Economics BSc

University of Liverpool · honours · 3 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 2154course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £29,000 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£29,000

median, based on 110 graduates · half earned £23,500–£38,000 · Discover Uni (LEO)

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

Entry requirements for this course are not yet on file; see the university’s course page.

Liverpool course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 37% with A levels, 63% with other higher education. Based on 160 entrants.
Years 1–3

What do you study?

6compulsory modules in year 1, 4 optional

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.

Liverpool course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 2 · 6 core, 6 optional · 90 credits ≈ 900 hours
Year 3 · 3 core, 20 optional · 45 credits ≈ 450 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£29,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£24k
Median£29k
Upper quarter£38k

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 110 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, 13, 23

Half of graduates earned between £23,500 and £38,000. Five years on, the median is £40,000. 100% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 90% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 12% left98%190
In work or study, 15 months on10% studying100%15
Professional or managerial job90%15
Pay 15 months on, median£30,00075
Pay 3 years on, median£29,000110
Pay 5 years on, median£40,000120
Money

What does it cost?

£9,790a year for UK students, 2026/27 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Liverpool fees page · source

About £29,370 in fees over 3 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £27,000 a year (2026/27).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

94%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 58% 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: 99% agreed on question 1; lowest: 74% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 199%
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Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Liverpool’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Liverpool is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.