 |
| 80 | 69 | Liverpool John Moores | 52.5 | 81.8 | 84.3 | 74 | 19.7 | 3.8 | 335.9 | 6.8 | 55.4 |
| 82 | 74 | Bangor | 52.4 | 83.9 | 85.6 | 71.1 | 17.8 | 4.7 | 305.5 | 4.4 | 65.6 |
| 83 | 90 | Bradford | 52.1 | 82.3 | 81.4 | 68.6 | 18.6 | 4.7 | 319.9 | 5.8 | 69.4 |
| 84 | 75 | Teesside | 51.8 | 84.7 | 85.4 | 78.4 | 18.8 | 4.6 | 323.6 | 4.7 | 53.6 |
| 85 | 83 | De Montfort | 51.7 | 83.2 | 84.8 | 71.3 | 18.1 | 3.5 | 312.7 | 6 | 54.4 |
| 86 | 103 | Middlesex | 51.6 | 79.6 | 82.9 | 72.9 | 20.5 | 6.2 | 287.1 | 5.3 | 53.7 |
| 87 | 70 | Greenwich | 51.3 | 83.9 | 85.4 | 71.9 | 21.5 | 3.8 | 312.1 | 6.6 | 53.6 |
| 88 | 61 | Birmingham City | 50.2 | 82.5 | 83.3 | 72.2 | 21.2 | 4.2 | 316.6 | 6.1 | 63.2 |
| 89 | 94 | York St John | 49.8 | 86.1 | 89 | 77.2 | 21.1 | 4.1 | 302.2 | 4.9 | 62 |
| 90 | 92 | Staffordshire | 48.8 | 83.6 | 85.9 | 71.1 | 17.7 | 5.1 | 273.1 | 4.2 | 55.3 |
| 91 | 96 | Glasgow Caledonian | 48.3 | 82.2 | 83.3 | 61.4 | 20.9 | 4 | 370.3 | 6.1 | 64.3 |
| 92 | 104 | Canterbury Christ Church | 48.1 | 85.1 | 86.7 | 71.4 | 18.9 | 3 | 276.6 | 6.5 | 58.2 |
| 93 | 97 | Ulster | 47.8 | 87.7 | 86.4 | 73.7 | 19.2 | 3.5 | 309.3 | 5.9 | 51.2 |
| 94 | 85 | Salford | 47.6 | 79.9 | 83.3 | 68.3 | 17 | 3.8 | 340.5 | 4.9 | 60.2 |
| 95 | 99 | Westminster | 47.5 | 80.2 | 79.9 | 65.1 | 20.3 | 4.6 | 317.1 | 6.5 | 54.2 |
| 96 | 89 | St Mary's UC, Twickenham | 47.2 | 86.4 | 87.6 | 72.7 | 22.4 | 3 | 293.7 | 4.4 | 66.4 |
| 97 | 84 | West London | 47.1 | 76.4 | 81.9 | 69.3 | 18.3 | 5.4 | 255.7 | 3.3 | 62.8 |
| 98 | 105 | Cardiff Met | 47 | 82.8 | 84.2 | 74 | 20.3 | 3.5 | 303.8 | 5 | 53.1 |
| 98 | 100 | Kingston | 47 | 80.3 | 82.4 | 66.5 | 19.4 | 4.9 | 298.3 | 4 | 57.8 |
| 100 | 101 | Roehampton | 46.4 | 85.8 | 87.2 | 72 | 20.2 | 3.6 | 286.5 | 5.3 | 53.8 |
| 101 | 114 | Abertay | 46.3 | 83.6 | 86.3 | 59.6 | 21.3 | 2.4 | 330 | 6.6 | 67.7 |
| 102 | ( – ) | South Wales | 46.1 | 80.5 | 82.4 | 69.8 | 22.9 | 4.5 | 321.3 | 4.8 | 56.2 |
| 103 | 95 | Worcester | 44.7 | 84.2 | 85.5 | 69.8 | 21.1 | 3.3 | 300.1 | 5.4 | 64.3 |
| 104 | 109 | Cumbria | 44.5 | 82.3 | 87.3 | 77.2 | 20.8 | 2.6 | 288.2 | 6.1 | 59.5 |
| 105 | 67 | Anglia Ruskin | 44.1 | 80.6 | 85.8 | 71.6 | 23 | 7.8 | 251.9 | 3.4 | 61.8 |
| 106 | 88 | Aberystwyth | 43.8 | 82.1 | 84.2 | 65.1 | 20 | 4.5 | 325 | 4.5 | 54 |
| 107 | 111 | Southampton Solent | 43.2 | 77.7 | 79.8 | 67.5 | 18.8 | 3.5 | 298.6 | 5 | 48.5 |
| 108 | 107 | Leeds Met | 42.6 | 83.3 | 85.5 | 69.6 | 19.9 | 3.2 | 280 | 5 | 60.7 |
| 109 | 117 | East London | 41 | 77.8 | 81.7 | 70.4 | 26.3 | 5.8 | 278.2 | 5.9 | 44.6 |
| 110 | 105 | West of Scotland | 40.1 | 84 | 82.9 | 67.8 | 22 | 3.5 | 298.5 | 5 | 56.7 |
| 111 | 111 | Leeds Trinity | 39.8 | 86.3 | 88.1 | 76.9 | 23.6 | 2.3 | 279.6 | 3.2 | 57.9 |
| 112 | 113 | London South Bank | 37.1 | 80.3 | 80.7 | 65.8 | 24.2 | 3.8 | 233.3 | 5.5 | 56.5 |
| 113 | 115 | Bolton | 35.4 | 77.6 | 83.4 | 71.2 | 19.9 | 3.4 | 275.4 | 3.2 | 53.7 |
| 114 | 119 | Bucks New University | 32 | 77.8 | 81.8 | 69.8 | 22.2 | 3.1 | 249.7 | 4 | 44.5 |
| 115 | 110 | Bedfordshire | 30.7 | 81.4 | 81.3 | 71.5 | 20.9 | 4.4 | 224.7 | 3.9 | 53.8 |
| 116 | 116 | London Met | 29.9 | 74.2 | 79.6 | 66.9 | 21.5 | 2.2 | 238.8 | 4.3 | 46 |