Social mobility coefficient (with location weighting) ranking

This 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.

It adjusts the social mobility coefficient for location, by giving more importance to qualified students who live close to the university. This better reflects the reality that many disadvantaged students prefer to study locally.

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

Data

Ranking of universities based on the social mobility coefficient location-adjusted
Rank University name Social mobility coefficient (location-adjusted)
1 The University of Bradford 189
2 Brunel University London 187
3 Middlesex University 184
4 Roehampton University 175
5 Kingston University 154
6 The University of Wolverhampton 153
7 The University of Westminster 151
8 The University of Northampton 149
9 Coventry University 141
9 The University of East London 141
11 The University of West London 136
12 University of Bedfordshire 135
13 University of Hertfordshire 126
14 London South Bank University 124
15 The University of Huddersfield 119
16 Canterbury Christ Church University 117
17 The University of Greenwich 110
18 City St George's, University of London 109
19 The University of Essex 108
20 Aston University 99
20 Staffordshire University 99
22 The University of Sunderland 91
23 The University of Central Lancashire 87
24 The University of Kent 84
24 Teesside University 84
26 Buckinghamshire New University 81
27 Leeds Trinity University 76
28 Birmingham City University 71
29 St Mary's University, Twickenham 69
30 University for the Creative Arts 67
31 De Montfort University 66
31 The University of Salford 66
33 University of Derby 63
33 Goldsmiths College 63
33 Liverpool Hope University 63
36 Queen Mary University of London 48
37 The University of Warwick 47
38 Norwich University of the Arts 46
38 The University of Surrey 46
40 University of Worcester 45
41 The University of Brighton 41
42 St George's, University of London 38
43 York St John University 34
44 Edge Hill University 33
45 Keele University 32
45 The University of Leicester 32
47 University of Cumbria 30
48 Anglia Ruskin University 27
48 University of Chester 27
48 The University of Hull 27
48 The Manchester Metropolitan University 27
48 Solent University 27
48 The University of Southampton 27
54 University of Gloucestershire 20
55 Royal Holloway and Bedford New College 17
56 University of Northumbria at Newcastle 15
57 Bournemouth University 14
57 Sheffield Hallam University 14
59 The University of Bristol 9
60 The University of Chichester 7
61 The University of Lincoln 3
61 The University of Winchester 3
63 The Nottingham Trent University 2
64 The University of Sussex 0
65 Liverpool John Moores University -1
65 University of Plymouth -1
65 University of the West of England, Bristol -1
68 Bath Spa University -2
68 Leeds Beckett University -2
70 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine -4
70 The University of Reading -4
72 Ravensbourne University London -7
73 The University of Cambridge -11
73 The University of East Anglia -11
75 The University of Oxford -12
76 University of Nottingham -14
77 London School of Economics and Political Science -17
78 Newcastle University -24
79 Loughborough University -33
80 King's College London -37
81 The University of Sheffield -38
82 Falmouth University -47
83 University of Durham -49
84 The University of York -53
85 The University of Lancaster -55
86 The University of Exeter -57
87 University of Manchester -58
88 Leeds Arts University -61
89 University College London -66
90 University of the Arts, London -79
91 The University of Leeds -89
92 The University of Liverpool -92
93 Oxford Brookes University -93
94 The University of Birmingham -103
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