Digital Media BA

University of Leeds · honours · 3 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 7336, 1165, 3627course page ↗

AAB at A level, including one arts, humanities or social science subject. Excluding general studies and critical thinking; graduates earn a median £25,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAB

including one arts, humanities or social science subject. Excluding general studies and critical thinking · 95% of entrants came with A levels · 95% stay on after year 1 · Leeds course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AABtypical A level offer

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.

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

  1. 1including one arts, humanities or social science subject. Excluding general studies and critical thinking
Who actually got in: 95% with A levels. Based on 50 entrants.
Other qualifications3
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
AccessDistinctionOffers are made on an individual basis, typically a Pass with 60 credits overall including 45 credits at Level 3, of which 30 should be at Distinction and 15 at Merit level—
BTECDDDin a BTEC Extended Diploma in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences or Media
Advanced HighersABin Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers A in an Advanced Higher and AABBB in Highers AAAABB in Highers
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£25,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£21k
Median£25k
Upper quarter£29k

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 135 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, 23

Half of graduates earned between £20,500 and £29,000. Five years on, the median is £30,500. 94% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 73% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 15% left95%45
In work or study, 15 months on4% studying94%75
Professional or managerial job73%65
Pay 15 months on, median£28,00040
Pay 3 years on, median£25,000135
Pay 5 years on, median£30,500145
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Leeds fees page · source

About £30,150 in fees over 3 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £27,300 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

85%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 60% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 30 students answered

Highest: 96% agreed on question 15; lowest: 44% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
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Question 2588%
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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 Leeds’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 Leeds is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.