| Rank | Overall rank | University | Student satisfaction | Research rating | Entry points | Graduate prospects | Total score |
| 1 | 2 | University of Oxford | 43.3 | 596 | 80.2 | 100 | |
| 2 | 7 | University of Bath | 90.59 | 43.3 | 487 | 90.5 | 98.7 |
| 3 | 1 | University of Cambridge | 48.3 | 81.59 | 96.9 | ||
| 4 | 4 | University of St Andrews | 87.3 | 26.7 | 582 | 75 | 93 |
| 5 | 12 | Lancaster University | 82.8 | 41.7 | 431 | 82 | 90.09 |
| 6 | 3 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 79.5 | 43.3 | 512 | 73 | 89.7 |
| 7 | 33 | Cardiff University | 82.9 | 46.7 | 419 | 73.8 | 89.4 |
| 8 | 29 | University of Leeds | 84.09 | 36.7 | 440 | 77.2 | 89 |
| 9 | 21 | Loughborough University | 83.2 | 30 | 439 | 88.2 | 88.9 |
| 10 | 10 | University of Warwick | 74.3 | 41.7 | 511 | 84.8 | 88.5 |
| 11 | 8 | University of Exeter | 83.09 | 30 | 454 | 82.3 | 88.2 |
| 12 | 42 | University of Strathclyde | 83.3 | 38.3 | 466 | 61.9 | 86.9 |
| 13 | 6 | Durham University | 79.09 | 28.3 | 395 | 100 | 86.8 |
| 14 | 24 | School of Oriental and African Studies | 88.3 | 16.7 | 427 | 0 | 85.59 |
| 15 | 29 | Aston University Birmingham | 83.5 | 30 | 404 | 73.3 | 84.9 |
| 15 | 43 | City University | 84.3 | 28.3 | 457 | 62.8 | 84.9 |
| 17 | 16 | University of Birmingham | 75 | 31.7 | 428 | 89.3 | 84.3 |
| 18 | 14 | University of Leicester | 84.7 | 28.3 | 377 | 72.2 | 84 |
| 19 | 23 | University of Nottingham | 78 | 36.7 | 404 | 74.5 | 83.59 |
| 20 | 11 | University of York | 81.7 | 23.3 | 405 | 76.5 | 82.9 |
| 20 | 12 | University of Surrey | 84.59 | 23.3 | 366 | 75.09 | 82.9 |
| 22 | 9 | University College London | 80.7 | 455 | 100 | 82.7 | |
| 22 | 26 | University of Manchester | 76.59 | 38.3 | 424 | 68.5 | 82.7 |
| 24 | 18 | Newcastle University | 78 | 23.3 | 426 | 82.59 | 82.59 |
| 25 | 52 | The Robert Gordon University | 83 | 16.7 | 375 | 83.59 | 82.2 |
| 26 | 38 | Heriot-Watt University | 83.8 | 21.7 | 384 | 71.5 | 81.9 |
| 27 | 20 | University of Southampton | 74.5 | 28.3 | 427 | 80.8 | 81.5 |
| 28 | 40 | University of Aberdeen | 82.4 | 20 | 414 | 69.59 | 81.4 |
| 29 | 33 | University of Kent | 80.5 | 25 | 364 | 76.8 | 81.2 |
| 29 | 27 | King's College London | 67.8 | 43.3 | 471 | 72.3 | 81.2 |
| 31 | 32 | University of Sussex | 78.59 | 30 | 390 | 70.3 | 81 |
| 32 | 22 | University of Edinburgh | 75.9 | 23.3 | 467 | 72.5 | 80.9 |
| 33 | 17 | University of East Anglia | 83.59 | 21.7 | 341 | 73.9 | 80.8 |
| 33 | 18 | University of Sheffield | 77.09 | 30 | 396 | 73 | 80.8 |
| 35 | 25 | University of Glasgow | 75.7 | 25 | 457 | 72 | 80.7 |
| 36 | 28 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 81.09 | 28.3 | 382 | 64.4 | 80.59 |
| 37 | 35 | University of Reading | 80.09 | 23.3 | 388 | 71.2 | 80.3 |
| 38 | 36 | University of Liverpool | 81.59 | 23.3 | 390 | 63.5 | 79.7 |
| 39 | 46 | Brunel University | 83.09 | 21.7 | 355 | 60.3 | 78.4 |
| 40 | 70 | Bath Spa University | 89.2 | 327 | 74.4 | 78.3 | |
| 41 | 15 | University of Bristol | 79.9 | 10 | 446 | 0 | 77.7 |
| 42 | 45 | Coventry University | 87.5 | 6.7 | 276 | 70.2 | 76.3 |
| 42 | 41 | University of Buckingham | 90.09 | 296 | 67.4 | 76.3 | |
| 42 | 44 | Keele University | 79.4 | 21.7 | 318 | 67.8 | 76.3 |
| 45 | 55 | University of Portsmouth | 78.7 | 15 | 316 | 73.9 | 75.4 |
| 45 | 67 | Bournemouth University | 78.8 | 13.3 | 344 | 70.9 | 75.4 |
| 45 | 84 | University of Bradford | 78 | 25 | 300 | 66.2 | 75.4 |
| 45 | 51 | University of Stirling | 76.9 | 20 | 390 | 59.3 | 75.4 |
| 49 | 100 | Edinburgh Napier University | 84.59 | 5 | 325 | 65.3 | 75 |
| 49 | 29 | Queen's University, Belfast | 74.3 | 28.3 | 361 | 59.9 | 75 |
| 51 | 86 | De Montfort University | 85.59 | 18.3 | 302 | 48.8 | 74.9 |
| 52 | 39 | University of Essex | 81.59 | 25 | 298 | 51.4 | 74.59 |
| 53 | 61 | Nottingham Trent University | 77.3 | 13.3 | 333 | 71.7 | 74.3 |
| 54 | 66 | University of Huddersfield | 80.4 | 10 | 319 | 68.9 | 74.2 |
| 55 | 56 | Bangor University | 77.9 | 31.7 | 312 | 48.7 | 74 |
| 56 | 47 | Swansea University | 73.59 | 20 | 338 | 71.09 | 73.9 |
| 56 | 62 | Northumbria University | 80.2 | 6.7 | 348 | 66.7 | 73.9 |
| 58 | 60 | University of the West of England | 78.09 | 10 | 311 | 69 | 72.59 |
| 59 | 77 | Sheffield Hallam University | 79.7 | 11.7 | 315 | 60.6 | 72.5 |
| 60 | 89 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 77.8 | 15 | 320 | 60.3 | 72.3 |
| 61 | 76 | University of Brighton | 74.09 | 28.3 | 292 | 58.7 | 72.2 |
| 62 | 91 | Birmingham City University | 82.2 | 11.7 | 299 | 54.1 | 72.09 |
| 62 | 63 | University of Hull | 81 | 18.3 | 312 | 46.5 | 72.09 |
| 64 | 82 | Aberystwyth University | 81.3 | 13.3 | 295 | 54.5 | 72 |
| 65 | 57 | University of Lincoln | 78 | 6.7 | 304 | 71.3 | 71.9 |
| 66 | 88 | University of Central Lancashire | 82 | 13.3 | 296 | 49.5 | 71.5 |
| 66 | 59 | University of Northampton | 82.7 | 8.3 | 283 | 56.7 | 71.5 |
| 66 | 73 | University of Ulster | 85.4 | 15 | 278 | 40.4 | 71.5 |
| 69 | 50 | Oxford Brookes University | 76.8 | 11.7 | 345 | 57.8 | 71.4 |
| 70 | 37 | Queen Mary, University of London | 69.2 | 28.3 | 387 | 43.6 | 69.8 |
| 71 | 91 | University of Gloucestershire | 74.7 | 3.3 | 271 | 80 | 69.7 |
| 71 | 96 | University of Hertfordshire | 76.7 | 15 | 305 | 52.9 | 69.7 |
| 71 | 98 | University of Salford | 72.09 | 22.8 | 297 | 58.4 | 69.7 |
| 74 | 111 | Kingston University | 77.5 | 21.7 | 285 | 44.5 | 69.59 |
| 75 | 83 | Liverpool John Moores University | 82.09 | 1.7 | 320 | 48.8 | 69.3 |
| 76 | - | Royal Agricultural University | 79.7 | 286 | 64 | 69.2 | |
| 77 | 93 | University of Teesside | 82.09 | 11.7 | 288 | 39.2 | 68.8 |
| 78 | 64 | York St John University | 82.59 | 271 | 54.8 | 68.59 | |
| 79 | 52 | University of Chester | 77.7 | 289 | 65.3 | 68.4 | |
| 79 | 57 | University of Winchester | 80.7 | 296 | 54.6 | 68.4 | |
| 81 | 94 | Middlesex University | 83.59 | 13.3 | 230 | 37.4 | 67.7 |
| 81 | 101 | University of Greenwich | 82.5 | 10 | 268 | 37.8 | 67.7 |
| 83 | 84 | University of Derby | 82.8 | 275 | 47.7 | 67.5 | |
| 83 | 81 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 75.4 | 8.3 | 347 | 46.1 | 67.5 |
| 85 | 102 | University of Worcester | 77.9 | 290 | 58.8 | 67.3 | |
| 85 | 106 | University of Westminster | 74 | 13.3 | 326 | 46.7 | 67.3 |
| 87 | 117 | University of the West of Scotland | 77.7 | 13.3 | 282 | 42.7 | 67.09 |
| 87 | 73 | Plymouth University | 73.09 | 13.3 | 291 | 54.6 | 67.09 |
| 89 | 104 | Leeds Trinity University | 77.9 | 239 | 66.2 | 66.9 | |
| 89 | 71 | Queen Margaret University Edinburgh | 75.3 | 1.7 | 293 | 61.9 | 66.9 |
| 89 | 105 | University of Abertay Dundee | 74.09 | 5 | 281 | 63.6 | 66.9 |
| 92 | 90 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 78.2 | 253 | 61.1 | 66.59 | |
| 93 | 96 | University of Sunderland | 84.8 | 262 | 37.8 | 66.3 | |
| 94 | 68 | University of Chichester | 81.2 | 264 | 47.8 | 66.2 | |
| 95 | 80 | Roehampton University | 84.09 | 226 | 44 | 65.8 | |
| 96 | 118 | London South Bank University | 79.4 | 10 | 233 | 43.6 | 65.7 |
| 96 | 103 | Leeds Metropolitan University | 72.8 | 6.7 | 270 | 61.2 | 65.7 |
| 98 | 87 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 80.59 | 3.3 | 295 | 36.5 | 65.59 |
| 99 | 112 | University of West London | 81.59 | 195 | 55 | 65.4 | |
| 100 | 69 | Edge Hill University | 79.09 | 291 | 41.3 | 64.7 | |
| 101 | 108 | Staffordshire University | 75.9 | 15 | 211 | 42.7 | 64 |
| 102 | 114 | Southampton Solent University | 73.4 | 263 | 55.7 | 63.1 | |
| 103 | - | St Mary's University College, Twickenham | 75.5 | 267 | 48.2 | 63 | |
| 104 | 109 | Glyndwr University | 72.09 | 211 | 68.2 | 62.9 | |
| 105 | 77 | University of the Arts London | 73 | 293 | 44.3 | 61.8 | |
| 106 | 110 | Anglia Ruskin University | 73.8 | 241 | 48.8 | 61.2 | |
| 107 | 113 | Buckinghamshire New University | 73.4 | 6.7 | 214 | 43 | 60.6 |
| 108 | 119 | University of Bolton | 74.3 | 3.3 | 274 | 26.9 | 59.3 |
| 109 | 115 | University of Bedfordshire | 72.09 | 5 | 198 | 36.9 | 57.7 |
| 110 | 120 | University of East London | 73.9 | 215 | 33.8 | 57.5 | |
| 111 | 121 | London Metropolitan University | 67.5 | 5 | 220 | 42.1 | 56.8 |
| 112 | 95 | University of Cumbria | 57.9 | 225 | 35.5 | 48.8 |
