Geography MA(SocSci)

University of Glasgow · honours · 4 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 0323course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £25,500 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£25,500

median, based on 50 graduates · half earned £19,500–£30,000 · 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.

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

Who actually got in: 95% with A levels, 5% via Access courses. 45% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 15 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?

£25,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£20k
Median£26k
Upper quarter£30k

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 50 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 23, 14, 24

Half of graduates earned between £19,500 and £30,000. Five years on, the median is £30,500. 95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 60% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 15% left95%15
In work or study, 15 months on10% studying95%35
Professional or managerial job60%25
Pay 15 months on, median£28,00015
Pay 3 years on, median£25,50050
Pay 5 years on, median£30,50050
Money

What does it cost?

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

Glasgow fees page

National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

50%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 · 10 students answered

Highest: 90% agreed on question 1; lowest: 20% on question 13.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 190%
Question 290%
Question 380%
Question 490%
Question 580%
Question 690%
Question 770%
Question 870%
Question 970%
Question 1080%
Question 1190%
Question 1260%
Question 1320%
Question 1440%
Question 1560%
Question 1680%
Question 1770%
Question 1870%
Question 1978%
Question 2080%
Question 2170%
Question 2280%
Question 2360%
Question 2430%
Question 2580%
Question 2650%

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