Economics/Politics MA(SocSci)

University of Glasgow · honours · 4 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 2775course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £34,500 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£34,500

median, based on 60 graduates · half earned £27,500–£42,000 · 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. 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?

£34,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£28k
Median£35k
Upper quarter£42k

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 60 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 £27,500 and £42,000. Five years on, the median is £50,000. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 65% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 10% left100%15
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying85%15
Professional or managerial job65%50
Pay 15 months on, median£33,00030
Pay 3 years on, median£34,50060
Pay 5 years on, median£50,00060
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?

75%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 72% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 15 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 3; lowest: 33% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 192%
Question 285%
Question 3100%
Question 485%
Question 585%
Question 6100%
Question 777%
Question 885%
Question 977%
Question 1062%
Question 1177%
Question 1285%
Question 1346%
Question 1438%
Question 1577%
Question 1692%
Question 1762%
Question 1877%
Question 1985%
Question 20100%
Question 2185%
Question 2285%
Question 2385%
Question 2433%
Question 2567%
Question 2675%

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.