Top universities for Media, Journalism, and Communications

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UNIVERSITY 2024
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Uni of Nottingham

1st

4.20 / 5

87 / 100

63 / 100

14.30
Sheffield Hallam Uni

2nd

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

9.37
Nottingham Trent

3rd

4.32 / 5

83 / 100

92 / 100

17.33
Uni of Warwick

4th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Cardiff Uni

5th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

76 / 100

11.81
Uni of Leeds

6th

4.20 / 5

84 / 100

94 / 100

10.28
Uni of Southampton

7th

4.07 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Liverpool

8th

4.36 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

11.64
Uni of Worcester

9th

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

75 / 100

Liverpool JM

10th

4.28 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

9.31
Uni of Surrey

11th

4.21 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

12th

4.03 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

21.40
Uni of Sheffield

13th

4.32 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

7.61
Uni of York

14th

4.16 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

15th

4.14 / 5

82 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Derby

16th

3.91 / 5

86 / 100

94 / 100

8.99
Bournemouth Uni

17th

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

4.18
Anglia Ruskin Uni

18th

4.20 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

66.20
Edge Hill Uni

19th

4.19 / 5

90 / 100

88 / 100

15.31
Uni of Exeter

20th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Sussex

21st

4.07 / 5

82 / 100

81 / 100

7.58
Staffordshire Uni

22nd

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

18.77
Uni of Leicester

23rd

4.06 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

15.29
Uni of Bolton

24th

3.88 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Birmingham

25th

4.25 / 5

87 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

26th

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

De Montfort

27th

4.06 / 5

82 / 100

84 / 100

16.63
Uni of Huddersfield

28th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

71 / 100

29.73
Swansea Uni

29th

4.26 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Westminster

30th

3.93 / 5

82 / 100

78 / 100

12.88
Oxford Brookes

31st

4.04 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

Newcastle Uni

32nd

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

8.84
Uni of Chester

33rd

4.13 / 5

87 / 100

67 / 100

Ulster Uni

34th

4.18 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

23.46
Liverpool Hope Uni

35th

4.11 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

36th

4.08 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

UEA

37th

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

78 / 100

15.09
Uni of Portsmouth

38th

4.13 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

Queen MaryUOL

39th

4.01 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Keele Uni

40th

3.99 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Coventry Uni

41st

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

Middlesex Uni

42nd

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

14.84
Uni of Greenwich

43rd

4.01 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of C.Lancashire

44th

4.03 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

23.23
York St John Uni

45th

4.12 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Birmingham City Uni

46th

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

9.58
Uni of Glasgow

47th

4.12 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

11.50
UCL

48th

4.12 / 5

87 / 100

60 / 100

16.99
Uni of Kent

49th

3.98 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

Queens Uni

50th

4.04 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Essex

51st

3.95 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Lincoln

52nd

4.05 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

18.54
Uni of Strathclyde

53rd

4.03 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Hull

54th

3.98 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

Leeds Beckett Uni

55th

4.17 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

29.33
St Marys Twickenham

56th

3.89 / 5

91 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Manchester

57th

3.91 / 5

85 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

58th

3.93 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Lancaster Uni

59th

3.95 / 5

85 / 100

67 / 100

Loughborough Uni

60th

4.23 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

8.93
Uni of Northampton

61st

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Glasgow Caledonian

62nd

3.96 / 5

88 / 100

91 / 100

35.71
City UOL

63rd

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

17.94
Northumbria Uni

64th

4.23 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Solent Uni

65th

4.03 / 5

80 / 100

89 / 100

11.14
Uni of Chichester

66th

3.84 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

UWEBristol

67th

4.04 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

10.60
Brunel Uni London

68th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

The Uni of Salford

69th

4.03 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

16.72
Uni of Brighton

70th

3.92 / 5

86 / 100

94 / 100

4.86
Uni of Roehampton

71st

3.88 / 5

82 / 100

73 / 100

16.28
Edinburgh Napier

72nd

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

17.41
Royal Holloway

73rd

3.93 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

19.72
Uni of Winchester

74th

3.89 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

19.72
Uni of Sunderland

75th

3.94 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

35.92
Uni of Gloucestershire

76th

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

25.38
Kingston Uni

77th

3.80 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

London Met Uni

78th

3.82 / 5

82 / 100

71 / 100

Uni of Wolverhampton

79th

3.78 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

26.18
Falmouth Uni

80th

3.81 / 5

75 / 100

94 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

81st

3.72 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

18.01
Bangor Uni

82nd

3.99 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

LSBU

83rd

3.90 / 5

84 / 100

80 / 100

17.06
Plymouth Marjon Uni

84th

3.75 / 5

89 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Bradford

85th

3.77 / 5

89 / 100

Teesside Uni

86th

3.69 / 5

88 / 100

67 / 100

Canterbury Uni

87th

3.75 / 5

88 / 100

89 / 100

18.69
Uni of East London

88th

3.67 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

16.96
USW

89th

3.69 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of West London

n/a

3.69 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

33.26

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