| 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 | Cambridge | 100 | 92.9 | 95.7 | 80.4 | 16.5 | 10 | 549 | 6 | 86 |
| 2 | Oxford | 96.4 | 96.0 | 97.2 | 79.0 | 12.7 | - | 556 | 7 | 78 |
| 3 | St Andrews | 95.4 | 88 | 91.8 | 80.4 | 11.5 | 9 | 506 | 8 | 79 |
| 4 | Durham | 93.6 | 95 | 97.5 | 81 | 12.2 | 5 | 554 | 7 | 79 |
| 5 | Southampton | 90.7 | 97 | 96.2 | 80.0 | 9.5 | 7 | 402 | 8 | 75 |
| 6 | UCL | 89.2 | 84.6 | 88.5 | 83.9 | 12.7 | 9 | 518 | 8 | 70 |
| 7 | Exeter | 86.5 | 95 | 97 | 84.3 | 18.1 | 7 | 487 | 7 | 69 |
| 8 | Kent | 83 | 94.6 | 93.8 | 77.2 | 9 | 7 | 359 | 9 | 68 |
| 8 | Sussex | 83 | 94 | 96.2 | 77.5 | 18.1 | 9 | 401 | 8 | 76 |
| 10 | Brunel | 82.3 | 93.8 | 94.5 | 86.5 | 8.1 | 10 | 353 | 7 | 50 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 81.6 | 88.2 | 94.0 | 78.5 | 17.9 | 9 | 416 | 8 | 79 |
| 12 | Warwick | 81.1 | 86.8 | 94.1 | 67.5 | 11.4 | 9 | 468 | 7 | 64 |
| 13 | Reading | 80.1 | 93.0 | 92.7 | 78.0 | 8.5 | 10 | 381 | 6 | 63 |
| 14 | Lancaster | 79.7 | 88.0 | 90.4 | 70.9 | 15.1 | 7 | 449 | 7 | 79 |
| 15 | Manchester | 77.1 | 88 | 95.0 | 76.6 | 13 | 8 | 419 | 6 | 62 |
| 16 | UEA | 76.7 | 94.7 | 95.6 | 69.7 | 14 | 4 | 438 | 8 | 60 |
| 17 | Sheffield | 76.2 | 94.9 | 94.2 | 77.9 | 17 | 4 | 424 | 7 | 68 |
| 18 | Royal Holloway | 75.9 | 94.2 | 94.6 | 77.5 | 16.7 | 4 | 421 | 7 | 67 |
| 19 | Roehampton | 75.6 | 92.4 | 93.8 | 80.2 | 13.6 | 7 | 295 | 9 | 59 |
| 20 | Coventry | 75.1 | 92.3 | 96.6 | 87.7 | 11.1 | 5 | 283 | 5 | 58 |
| 21 | Nottingham | 74.8 | 86.6 | 90.9 | 73.2 | 18.5 | 7 | 444 | 7 | 74 |
| 22 | Surrey | 74.4 | 83.6 | 88.6 | 62.2 | 12.5 | 10 | 438 | 7 | 66 |
| 23 | Loughborough | 73.9 | 91 | 93.0 | 82.8 | 23.5 | 5 | 390 | 7 | 76 |
| 24 | Edinburgh | 73.8 | 88 | 93 | 62.9 | 17 | 9 | 471 | 7 | 60 |
| 25 | Queen Mary | 73.6 | 91.9 | 94.2 | 72.8 | 17 | 6 | 414 | 7 | 62 |
| 26 | Newcastle | 73.3 | 89 | 92.8 | 78.8 | 15.7 | 4 | 434 | 5 | 72 |
| 27 | Buckingham | 73.2 | 96.0 | 93.8 | 85.8 | 9.5 | 4 | 286 | 3 | - |
| 28 | Leeds | 73 | 89.9 | 94.5 | 72.4 | 17.1 | 6 | 453 | 7 | 69 |
| 29 | Strathclyde | 72.3 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 73.3 | 10.5 | 3 | 463 | 7 | 51 |
| 30 | Glasgow | 72.2 | 89.7 | 93.8 | 74.3 | 17.3 | 7 | 442 | 5 | 65 |
| 31 | Keele | 71.8 | 94 | 93.5 | 77.4 | 14.8 | 4 | 356 | 7 | 66 |
| 32 | King's College London | 71.3 | 80.8 | 92.0 | 63.7 | 14.1 | 6 | 459 | 7 | 65 |
| 33 | Dundee | 70.2 | 97.4 | 96.8 | 84.2 | 23.5 | 4 | 407 | 6 | 58 |
| 34 | Leicester | 70 | 92.9 | 92.0 | 70.5 | 19.4 | 7 | 378 | 6 | 70 |
| 35 | Teesside | 69.8 | 100 | 99.2 | 93.4 | 25.9 | 3 | 265 | 7 | 58 |
| 36 | York | 69.6 | 82.8 | 90.5 | 56.7 | 17.7 | 7 | 485 | 7 | 73 |
| 37 | Queen's, Belfast | 69.1 | 91.1 | 94.5 | 79.2 | 15 | 5 | 377 | 4 | 61 |
| 38 | Essex | 68.9 | 91.5 | 88.6 | 70.9 | 9.2 | 4 | 317 | 7 | 67 |
| 39 | Aberdeen | 68.6 | 90.0 | 93.5 | 76.3 | 19 | 5 | 433 | 7 | 53 |
| 40 | UWE Bristol | 68.5 | 92.7 | 95.7 | 83.3 | 15.3 | 3 | 332 | 8 | 52 |
| 41 | Falmouth | 68.4 | 93 | 94.7 | 86.5 | 26.2 | 4 | 277 | 10 | 54 |
| 42 | Northampton | 68 | 99.2 | 96.3 | 86.3 | 17 | 5 | 267 | 8 | 48 |
| 43 | Lincoln | 67.8 | 95 | 95.5 | 83.6 | 22.6 | 4 | 320 | 7 | 64 |
| 44 | East London | 67.7 | 86.0 | 94.8 | 83.8 | 22.8 | 10 | 263 | 7 | 47 |
| 45 | Oxford Brookes | 66.6 | 92 | 93.5 | 72.7 | 12 | 10 | 326 | 4 | 51 |
| 46 | Northumbria | 65.8 | 90 | 89.6 | 79.4 | 12.7 | 4 | 341 | 7 | 52 |
| 47 | Bath Spa | 65.7 | 91.4 | 90.2 | 76.9 | 12.5 | 5 | 320 | 7 | 51 |
| 48 | Liverpool John Moores | 65.4 | 93.1 | 93.4 | 78.7 | 21 | 3 | 331 | 10 | 48 |
| 49 | Liverpool | 64.8 | 89 | 90.8 | 63 | 18.4 | 8 | 403 | 7 | 63 |
| 50 | Winchester | 64.5 | 93.3 | 92.2 | 78.8 | 14.3 | 3 | 314 | 9 | 41 |
