| Rank | Institution | Student satisfaction | Research quality | Entry standards | Graduate prospects | Overall Score |
| 1 | UCL | n/a | 4.4/9 | 405 | 79.0% | 100.0 |
| 2 | Oxford | 92% | 4.0/9 | 441 | 45.0% | 94.8 |
| 3 | Edinburgh | n/a | 3.1/9 | 439 | 64.0% | 92.5 |
| 4 | Loughborough | 81% | 4.1/9 | 354 | 61.0% | 89.2 |
| 5 | Lancaster | 75% | 4.1/9 | 374 | 66.0% | 88.9 |
| 6 | Brunel | 85% | 1.5/9 | 365 | 74.0% | 87.9 |
| 7 | Glasgow | 78% | 3.5/9 | n/a | 67.0% | 86.8 |
| 8 | Kent | 68% | 4.4/9 | 315 | 77.0% | 85.5 |
| 9 | Leeds | 72% | 3.5/9 | 386 | 61.0% | 85.0 |
| 10 | Heriot-Watt | 69% | 2.6/9 | 331 | 85.0% | 84.3 |
| 11 | Dundee | 82% | 4.0/9 | 317 | 51.0% | 84.0 |
| 12 | Newcastle | 68% | 4.2/9 | 382 | 58.0% | 83.8 |
| 13 | Goldsmiths | 72% | 3.7/9 | 361 | 60.0% | 83.7 |
| 14 | Bangor | 79% | n/a | 277 | 92.0% | 80.1 |
| 15 | Reading | 60% | 4.3/9 | 344 | 61.0% | 79.3 |
| 16 | University College Falmouth | 80% | 1.8/9 | 311 | 60.0% | 78.9 |
| 17 | Oxford Brookes | 82% | 2.5/9 | 279 | 56.0% | 78.8 |
| 18 | Bournemouth | 69% | 3.3/9 | 283 | 69.0% | 78.7 |
| 19 | Nottingham Trent | 75% | 1.7/9 | 313 | 68.0% | 78.4 |
| 20 | Brighton | 72% | 4.3/9 | 297 | 47.0% | 77.8 |
| 21 | Edge Hill | 76% | n/a | 262 | 89.0% | 77.2 |
| 21 | Northumbria | 72% | 2.5/9 | 302 | 61.0% | 77.2 |
| 23 | Robert Gordon | 74% | 1.9/9 | 289 | 67.0% | 77.1 |
| 24 | Cardiff, UWIC | 77% | 3.0/9 | 288 | 45.0% | 75.4 |
| 25 | Arts University College, Bournemouth | 80% | 0.4/9 | 331 | 56.0% | 75.3 |
| 26 | Norwich University College of the Arts | 75% | 1.9/9 | 334 | 46.0% | 74.4 |
| 27 | Aberystwyth | 82% | n/a | 334 | 51.0% | 74.1 |
| 27 | Teesside | 88% | n/a | 297 | 51.0% | 74.1 |
| 29 | Uni of the Arts | 62% | 3.3/9 | 292 | 61.0% | 74.0 |
| 30 | Birmingham City | 69% | 3.8/9 | 280 | 47.0% | 73.9 |
| 31 | Coventry | 66% | 1.9/9 | 306 | 64.0% | 73.4 |
| 32 | Roehampton | 70% | n/a | 258 | 86.0% | 73.3 |
| 33 | De Montfort | 71% | 1.9/9 | 269 | 61.0% | 73.0 |
| 33 | Kingston | 72% | 1.4/9 | 290 | 60.0% | 73.0 |
| 35 | Lincoln | 74% | 1.2/9 | 283 | 58.0% | 72.3 |
| 36 | Manchester | 77% | n/a | 356 | 45.0% | 71.1 |
| 36 | West of England | 74% | 2.7/9 | 261 | 44.0% | 71.1 |
| 38 | Westminster | 65% | 3.7/9 | 293 | 41.0% | 70.7 |
| 39 | Bath Spa | 72% | 1.6/9 | 275 | 52.0% | 70.1 |
| 40 | Southampton | 62% | 1.6/9 | 353 | 50.0% | 69.8 |
| 41 | Edin Napier | 62% | 1.1/9 | 269 | 73.0% | 69.6 |
| 42 | Newport | 65% | 3.0/9 | 284 | 45.0% | 69.4 |
| 42 | Ulster | 69% | 2.9/9 | 260 | 45.0% | 69.4 |
| 44 | Portsmouth | 78% | 0.8/9 | 276 | 47.0% | 69.3 |
| 45 | Chester | 74% | 0.2/9 | 278 | 58.0% | 69.0 |
| 45 | Manchester Met | 68% | 2.3/9 | 281 | 46.0% | 69.0 |
| 47 | Canterbury CC | 80% | n/a | 285 | 46.0% | 68.3 |
| 48 | Staffordshire | 75% | 0.5/9 | 246 | 57.0% | 67.9 |
| 49 | Greenwich | 70% | n/a | 256 | 67.0% | 67.8 |
| 49 | Sheffield Hallam | 66% | 2.9/9 | 290 | 38.0% | 67.8 |
| 51 | Plymouth | 66% | 2.5/9 | 272 | 45.0% | 67.7 |
| 52 | Derby | 72% | 1.5/9 | 269 | 45.0% | 67.5 |
| 53 | Cumbria | 76% | 0.6/9 | 243 | 51.0% | 67.1 |
| 54 | Central Lancs | 72% | 0.7/9 | 240 | 55.0% | 66.5 |
| 54 | Hertfordshire | 61% | 2.7/9 | 259 | 50.0% | 66.5 |
| 56 | Middlesex | 71% | 1.6/9 | 208 | 54.0% | 66.3 |
| 57 | Salford | 73% | 1.5/9 | 234 | 46.0% | 65.9 |
| 58 | Glamorgan | 68% | n/a | 287 | 54.0% | 65.3 |
| 59 | Anglia Ruskin | 66% | 1.6/9 | 268 | 46.0% | 65.1 |
| 59 | Sunderland | 74% | 1.9/9 | 199 | 44.0% | 65.1 |
| 61 | Creative Arts | 66% | 1.6/9 | 247 | 51.0% | 65.0 |
| 62 | Leeds Met | 68% | 1.2/9 | 242 | 50.0% | 64.7 |
| 63 | Soton Solent | 62% | 1.4/9 | 275 | 50.0% | 64.6 |
| 64 | Bucks New | 67% | 1.6/9 | 241 | 47.0% | 64.4 |
| 65 | Northampton | 73% | 0.4/9 | 247 | 46.0% | 64.1 |
| 66 | Gloucestershire | 65% | 1.2/9 | 262 | 48.0% | 64.0 |
| 67 | Huddersfield | 70% | n/a | 273 | 49.0% | 63.5 |
| 68 | Worcester | 64% | n/a | 315 | 48.0% | 63.1 |
| 69 | Glasgow Cal | 70% | n/a | 345 | 26.0% | 61.9 |
| 70 | East London | 63% | 2.3/9 | 202 | 46.0% | 61.6 |
| 71 | Liverpool JM | 67% | 1.5/9 | 195 | 47.0% | 61.3 |
| 72 | Bolton | 63% | 0.3/9 | 258 | 47.0% | 59.9 |
| 73 | Essex | 73% | n/a | 154 | 54.0% | 59.2 |
| 74 | York St John | 57% | n/a | 283 | 48.0% | 57.9 |
| 75 | Chichester | 71% | n/a | 261 | 28.0% | 57.5 |
| 76 | Glynd?r | 56% | 0.6/9 | 227 | 53.0% | 57.0 |
| 77 | Thames Valley | 62% | 0.9/9 | 150 | 52.0% | 55.5 |
| 78 | Bedfordshire | 49% | n/a | 219 | 53.0% | 51.5? |