Top universities for Media, Journalism, and Communications

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UNIVERSITY 2025
SATISFACTION
REFLECTIONS
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH QUALITY
Anglia Ruskin Uni

1st

0

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

66.20
Ulster Uni

2nd

0

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

23.46
Leeds Beckett Uni

3rd

1

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

29.33
Glasgow Caledonian

4th

-1

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

91 / 100

35.71
Edge Hill Uni

5th

3

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

88 / 100

15.31
Nottingham Trent

6th

5

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

92 / 100

17.33
Loughborough Uni

7th

2

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

8.93
Edinburgh Napier

8th

8

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

17.41
Uni of West London

9th

1

3.21 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

33.26
Uni of C.Lancashire

10th

-4

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

23.23
Royal Holloway

11th

3

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

19.72
City, UOL

12th

6

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

17.94
Liverpool JM

13th

2

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

9.31
The Uni of Salford

14th

10

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

16.72
Uni of Glasgow

15th

-3

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

11.50
Keele Uni

16th

13

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Sheffield Hallam Uni

17th

-4

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

9.37
Uni of Gloucestershire

18th

-1

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

25.38
Uni of Leeds

19th

2

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

94 / 100

10.28
Uni of Liverpool

20th

-1

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

11.64
Newcastle Uni

21st

5

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

89 / 100

8.84
Uni of Lincoln

22nd

6

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

87 / 100

18.54
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

23rd

0

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Robert Gordon Uni

24th

16

2.91 / 5

88 / 100

92 / 100

29.33
Staffordshire Uni

25th

-18

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

18.77
Uni of Chichester

26th

13

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Strathclyde

27th

-2

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of York

28th

2

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Brighton

29th

5

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

94 / 100

4.86
Uni of Warwick

30th

1

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Sheffield

31st

-9

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

7.61
Uni of Huddersfield

32nd

1

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

71 / 100

29.73
Uni of Leicester

33rd

13

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

15.29
Manchester Met Uni

34th

11

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

UWE, Bristol

35th

1

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

10.60
Bournemouth Uni

36th

6

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

4.18
Bath Spa Uni

37th

-10

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

21.40
UEA

38th

9

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

78 / 100

15.09
Cardiff Uni

39th

-7

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

76 / 100

11.81
Birmingham City Uni

40th

-5

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

9.58
Middlesex Uni

41st

17

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

14.84
Uni of Sunderland

42nd

-37

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

35.92
Liverpool Hope Uni

43rd

-23

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

44th

-6

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

Northumbria Uni

45th

-8

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of East London

46th

6

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

16.96
Oxford Brookes

47th

6

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

Queen Margaret Uni

48th

3

2.96 / 5

88 / 100

88 / 100

19.50
Uni of Nottingham

49th

6

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

63 / 100

14.30
Uni of Worcester

50th

13

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Stirling

51st

-2

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

17.61
Swansea Uni

52nd

-8

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Suffolk

53rd

35

3.00 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of West Scotland

54th

18

3.66 / 5

84 / 100

78 / 100

14.16
Uni of Hull

55th

9

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

Queen Mary, UOL

56th

6

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

57th

-3

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

18.01
Uni of Westminster

58th

9

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

78 / 100

12.88
Uni of Sussex

59th

1

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

81 / 100

7.58
UCL

60th

-1

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

60 / 100

16.99
LSBU

61st

-11

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

80 / 100

17.06
Goldsmiths, UOL

62nd

6

3.27 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

14.56
Coventry Uni

63rd

-2

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

94 / 100

Uni of Essex

64th

-21

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Chester

65th

6

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

67 / 100

Falmouth Uni

66th

11

3.91 / 5

75 / 100

94 / 100

Uni of St. Andrews

67th

-1

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

York St John Uni

68th

-12

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Queen's Uni

69th

0

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

Solent Uni

70th

-22

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

89 / 100

11.14
East Sussex College

71st

23

3.04 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

AUP

72nd

18

3.23 / 5

79 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

73rd

-32

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

74th

0

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Southampton

75th

-18

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Belfast Met

76th

17

2.54 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Northampton

77th

-12

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

78th

-8

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

73 / 100

16.28
St Mary's, Twickenham

79th

-6

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Surrey

80th

3

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

Lancaster Uni

81st

0

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

82nd

-2

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

Bangor Uni

83rd

-1

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

67 / 100

Brunel Uni London

84th

1

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Kent

85th

-9

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Exeter

86th

0

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

Uni for Creative Arts

87th

0

2.96 / 5

74 / 100

100 / 100

Bucks New Uni

88th

4

2.91 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

89th

-11

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Bolton

90th

-1

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

50 / 100

UAL

91st

4

2.65 / 5

75 / 100

88 / 100

North West Regional College

92nd

-8

0.71 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Wrexham Uni

93rd

-14

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Newcastle College

94th

-19

0.84 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Birmingham

95th

1

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

Uni of Manchester

96th

4

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

SAE Institute

97th

0

0.53 / 5

75 / 100

100 / 100

Plymouth Marjon Uni

98th

-7

0.94 / 5

89 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Bradford

99th

0

2.74 / 5

89 / 100

Highlands & Islands

100th

-2

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

50 / 100

South West College

101st

1

0.46 / 5

87 / 100

50 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

102nd

-1

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

33 / 100

New College, Durham

103rd

0

0.50 / 5

88 / 100

Richmond AIUIL

n/a

0

0.50 / 5

85 / 100

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