Liberal Arts BA

Durham University · honours · 3 years · optional foundation year · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 3314course page ↗

85% are in work or study 15 months after graduating.

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.

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

Who actually got in: 99% with A levels, 1% with the IB. 13% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 80 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

After graduating

Where does it lead?

85%in work or further study 15 months after graduating

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

85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 80% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures5
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 13% left97%70
In work or study, 15 months on15% studying85%30
Professional or managerial job80%20
Pay 15 months on, median£31,50020
Money

What does it cost?

Fees not on file; see the university’s fees page.

Durham fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

92%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 54% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 25 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 48% on question 25.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 289%
Question 396%
Question 485%
Question 596%
Question 685%
Question 7100%
Question 870%
Question 996%
Question 1074%
Question 1193%
Question 12100%
Question 1381%
Question 1481%
Question 15100%
Question 1696%
Question 1778%
Question 1892%
Question 1992%
Question 20100%
Question 2196%
Question 22100%
Question 2384%
Question 2473%
Question 2548%
Question 2692%

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 Durham University’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. Durham University is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.