Mathematics/Economics BSc

University of Glasgow · honours · 4 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 3170course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £30,500 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£30,500

median, based on 90 graduates · half earned £23,500–£36,000 · 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: 85% with A levels, 15% with the IB. 65% 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?

£30,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£24k
Median£31k
Upper quarter£36k

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 90 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 13, 14, 24, 23

Half of graduates earned between £23,500 and £36,000. Five years on, the median is £38,000. 85% 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 120% left80%15
In work or study, 15 months on10% studying85%25
Professional or managerial job75%15
Pay 15 months on, median£30,00015
Pay 3 years on, median£30,50090
Pay 5 years on, median£38,00090
Money

What does it cost?

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

Glasgow fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

74%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 66% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 70 students answered

Highest: 95% agreed on question 3; lowest: 68% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 192%
Question 281%
Question 395%
Question 495%
Question 586%
Question 691%
Question 778%
Question 872%
Question 978%
Question 1082%
Question 1193%
Question 1282%
Question 1380%
Question 1475%
Question 1587%
Question 1682%
Question 1780%
Question 1878%
Question 1982%
Question 2086%
Question 2195%
Question 2294%
Question 2380%
Question 2468%
Question 2577%
Question 2674%

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.