| 2018 | 2017 | 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 | 87.8 | 90.6 | 71.2 | 11 | 9.9 | 229.8 | 5.6 | 88.6 |
| 2 | 2 | Oxford | 98.1 | 88.4 | 91.6 | 69 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 219.9 | 6.7 | 83.7 |
| 3 | 3 | St Andrews | 94.5 | 94.9 | 95.5 | 83.7 | 11.6 | 5.9 | 204 | 7.1 | 83.2 |
| 4 | 6 | Durham | 84.2 | 89.7 | 88.8 | 74.9 | 14.5 | 5.3 | 201 | 6.7 | 83.2 |
| 5 | 10 | Bath | 81.9 | 88.7 | 87.9 | 70.6 | 15.7 | 6.4 | 182.1 | 6.9 | 85.1 |
| 6 | 7 | Imperial College | 81 | 84.1 | 85.2 | 65.1 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 221.5 | 5.9 | 89.3 |
| 6 | 4 | Loughborough | 81 | 89.2 | 89.2 | 73.8 | 14.2 | 6.9 | 151.5 | 5.8 | 84.4 |
| 8 | 9 | Warwick | 80.9 | 88.7 | 89.1 | 73.6 | 12.9 | 8.2 | 185.3 | 5.9 | 80 |
| 9 | 8 | Lancaster | 80.8 | 89.7 | 89.1 | 73.4 | 13 | 8.1 | 158.2 | 4.7 | 82.8 |
| 10 | 4 | Surrey | 78 | 90 | 90.5 | 77.4 | 15.4 | 6.1 | 166.9 | 6.5 | 82.4 |
| 10 | 14 | UCL | 78 | 84.2 | 86 | 66.2 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 193 | 6.7 | 86.1 |
| 12 | 15 | Coventry | 76.7 | 90.6 | 92.8 | 82.3 | 14.6 | 5.6 | 128.3 | 6.7 | 80 |
| 13 | 11 | Exeter | 76.2 | 89.8 | 89.8 | 72.9 | 16.4 | 5.1 | 177.6 | 6.2 | 79.9 |
| 14 | 16 | Leeds | 75.8 | 90.1 | 90.9 | 73.6 | 13.2 | 6.4 | 167.8 | 6.7 | 80.7 |
| 15 | 12 | London School of Economics | 74.5 | 75.4 | 81.1 | 60.9 | 11.4 | 8.1 | 198 | 5.6 | 83.9 |
| 15 | 13 | Birmingham | 74.5 | 88.2 | 90.5 | 72.6 | 14.1 | 7.3 | 165.6 | 6.7 | 85 |
| 17 | 19 | York | 74.3 | 89.1 | 91.1 | 74.3 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 161 | 4.8 | 77.3 |
| 18 | 24 | UEA | 74.2 | 91.4 | 90.9 | 72.9 | 13.2 | 4.6 | 154 | 7.4 | 74.8 |
| 19 | 25 | Nottingham | 72.9 | 89.3 | 89.7 | 72.6 | 13.8 | 6.9 | 161.8 | 6.6 | 82.5 |
| 20 | 20 | Sussex | 72.5 | 88.3 | 87.8 | 69.8 | 16.3 | 7.2 | 141.2 | 5.2 | 86.7 |
| 21 | 39 | University for the Creative Arts | 72.2 | 85 | 87.5 | 76.8 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 126 | 5.6 | 53.4 |
| 22 | 23 | Kent | 71.7 | 89.3 | 88.4 | 73.2 | 13.3 | 5 | 137.6 | 6.2 | 81 |
| 23 | 26 | Glasgow | 70.9 | 88 | 90.6 | 68.4 | 14.6 | 6.1 | 199.9 | 5.9 | 81.9 |
| 24 | 28 | Dundee | 70.7 | 88.5 | 91.2 | 75.9 | 13.2 | 5.8 | 163.9 | 6.6 | 81.1 |
| 25 | 30 | SOAS | 70.6 | 88.3 | 90.6 | 72.4 | 11.6 | 6.4 | 152.8 | 6.1 | 70.7 |
| 26 | 27 | Heriot-Watt | 70.1 | 88.7 | 86.1 | 70.5 | 16.6 | 7.6 | 166.9 | 5.6 | 79.5 |
| 27 | 38 | Bristol | 69.3 | 86.9 | 90.8 | 67.7 | 13.4 | 6.4 | 186.2 | 6.2 | 78.7 |
| 28 | 31 | Manchester | 68.8 | 83.9 | 86.1 | 68.8 | 13.3 | 7.7 | 167.4 | 4.9 | 81.5 |
| 29 | 32 | Reading | 68 | 88.6 | 89 | 73.4 | 14.4 | 6.6 | 138.6 | 6.5 | 74.1 |
| 30 | 37 | Newcastle | 67.1 | 90.3 | 91 | 74.1 | 14.6 | 5.4 | 161.7 | 5.2 | 82.1 |
| 30 | 22 | Edinburgh | 67.1 | 79.6 | 83.6 | 59.5 | 12.5 | 8.6 | 193.4 | 6.3 | 73 |
| 32 | 21 | Falmouth | 67 | 83.5 | 86.9 | 77.6 | 17.7 | 3.8 | 122 | 5.6 | 80.2 |
| 32 | 18 | City | 67 | 84.6 | 86.2 | 73.4 | 18 | 7.4 | 138.3 | 5.8 | 82.6 |
| 34 | 53 | Nottingham Trent | 66.9 | 89.7 | 89.7 | 82 | 15.8 | 4.7 | 135.4 | 5.1 | 73 |
| 35 | 16 | Southampton | 66.1 | 87.1 | 88.1 | 69.2 | 13.2 | 5.8 | 151.3 | 5.9 | 78.6 |
| 36 | 34 | Keele | 66 | 93.2 | 91.8 | 79.5 | 13.9 | 4.7 | 132 | 3.7 | 80.1 |
| 37 | 43 | Portsmouth | 65.9 | 89.4 | 88.9 | 73.6 | 15.4 | 5.9 | 123.4 | 6.5 | 72.1 |
| 38 | 48 | Queen's, Belfast | 64.9 | 89.9 | 90.6 | 75.6 | 15.6 | 4.8 | 153 | 5.8 | 80.2 |
| 39 | 42 | King's College London | 64 | 83.8 | 89 | 66.6 | 12 | 6.2 | 172.3 | 6.1 | 86.6 |
| 40 | 41 | Sheffield | 63.3 | 89.8 | 89.8 | 71.3 | 14.6 | 5.2 | 160.3 | 5.6 | 81.3 |
| 40 | 45 | Royal Holloway | 63.3 | 88.1 | 89 | 74.8 | 14.8 | 5.5 | 146.6 | 4.5 | 68.3 |
| 42 | 33 | Cardiff | 63.2 | 87.2 | 87.2 | 69.2 | 12.9 | 7.7 | 149.4 | 5.4 | 71.9 |
| 43 | 47 | Leicester | 62.8 | 87.5 | 86.7 | 72.1 | 13 | 7.2 | 143.8 | 4.1 | 74.9 |
| 44 | 34 | Queen Mary | 62.6 | 82.7 | 84.7 | 66.1 | 12.5 | 7.2 | 151.9 | 4.9 | 78.4 |
| 45 | 39 | Swansea | 62.5 | 89.4 | 87 | 73.6 | 15.2 | 5.3 | 119.1 | 6.4 | 80.1 |
| 46 | 36 | Aberdeen | 62.3 | 86.7 | 88.2 | 68.3 | 14.9 | 4.5 | 168.6 | 6.3 | 78.3 |
| 47 | 56 | Lincoln | 61.9 | 90.6 | 89.9 | 78 | 15.6 | 4.4 | 129.4 | 4.3 | 71.9 |
| 48 | 62 | Essex | 61.1 | 89.1 | 87.6 | 76.6 | 16 | 3.9 | 129 | 5.2 | 73.5 |
| 48 | 50 | Northumbria | 61.1 | 86.9 | 87.8 | 75.5 | 17.1 | 3.4 | 143.7 | 6.8 | 71.3 |
| 50 | 57 | Oxford Brookes | 60.8 | 87 | 88.5 | 74.7 | 16.6 | 4.9 | 127.3 | 6.3 | 70.6 |
| 51 | 29 | Aston | 60.7 | 88.3 | 87.7 | 74.6 | 20.9 | 6.5 | 136.4 | 5.4 | 81.1 |
| 52 | 68 | UWE Bristol | 60.6 | 87.5 | 89.7 | 76.9 | 18.1 | 4.2 | 122.5 | 6.5 | 76.4 |
| 52 | 51 | Strathclyde | 60.6 | 89.2 | 89.7 | 67 | 19.7 | 5.2 | 202.4 | 4.9 | 78.6 |
| 54 | 58 | Stirling | 60.2 | 89.4 | 88.5 | 73.7 | 15.8 | 3.9 | 157.3 | 6.2 | 78.2 |
| 54 | 48 | Derby | 60.2 | 85.2 | 88.9 | 76.1 | 14.8 | 6.2 | 110.3 | 5.3 | 63.7 |
| 56 | 79 | Liverpool Hope | 59.4 | 88.8 | 91.7 | 85.1 | 15.5 | 2.8 | 112.6 | 2.8 | 78.1 |
| 56 | 64 | Edge Hill | 59.4 | 86.1 | 88.4 | 79.5 | 14.2 | 4 | 127.4 | 4.7 | 71.9 |
| 58 | 96 | West London | 59.3 | 76.7 | 82.6 | 72.9 | 15.6 | 5.8 | 118.8 | 6.4 | 68.9 |
| 59 | 53 | University of the Arts London | 59 | 66.2 | 75.3 | 70.7 | 15.9 | 9.8 | 120.5 | 5.5 | 61 |
| 60 | 77 | Huddersfield | 58.2 | 87.6 | 87.9 | 78.9 | 18.9 | 3.6 | 130.5 | 5.7 | 72.9 |
| 61 | 79 | Bournemouth | 57.9 | 82.1 | 87.1 | 70.2 | 16.5 | 5.6 | 122.4 | 6.9 | 71.3 |
| 62 | 44 | Robert Gordon | 57.7 | 87.4 | 85.7 | 69.5 | 18.1 | 3.8 | 163.8 | 4.5 | 77.6 |
| 63 | 55 | Bangor | 57.6 | 89.3 | 90.4 | 77.5 | 16.2 | 3.9 | 126.6 | 3.9 | 66 |
| 64 | 46 | Goldsmiths | 57 | 83.6 | 88.9 | 68.9 | 14.1 | 3.8 | 130.5 | 6.3 | 59 |
| 64 | 72 | Gloucestershire | 57 | 87.4 | 88.4 | 75.9 | 19.1 | 5.2 | 114.5 | 6.9 | 64 |
| 66 | 85 | Abertay Dundee | 56.8 | 88.8 | 89.3 | 76.5 | 19.9 | 2.3 | 158.5 | 6.7 | 68.5 |
| 67 | 69 | Staffordshire | 56.7 | 85.7 | 88 | 78.6 | 15.2 | 5.9 | 114.1 | 4.5 | 57.1 |
| 67 | 87 | Central Lancashire | 56.7 | 83.4 | 84 | 73.9 | 16.3 | 5.2 | 135.7 | 5.3 | 64.8 |
| 67 | 59 | Liverpool | 56.7 | 89.5 | 89.3 | 74.2 | 13.5 | 6.4 | 150.4 | 5.6 | 77 |
| 70 | 74 | Middlesex | 55.9 | 81.5 | 81.7 | 74.9 | 16.6 | 6.6 | 117.2 | 5.1 | 71.4 |
| 71 | 79 | Sunderland | 55.5 | 80.6 | 85 | 73.8 | 15.4 | 6.9 | 112 | 4.8 | 66.6 |
| 72 | 75 | Chichester | 55.2 | 88.2 | 89 | 72.9 | 15.6 | 3.1 | 120.6 | 6.1 | 59.3 |
| 72 | 77 | Brunel | 55.2 | 83.5 | 84.4 | 74.3 | 15.8 | 4.4 | 131.3 | 5.4 | 70.8 |
| 72 | 66 | Anglia Ruskin | 55.2 | 84.8 | 87.8 | 77.7 | 17.8 | 7.8 | 101.6 | 6.1 | 56.6 |
| 75 | 52 | Bradford | 54.9 | 82.1 | 82.4 | 70.2 | 16 | 4.5 | 127.2 | 6 | 78.5 |
| 76 | 60 | Manchester Met | 54.8 | 84.6 | 85.3 | 75.1 | 15.6 | 3.7 | 132.6 | 4.2 | 66.3 |
| 77 | 65 | Chester | 54.7 | 84.5 | 87.1 | 73.1 | 13.5 | 5 | 115.5 | 4.2 | 64.5 |
| 78 | 76 | Plymouth | 54.5 | 84.9 | 87.2 | 73.4 | 16.1 | 5.2 | 123.7 | 5.9 | 69.6 |
| 79 | 102 | Teesside | 54.2 | 83.8 | 87.4 | 76.4 | 16.6 | 5.4 | 118.8 | 4.9 | 66.9 |
| 80 | 84 | Liverpool John Moores | 54.1 | 83.7 | 85.6 | 75.5 | 17.5 | 4 | 136.3 | 6 | 67.4 |
| 81 | 108 | Aberystwyth | 53.8 | 92.6 | 90.8 | 79.3 | 16.4 | 4.6 | 107.3 | 3.8 | 67.7 |
| 81 | 88 | Kingston | 53.8 | 79.8 | 80 | 71 | 18.8 | 6.2 | 116.2 | 5.2 | 64.4 |
| 83 | 70 | Edinburgh Napier | 53.1 | 82.3 | 86 | 71.1 | 20.3 | 4 | 147.6 | 6.6 | 72.6 |
| 84 | 71 | Hull | 52.9 | 86.1 | 85.3 | 71.2 | 16.5 | 4.7 | 125.8 | 4.5 | 73 |
| 85 | 86 | Sheffield Hallam | 52.7 | 84 | 85.8 | 72.1 | 16.6 | 5 | 119.7 | 6.5 | 68.5 |
| 86 | 93 | Bolton | 52.2 | 81.8 | 83.1 | 76.6 | 15.1 | 3.4 | 109.3 | 4.6 | 59.2 |
| 87 | 91 | Cardiff Met | 52 | 77.8 | 82.4 | 66.1 | 17.2 | 5 | 115.8 | 5.1 | 71.3 |
| 88 | 95 | Worcester | 51.7 | 84.7 | 88.2 | 75.8 | 16.4 | 3.9 | 118 | 5.2 | 68.2 |
| 89 | 99 | Glasgow Caledonian | 51.4 | 84.9 | 83.6 | 67.3 | 19.4 | 3.7 | 165.9 | 5.5 | 71.1 |
| 90 | 63 | Winchester | 51.2 | 85.6 | 87.2 | 74.1 | 15.9 | 2.6 | n/a | 6.3 | 61.3 |
| 91 | 91 | Brighton | 51 | 79.9 | 83.7 | 69.5 | 17.4 | 3.7 | 118.1 | 5.5 | 70.7 |
| 92 | 107 | London South Bank | 50.6 | 81.6 | 83.9 | 71.6 | 17 | 4.3 | 105.9 | 5.7 | 75.9 |
| 93 | 90 | Roehampton | 50.5 | 84 | 86.2 | 71.7 | 14.3 | 5.8 | 107.5 | 4.7 | 64.2 |
| 94 | 61 | De Montfort | 50.4 | 84.7 | 84.9 | 75.2 | 19.1 | 3.8 | 109.7 | 4.8 | 75.7 |
| 95 | 98 | Greenwich | 49.7 | 81.8 | 83.1 | 71.6 | 17.8 | 3.6 | 131 | 5.8 | 65.3 |
| 96 | 79 | Ulster | 49.6 | 88.2 | 87.1 | 76.1 | 18.8 | 3.4 | 126.4 | 5.6 | 65.4 |
| 97 | 66 | Bath Spa | 49.2 | 84.1 | 87.4 | 77.2 | 18.7 | 4.4 | 117.5 | 5.4 | 61.1 |
| 98 | 113 | Bedfordshire | 48.9 | 84.4 | 84 | 75.9 | 16.9 | 5.8 | 92.5 | 6.6 | 61.9 |
| 99 | 83 | Salford | 48.6 | 82.4 | 84.8 | 76.5 | 16.6 | 3.9 | 126.5 | 5.7 | 60.9 |
| 100 | 101 | Queen Margaret | 48.1 | 88.7 | 88.9 | 71.5 | 18.1 | 2.9 | 136.5 | 6.3 | 57.6 |
| 101 | 105 | Birmingham City | 48 | 81.6 | 84.3 | 74.8 | 18.7 | 5 | 119.7 | 5.4 | 69.2 |
| 102 | 94 | Hertfordshire | 47.8 | 82.9 | 85.9 | 70.1 | 17.6 | 4.1 | 118.3 | 4.2 | 77.7 |
| 103 | 100 | Southampton Solent | 47.4 | 80.5 | 83.1 | 70.3 | 15.5 | 4 | 100.8 | 5.6 | 56.7 |
| 104 | 103 | West of Scotland | 47 | 85.9 | 87.1 | 75.4 | 20.2 | 3.5 | 142.9 | 5.9 | 70.2 |
| 105 | 73 | Northampton | 46.5 | 84.7 | 84.8 | 74.7 | 18.5 | 4.5 | 106.2 | 6.5 | 56.9 |
| 105 | 106 | St Mary's, Twickenham | 46.5 | 85.2 | 87 | 67.9 | 17.9 | 3.2 | 122.1 | 3.7 | 69 |
| 107 | 115 | East London | 46.4 | 80.9 | 85.7 | 75 | 16.8 | 4.4 | 114.3 | 5.5 | 51.9 |
| 108 | 112 | Westminster | 46.2 | 81.4 | 80.9 | 68.6 | 17.9 | 4.3 | 117.7 | 6.7 | 57 |
| 109 | 109 | Canterbury Christ Church | 45.9 | 83.2 | 84.7 | 73.9 | 16.3 | 4 | 112 | 5.9 | 61 |
| 110 | 110 | Newman | 44.5 | 86.6 | 89.5 | 75.7 | 16.1 | 3.6 | 116.6 | 4.4 | 68.4 |
| 111 | 88 | Leeds Trinity | 44.4 | 80.5 | 84 | 73.7 | 21.4 | 3.4 | 108 | 7.1 | 70.2 |
| 112 | n/a | Trinity Saint David | 43.7 | 80.4 | 85.5 | 77.3 | 15.4 | 4 | 103.8 | 5 | 45.7 |
| 113 | n/a | Birkbeck | 42.4 | 87.7 | 88.2 | 73 | 16 | 3.2 | 104.1 | 2.9 | 72.7 |
| 114 | 114 | Leeds Beckett | 41.1 | 85.1 | 87.3 | 71.8 | 19.9 | 3.7 | 113.3 | 4.3 | 65.7 |
| 115 | 97 | Suffolk | 39.2 | 79.1 | 82.7 | 73.5 | 19.2 | n/a | 112.9 | 2.5 | 61.4 |
| 116 | 111 | South Wales | 38.4 | 80.5 | 83.1 | 72.4 | 17.1 | 3.4 | 112.7 | 4.1 | 55.6 |
| 117 | 118 | London Met | 37.2 | 79.8 | 82.1 | 72.4 | 18.1 | 2.5 | 103.9 | 3.4 | 59.1 |
| 118 | 117 | Cumbria | 37.1 | 79.9 | 85.7 | 74.9 | 17.8 | 2.5 | 117.3 | 3.2 | 66.5 |
| 119 | 104 | York St John | 36.6 | 81.4 | 82.9 | 72.4 | 17.4 | 3.9 | 119.2 | 2.7 | 61.9 |
| 120 | 116 | Bucks New University | 32 | 76.8 | 80.8 | 72.8 | 17.5 | 6.7 | 108.4 | 3.5 | 60.7 |
| 121 | 119 | Glyndwr | 30.4 | 78.3 | 85.4 | 74.6 | 20.9 | 2.6 | 96.5 | 3.6 | 59.8 |