Dentistry BDS
A*AA at A level; graduates earn a median £47,500 three years on.
91% of entrants came with A levels · 100% stay on after year 1 · King's course page, Discover Uni
What do you need to get in?
Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.
King's course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile
UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.
Where does it lead?
Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 610 graduates.
Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 14, 22
Half of graduates earned between £39,000 and £53,000. Five years on, the median is £52,500.
All outcome figures4
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Continue after year 10% left | 100% | 105 |
| Pay 3 years on, median | £47,500 | 610 |
| Pay 5 years on, median | £52,500 | 650 |
What do students say?
NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 72% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.
National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 90 students answered
Highest: 88% agreed on question 20; lowest: 13% on question 17.
All questions26
| Question | Agree |
|---|---|
| Question 1 | 71% |
| Question 2 | 47% |
| Question 3 | 85% |
| Question 4 | 76% |
| Question 5 | 64% |
| Question 6 | 64% |
| Question 7 | 70% |
| Question 8 | 37% |
| Question 9 | 67% |
| Question 10 | 21% |
| Question 11 | 45% |
| Question 12 | 55% |
| Question 13 | 35% |
| Question 14 | 34% |
| Question 15 | 68% |
| Question 16 | 66% |
| Question 17 | 13% |
| Question 18 | 32% |
| Question 19 | 66% |
| Question 20 | 88% |
| Question 21 | 74% |
| Question 22 | 63% |
| Question 23 | 43% |
| Question 24 | 37% |
| Question 25 | 63% |
| Question 26 | 61% |
Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.
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