| Rank 2016 | 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 | Southampton | 100 | 93 | 88.0 | 69.9 | 9.1 | 8 | 489 | 8 | 100 |
| 2 | Surrey | 98.4 | 93.9 | 94.5 | 78.1 | 8.6 | 10 | 427 | 5 | 100 |
| 3 | Heriot-Watt | 95.2 | 100 | 93.5 | 80.5 | 8.5 | 6 | 416 | 7 | - |
| 4 | Imperial College | 93.1 | 90 | 88.3 | 70.6 | 15.6 | 8 | 563 | 7 | 90 |
| 5 | Leeds | 92.1 | 93.6 | 89.5 | 84.7 | 9.1 | 7 | 413 | 8 | - |
| 6 | Glasgow | 91 | 95 | 92.2 | 74.3 | 10.5 | 6 | 491 | 6 | 94 |
| 7 | UCL | 89.7 | 90.1 | 84.4 | 69.5 | 14.1 | 10 | 484 | 6 | - |
| 8 | Strathclyde | 89 | 94.9 | 89.3 | 79.0 | 14.9 | 8 | 470 | 5 | 91 |
| 9 | Manchester | 88.3 | 90.1 | 86.6 | 77.7 | 13.7 | 8 | 425 | 9 | 81 |
| 10 | City | 87.5 | 88.9 | 93.2 | 86.0 | 10.8 | 7 | 362 | 6 | - |
| 10 | Bath | 87.5 | 99 | 94.2 | 82.8 | 16.6 | 5 | 444 | 7 | 84 |
| 12 | Birmingham | 86.3 | 93 | 89.2 | 81.2 | 15.8 | 8 | 410 | 7 | 91 |
| 13 | Edinburgh | 85.3 | 76.9 | 82.4 | 56.7 | 11.6 | 10 | 481 | 8 | - |
| 14 | Loughborough | 82.9 | 96.0 | 90 | 77.8 | 13.4 | 5 | 368 | 7 | 93 |
| 15 | York | 82.5 | 98.0 | 97.5 | 84.0 | 17 | 8 | 395 | 5 | 81 |
| 16 | Exeter | 82.2 | 88.1 | 85.1 | 65.1 | 12.2 | 7 | 417 | 9 | - |
| 17 | Sheffield | 81.1 | 93 | 88.8 | 84.4 | 14.9 | 6 | 389 | 4 | 93 |
| 18 | Aston | 80.6 | 71 | 76 | 63.2 | 6.9 | 9 | 324 | 8 | - |
| 19 | Nottingham | 79.7 | 91 | 82.3 | 60.6 | 12.9 | 10 | 390 | 8 | 79 |
| 20 | Queen's, Belfast | 78.9 | 91 | 89.2 | 61.8 | 11.3 | 5 | 415 | 8 | 76 |
| 21 | Lancaster | 78 | 81.2 | 83.0 | 68.5 | 11.8 | 7 | 416 | - | - |
| 22 | Cardiff | 75.8 | 87.4 | 87.7 | 69.5 | 17.5 | 7 | 419 | 7 | - |
| 23 | Kent | 74.6 | 96 | 89.5 | 80.8 | 11.8 | 5 | 309 | 4 | 81 |
| 24 | Bristol | 74.5 | 81 | 78.4 | 66.7 | 11.9 | 4 | 468 | 4 | - |
| 24 | Sheffield Hallam | 74.5 | 81 | 87.2 | 77.2 | 11.2 | 5 | 296 | 9 | 70 |
| 26 | Newcastle | 73.5 | 85 | 83.8 | 59.4 | 17.9 | 9 | 388 | 4 | 88 |
| 27 | Reading | 73.1 | 96 | 84 | 76.5 | 15.5 | 5 | 376 | 5 | - |
| 28 | Huddersfield | 72.1 | 88 | 91.8 | 81 | 16.2 | 3 | 328 | 7 | 78 |
| 29 | Brunel | 71 | 81.0 | 80.9 | 73.0 | 14.5 | 4 | 345 | 7 | 77 |
| 29 | Bangor | 71 | 93.9 | 88.5 | 78.1 | 10.6 | 3 | 274 | 5 | - |
| 31 | Hertfordshire | 70.8 | 83.8 | 82.5 | 65.3 | 13.6 | 6 | 278 | 9 | - |
| 32 | Bolton | 70.6 | 86.8 | 88.1 | 78.9 | 10.1 | 8 | 316 | 4 | 52 |
| 33 | Derby | 69.5 | 86.1 | 87.0 | 73.7 | 21.5 | 3 | 309 | 8 | 96 |
| 34 | Ulster | 68.8 | 76 | 74.9 | 68.9 | 10.7 | 4 | 301 | 8 | - |
| 35 | Queen Mary | 67.5 | 67 | 66.5 | 53.5 | 7.7 | 10 | 409 | 2 | 76 |
| 36 | London Met | 67.2 | 94.1 | 91.5 | 81.4 | 16.4 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 37 | East London | 67 | 89 | 91.3 | 68.4 | 15.8 | 5 | - | 3 | - |
| 37 | Manchester Met | 67 | 65.7 | 73.1 | 65.0 | 9.4 | 4 | 338 | 8 | 71 |
| 39 | Essex | 66.4 | 92.1 | 77.4 | 71.5 | 7.1 | 3 | 302 | - | - |
| 40 | Coventry | 66 | 89.9 | 86.8 | 78.7 | 18.2 | 3 | 280 | 6 | - |
| 40 | Bedfordshire | 66 | 81.2 | 82.0 | 85.4 | 16.3 | 3 | - | 5 | - |
| 42 | Liverpool John Moores | 65.6 | 74 | 83.2 | 67 | 8.6 | 7 | 344 | 2 | - |
| 42 | Oxford Brookes | 65.6 | 68 | 72.9 | 52 | 10.9 | 3 | - | 10 | 72 |
| 44 | Central Lancashire | 65.3 | 88 | 85 | 70.4 | 11 | 6 | 313 | 2 | - |
| 45 | Bradford | 65.2 | 89.1 | 80.5 | 52.9 | 9.1 | 4 | 316 | 6 | - |
| 46 | Salford | 62.8 | 84.9 | 86.8 | 69.2 | 12.7 | 4 | 326 | 5 | 61 |
| 47 | Portsmouth | 60.4 | 72 | 79.5 | 69.2 | 22.7 | 3 | 318 | 7 | 94 |
| 48 | Liverpool | 59.8 | 88 | 83 | 71.8 | 22.1 | 8 | 378 | 3 | - |
| 49 | Robert Gordon | 58.6 | 71 | 78.2 | 55.2 | 21.9 | 4 | 387 | - | 81 |
| 50 | Staffordshire | 58.5 | 77.8 | 89.2 | 65.3 | 16.7 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
