Social mobility coefficient ranking

Our social mobility coefficient measures how each university’s student intake compares with the pool of 18 to 19 year olds in England who achieved the required grades for that university.

A positive score means the university successfully recruits a more disadvantaged group of students than its available qualified pool. A negative score suggests there is room for improvement.

This ranking might be more appropriate to assess universities that recruit nationally.

Data

Ranking of universities based on the social mobility coefficient
Rank University name Social mobility coefficient
1 Middlesex University 257
2 The University of East London 253
3 The University of Bradford 233
4 The University of Westminster 228
5 Brunel University London 219
5 London South Bank University 219
7 The University of Greenwich 211
8 City St George's, University of London 210
8 Roehampton University 210
10 The University of Wolverhampton 198
11 Aston University 184
12 The University of West London 180
13 Queen Mary University of London 178
14 University of Bedfordshire 164
14 Goldsmiths College 164
16 Kingston University 155
17 Coventry University 154
18 Birmingham City University 152
19 The University of Huddersfield 149
20 University of Hertfordshire 146
21 The University of Northampton 145
22 Teesside University 120
23 The University of Essex 117
23 The University of Sunderland 117
25 The University of Salford 111
26 Canterbury Christ Church University 108
27 Ravensbourne University London 107
28 Staffordshire University 102
29 The University of Central Lancashire 99
30 De Montfort University 94
31 Liverpool Hope University 84
32 Leeds Trinity University 81
32 St George's, University of London 81
34 St Mary's University, Twickenham 79
35 The University of Kent 77
36 The Manchester Metropolitan University 72
37 Buckinghamshire New University 64
38 The University of Leicester 60
39 University of Derby 59
40 Liverpool John Moores University 44
41 London School of Economics and Political Science 43
42 Edge Hill University 41
42 The University of Warwick 41
44 Anglia Ruskin University 38
44 The University of Hull 38
44 Keele University 38
47 King's College London 34
48 University for the Creative Arts 33
49 The University of Brighton 29
49 Sheffield Hallam University 29
51 Norwich University of the Arts 26
52 University of Worcester 23
53 University of Cumbria 22
54 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 20
55 University of Chester 16
56 Leeds Beckett University 12
57 University of the Arts, London 10
58 Royal Holloway and Bedford New College 9
58 Solent University 9
60 University of Northumbria at Newcastle 8
60 University College London 8
62 The University of Lincoln 5
63 The University of Surrey 2
63 York St John University 2
65 The University of Southampton 1
66 Bournemouth University 0
66 University of Plymouth 0
68 The Nottingham Trent University -7
69 The University of Chichester -9
70 The University of Sussex -14
71 The University of East Anglia -15
72 University of Manchester -18
72 University of Nottingham -18
74 University of Gloucestershire -31
74 University of the West of England, Bristol -31
76 The University of Winchester -32
77 Bath Spa University -35
78 Leeds Arts University -38
79 The University of Sheffield -40
80 Falmouth University -42
81 The University of Reading -43
82 Loughborough University -45
83 The University of Liverpool -49
84 The University of Cambridge -51
84 The University of Lancaster -51
86 Newcastle University -53
87 The University of Birmingham -54
88 The University of Bristol -63
88 University of Durham -63
90 The University of Leeds -66
90 The University of York -66
92 The University of Oxford -69
93 The University of Exeter -79
94 Oxford Brookes University -132
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