| 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 | 93.8 | 77.0 | 10.5 | - | 648 | 5 | 88 |
| 2 | Oxford | 97.6 | 90.6 | 95.0 | 71.3 | 11.1 | - | 565 | 8 | 81 |
| 3 | Exeter | 91 | 94.7 | 95.6 | 79.4 | 15 | 8 | 452 | 8 | 76 |
| 4 | Gloucestershire | 90.7 | 100 | 100 | 94.2 | 14.8 | 3 | 309 | 10 | - |
| 5 | York | 90.4 | 97.1 | 96.2 | 79.3 | 11.4 | - | 467 | 5 | 75 |
| 6 | St Andrews | 90.3 | 96.5 | 93.3 | 65.9 | 8.8 | 10 | 520 | 6 | 66 |
| 7 | Surrey | 89 | 93.0 | 92.8 | 74.0 | 11.3 | 9 | 430 | 6 | 84 |
| 8 | Ulster | 88.3 | 95.5 | 89.8 | 76.5 | 6.4 | 9 | 310 | 9 | 69 |
| 9 | Lancaster | 85.4 | 92.5 | 91.0 | 74.9 | 11.2 | 10 | 439 | 5 | 73 |
| 10 | UCL | 85.3 | 87.0 | 91.5 | 61.7 | 12.9 | 9 | 490 | 7 | 73 |
| 11 | Bristol | 85.2 | 96.4 | 93.0 | 69.7 | 11.9 | 8 | 475 | 7 | 71 |
| 12 | Manchester | 84.5 | 92.5 | 92.0 | 74.3 | 12.6 | 10 | 453 | 4 | 71 |
| 13 | Edinburgh | 84.2 | 92.7 | 92.4 | 56.4 | 10.8 | - | 502 | 6 | 72 |
| 14 | Bath | 83.8 | 91.7 | 94.1 | 73.4 | 15.8 | 6 | 462 | 9 | 74 |
| 15 | Birmingham | 82.5 | 87.3 | 91.1 | 65.0 | 13.2 | 9 | 417 | 7 | 78 |
| 16 | Leicester | 82.3 | 95.6 | 92.1 | 69.3 | 9.9 | 10 | 399 | 4 | 68 |
| 17 | King's College London | 82.2 | 92.5 | 92.9 | 64.1 | 11.5 | 8 | 438 | 4 | 73 |
| 18 | Sheffield | 82.1 | 95.3 | 94.1 | 68.2 | 17.4 | 6 | 458 | 8 | 70 |
| 19 | Coventry | 81.9 | 97.4 | 97.8 | 86.7 | 20.5 | 3 | 294 | 8 | 74 |
| 20 | Kent | 80.6 | 97.5 | 97.1 | 81.6 | 15.8 | 5 | 365 | 7 | 71 |
| 21 | UEA | 80.5 | 95.7 | 93.9 | 69.5 | 13.1 | 4 | 405 | 8 | 66 |
| 22 | Warwick | 80 | 82.6 | 86.2 | 76.4 | 10.7 | - | 420 | 4 | 73 |
| 23 | Imperial College | 79.6 | 76.4 | 81.3 | 49.2 | 11.6 | 9 | 522 | 6 | 76 |
| 24 | Sussex | 79.5 | 87.6 | 93.5 | 62.7 | 15.8 | 10 | 394 | 4 | 76 |
| 24 | Edge Hill | 79.5 | 82.2 | 90.3 | 76.8 | 12.8 | 9 | 307 | 6 | 72 |
| 26 | Nottingham | 79 | 93.5 | 90.5 | 68.6 | 14.8 | 8 | 418 | 5 | 70 |
| 27 | Durham | 78.1 | 86.9 | 86.9 | 59.3 | 19.3 | 6 | 536 | 6 | 76 |
| 27 | Aston | 78.1 | 91.4 | 90.7 | 70.8 | 13.1 | 7 | 370 | 7 | 62 |
| 29 | Dundee | 77.9 | 85.9 | 89.2 | 61.3 | 14.7 | 10 | 415 | 5 | 65 |
| 30 | Queen's, Belfast | 77.5 | 89.3 | 90.6 | 65.5 | 14.1 | 4 | 369 | 8 | 79 |
| 31 | Aberdeen | 76.1 | 93.2 | 89.9 | 66.6 | 11.5 | 9 | 409 | 5 | 55 |
| 32 | Queen Margaret | 75.6 | 95.2 | 93.0 | 67.9 | 22.2 | 4 | 326 | 10 | 63 |
| 32 | Lincoln | 75.6 | 96 | 95.2 | 74.2 | 19.4 | 4 | 322 | 9 | - |
| 34 | Glasgow | 75.5 | 96.9 | 97.5 | 64.7 | 19.4 | 7 | 466 | 2 | 72 |
| 35 | Southampton | 75.3 | 87.6 | 88.5 | 61.4 | 16.7 | 6 | 397 | 7 | 73 |
| 35 | Newcastle | 75.3 | 89.7 | 90.7 | 66.5 | 19.3 | 8 | 422 | 5 | 70 |
| 35 | Abertay Dundee | 75.3 | 91.9 | 95 | 50.2 | 15.8 | 3 | 351 | 10 | - |
| 38 | Bath Spa | 74.5 | 95.6 | 97.2 | 89.6 | 20.3 | 3 | 306 | 6 | 71 |
| 39 | Keele | 74.4 | 95.8 | 91.3 | 76.6 | 16.1 | 3 | 376 | 6 | 66 |
| 40 | Portsmouth | 74.2 | 90.2 | 90.9 | 62.0 | 11.6 | 6 | 320 | 9 | 60 |
| 41 | St George's, UoL | 74.1 | 85 | 86.0 | 52.3 | 10.5 | 9 | 413 | 4 | 61 |
| 42 | Liverpool | 73.4 | 86.4 | 84.8 | 59.7 | - | - | 408 | 6 | 59 |
| 43 | Cardiff | 73.2 | 93.4 | 91.7 | 59.1 | 13.2 | 8 | 431 | 3 | 65 |
| 44 | Cumbria | 72.9 | 90 | 91.5 | 79.6 | 12.6 | 3 | 280 | - | - |
| 45 | Heriot-Watt | 72.3 | 87.0 | 90.5 | 68.5 | 17.9 | 6 | 401 | 3 | 68 |
| 46 | Swansea | 72.1 | 93.1 | 91.7 | 72.4 | 19.2 | 3 | 339 | 7 | 66 |
| 47 | Essex | 71.8 | 93.0 | 86.1 | 73.5 | 19.7 | 3 | 305 | 9 | 72 |
| 48 | Royal Veterinary College | 71.4 | 90 | 92.5 | 61.9 | - | 8 | 383 | 3 | 68 |
| 48 | Leeds | 71.4 | 85.8 | 88.0 | 65.7 | 18.1 | 7 | 421 | 4 | 67 |
| 50 | Bradford | 71.2 | 84.1 | 81.1 | 67.9 | 13.8 | 5 | 299 | 8 | 68 |
