Classics (4 years) BA

University of Cambridge · honours · 4 years · UCAS 4998, 0011, 6908, 7339, 8148, 8877, 9126, 9430, 9475, 9530, 9575, 9759, 9852, 4971, 4626, 4299, 3936, 3730, 3541, 2697, 1942, 1715, 1402, 1265, 0896, 0884, 0649, 0365, 0176, 5590course page ↗

A*AA at A level, Latin; graduates earn a median £30,500 three years on.

Typical A level offer
A*AA

Latin · 92% of entrants came with A levels · 99% stay on after year 1 · Cambridge course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

A*AAtypical A level offer; recommended: classical civilisation; english (language or literature); history; languages (ancient or modern); most entrants achieved at least a*a*a

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.

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

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Who actually got in: 92% with A levels, 5% with the IB, 2% with other higher education. 36% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 85 entrants.

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

Other qualifications1
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Levelrecommended: Classical Civilisation; English (language or literature); History; Languages (ancient or modern)Latin
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£30,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£26k
Median£31k
Upper quarter£43k

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 85 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 £25,500 and £43,000. Five years on, the median is £46,500. 70% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 75% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 11% left99%80
In work or study, 15 months on10% studying70%45
Professional or managerial job75%20
Pay 15 months on, median£29,00015
Pay 3 years on, median£30,50085
Pay 5 years on, median£46,50090
Money

What does it cost?

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

Cambridge fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

89%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 59% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 45 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 2; lowest: 31% on question 24.

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

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