Philosophy, Politics and Economics BA

University of Oxford · honours · 3 years · optional foundation year · UCAS 8396course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £46,000 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£46,000

median, based on 120 graduates · half earned £35,000–£65,500 · 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.

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

Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 41% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 230 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?

£46,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£35k
Median£46k
Upper quarter£66k

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 120 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, 24

Half of graduates earned between £35,000 and £65,500. Five years on, the median is £62,000. 88% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 85% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 11% left99%230
In work or study, 15 months on10% studying88%95
Professional or managerial job85%70
Pay 15 months on, median£45,00035
Pay 3 years on, median£46,000120
Pay 5 years on, median£62,000130
Money

What does it cost?

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

Oxford fees page

National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

86%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 53% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 240 students answered

Highest: 99% agreed on question 3; lowest: 27% on question 25.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 195%
Question 293%
Question 399%
Question 493%
Question 593%
Question 686%
Question 784%
Question 868%
Question 986%
Question 1050%
Question 1194%
Question 1278%
Question 1375%
Question 1490%
Question 1596%
Question 1693%
Question 1767%
Question 1883%
Question 1989%
Question 2098%
Question 2196%
Question 2284%
Question 2370%
Question 2439%
Question 2527%
Question 2686%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

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