Universities with the highest unemployment rates

Which graduates are least likely to find employment after university - and more importantly, where does your uni rank?

Tuesday 01 May 2012
posted by Robin Edds
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Some of our tables, such as the university sex league, have caused many a student to proudly claim that they are top of the league (or thereabouts).

We have a feeling, however, that anyone finding their uni at the top of the following list may be a little more reserved.

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The table shows how many graduates are either in full-time employment or are studying six months after graduating. If your uni isn't on this list then that's good news as it means you'll find it on...

Universities with the lowest unemployment rates

Rank	University	% in employment or studying 6 months after graduating
1	The University of East London	78
2	UHI Millennium Institute	78.3
3	The University of Bolton	79.9
4	The University of Wales, Lampeter	81.1
5	London South Bank University	82.4
6	Birmingham City University	82.9
7	London Metropolitan University	82.9
8	The University of Greenwich	83.1
9	The University of Westminster	83.1
10	Leeds College of Music	83.4
11	Kingston University	84.4
12	Heythrop College	84.5
13	Buckinghamshire New University	84.7
14	The University of Teesside	84.7
15	Middlesex University	85.2
16	The University of Wolverhampton	85.2
17	University of the Arts, London	85.7
18	Southampton Solent University	86
19	Conservatoire for Dance and Drama	86.1
20	University College Birmingham	86.3
21	The University of Sunderland	86.7
22	The University of the West of Scotland	86.9
23	De Montfort University	87.1
24	University of Abertay Dundee	87.1
25	University of Ulster	87.1
26	Writtle College	87.1
27	The University of Northampton	87.2
28	The School of Oriental and African Studies	87.3
29	Sheffield Hallam University	87.4
30	Courtauld Institute of Art	87.5
31	The University of Central Lancashire	87.5
32	Goldsmiths College	87.7
33	Liverpool Hope University	87.7
34	The University of Salford	87.7
35	Staffordshire University	87.8
36	The University of Essex	87.9
37	University Campus Suffolk	87.9
38	The University of Bradford	88
39	The University of Wales, Newport	88
40	Anglia Ruskin University	88.1
41	The University of Brighton	88.5
42	University of Derby	88.5
43	University of Hertfordshire	88.5
44	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	88.6
45	Aberystwyth University	88.8
46	The Manchester Metropolitan University	88.8
47	Leeds Metropolitan University	88.9
48	Aston University	89.1
49	Liverpool John Moores University	89.1
50	The University of Leicester	89.1
51	Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	89.4
52	University of Cumbria	89.4
53	Norwich University College of the Arts	89.5
54	Queen Mary and Westfield College	89.5
55	Roehampton University	89.6
56	The University of Portsmouth	89.7
57	University for the Creative Arts	89.8
58	Bournemouth University	90.1
59	The University of Warwick	90.1
60	University of Bedfordshire	90.1
61	Loughborough University	90.2
62	The University of Oxford	90.2
63	The City University	90.3
64	University College Plymouth St Mark and St John	90.3
65	University of Wales Institute, Cardiff	90.3
66	Bangor University	90.5
67	The University of Stirling	90.5
68	Glyndŵr University	90.6
69	The University of Birmingham	90.6
70	The University of Chichester	90.6
71	Oxford Brookes University	90.7
72	The University of Northumbria at Newcastle	90.7
73	York St John University	90.7
74	University of Gloucestershire	90.8
75	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	90.9
76	St Mary's University College, Twickenham	91
77	The University of Kent	91

Information taken from HESA using their 2009/2010 figures - the most recent data available at the time of publication.

Universities with the lowest rates of unemployment

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