| Rank | Overall rank | University | Student satisfaction | Research quality | Entry points | Graduate prospects | Total score |
| 1 | 1= | University of Cambridge | 85.6 | 31.7 | 546 | 81.7 | 100.0 |
| 2 | 10 | University of Bath | 85.5 | 48.3 | 416 | 76.6 | 96.8 |
| 3 | 18 | University of Southampton | 89.7 | 46.7 | 381 | 57.7 | 93.3 |
| 4 | 11 | University of Surrey | 87.7 | 38.3 | 401 | 63.0 | 92.4 |
| 5 | 8 | University of Warwick | 82.3 | 38.3 | 428 | 65.8 | 90.9 |
| 6 | 6 | Durham University | 83.9 | 30.0 | 429 | 68.7 | 90.8 |
| 7 | 30 | University of Kent | 83.3 | 43.3 | 365 | 67.8 | 90.3 |
| 8 | 16 | University of York | 84.3 | 40.0 | 378 | 61.9 | 89.4 |
| 9 | 12 | Lancaster University | 81.8 | 43.3 | 396 | 60.6 | 89.1 |
| 10= | 13 | Loughborough University | 86.1 | 31.7 | 364 | 64.8 | 88.8 |
| 10= | 17 | University of Leeds | 80.6 | 45.0 | 386 | 62.5 | 88.8 |
| 12 | 28 | University of Manchester | 84.0 | 46.7 | 391 | 50.5 | 88.7 |
| 13 | 7 | University of Exeter | 86.5 | 31.7 | 408 | 52.9 | 88.2 |
| 14 | 40 | Keele University | 87.5 | 31.7 | 415 | 44.4 | 87.3 |
| 15 | 25 | University of Sussex | 84.4 | 35.0 | 380 | 56.0 | 87.2 |
| 16 | 15 | University of Birmingham | 82.3 | 13.3 | 380 | 81.4 | 86.9 |
| 17= | 22= | University of Edinburgh | 77.6 | 38.3 | 453 | 54.4 | 86.6 |
| 17= | 44 | University of Aberdeen | 78.2 | 28.3 | 426 | 67.8 | 86.6 |
| 19 | 22= | Newcastle University | 83.9 | 26.7 | 354 | 66.9 | 86.4 |
| 20 | 38 | Queen's University, Belfast | 91.0 | 31.7 | 348 | 43.3 | 86.3 |
| 21 | 32 | University of Essex | 84.4 | 43.3 | 361 | 44.4 | 85.6 |
| 22 | 21 | University of Sheffield | 83.4 | 35.0 | 352 | 56.4 | 85.5 |
| 23 | 26 | University of Glasgow | 83.9 | 20.0 | 413 | 57.2 | 85.3 |
| 24 | 14 | University of East Anglia | 82.3 | 25.0 | 446 | 49.0 | 85.0 |
| 25 | 20 | University of Leicester | 85.3 | 16.7 | 370 | 60.7 | 84.4 |
| 26 | 19 | University of Bristol | 76.8 | 23.3 | 438 | 61.2 | 83.7 |
| 27 | 22= | University of Nottingham | 82.6 | 23.7 | 360 | 59.5 | 83.6 |
| 28= | 53 | University of Stirling | 84.2 | 25.0 | 388 | 42.0 | 82.1 |
| 28= | 57 | University of Portsmouth | 85.0 | 25.0 | 323 | 51.9 | 82.1 |
| 30 | 34= | Aston University | 87.9 | 10.0 | 327 | 57.8 | 82.0 |
| 31 | 77= | University of Huddersfield | 88.2 | 8.3 | 252 | 68.8 | 81.1 |
| 32 | 64 | Robert Gordon University | 84.2 | 5.0 | 351 | 63.1 | 80.9 |
| 33= | 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 70.2 | 28.3 | 434 | 58.7 | 80.0 |
| 33= | 55 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 79.5 | 43.3 | 326 | 39.4 | 80.0 |
| 35 | 42 | Coventry University | 88.7 | 281 | 64.3 | 79.9 | |
| 36 | 27 | Cardiff University | 74.2 | 35.0 | 365 | 49.3 | 78.9 |
| 37 | 67 | University of Chester | 90.3 | 5.0 | 290 | 47.2 | 78.5 |
| 38 | 76 | University of Bradford | 82.2 | 23.3 | 281 | 48.5 | 77.4 |
| 39 | 97 | Edinburgh Napier University | 80.7 | 3.3 | 358 | 54.3 | 76.8 |
| 40 | 47 | Brunel University London | 82.9 | 23.3 | 307 | 38.2 | 76.7 |
| 41 | 34= | Royal Holloway, University of London | 78.8 | 21.7 | 351 | 41.8 | 76.5 |
| 42 | 119 | University of East London | 85.4 | 20.0 | 257 | 38.6 | 75.5 |
| 43 | 106 | Abertay University | 80.6 | 321 | 58.5 | 75.4 | |
| 44 | 73 | Roehampton University | 85.3 | 13.3 | 265 | 42.1 | 75.1 |
| 45 | 68 | University of the West of England | 81.5 | 5.0 | 335 | 46.8 | 75.0 |
| 46= | 39 | University of Strathclyde | 83.7 | 6.7 | 44.7 | 74.9 | |
| 46= | 56 | University of Northampton | 89.5 | 262 | 43.5 | 74.9 | |
| 48 | 84 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 79.3 | 11.2 | 384 | 36.6 | 74.8 |
| 49 | 66 | Northumbria University | 79.2 | 15.0 | 348 | 39.0 | 74.6 |
| 50 | 105 | University of Salford | 80.5 | 22.3 | 289 | 38.6 | 74.4 |
| 51 | 49 | Oxford Brookes University | 78.7 | 363 | 50.5 | 74.2 | |
| 52 | 58 | University of Hull | 78.5 | 20.0 | 305 | 41.6 | 74.0 |
| 53 | 60 | University of Lincoln | 79.4 | 319 | 54.6 | 73.7 | |
| 54 | 82 | University of Brighton | 78.7 | 14.4 | 289 | 45.0 | 73.0 |
| 55= | 100 | St Mary's University, Twickenham | 80.1 | 263 | 58.3 | 72.6 | |
| 55= | 46 | City University | 68.6 | 25.0 | 367 | 45.5 | 72.6 |
| 57= | 50 | Bangor University | 80.1 | 284 | 54.2 | 72.5 | |
| 57= | 69 | University of Ulster | 90.5 | 280 | 26.6 | 72.5 | |
| 59= | 112 | University of Westminster | 86.0 | 279 | 38.5 | 72.4 | |
| 59= | 98 | University of Greenwich | 85.2 | 299 | 36.7 | 72.4 | |
| 61= | 96 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 84.6 | 252 | 46.1 | 72.1 | |
| 61= | 108 | University of Bedfordshire | 85.3 | 20.0 | 209 | 32.7 | 72.1 |
| 63 | 52 | Nottingham Trent University | 81.7 | 293 | 44.9 | 71.9 | |
| 64 | 89 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 77.9 | 15.0 | 317 | 35.9 | 71.8 |
| 65 | 75 | Middlesex University | 82.5 | 297 | 40.9 | 71.6 | |
| 66= | 80 | Plymouth University | 78.8 | 15.0 | 280 | 39.0 | 71.5 |
| 66= | 36 | University of Liverpool | 72.7 | 13.3 | 384 | 37.5 | 71.5 |
| 68 | 91= | Birmingham City University | 77.4 | 10.0 | 296 | 43.2 | 71.1 |
| 69 | 94 | Teesside University | 81.0 | 11.7 | 274 | 34.3 | 70.7 |
| 70 | 99 | University of Sunderland | 82.3 | 282 | 38.7 | 70.3 | |
| 71 | 110 | Anglia Ruskin University | 82.8 | 246 | 41.7 | 69.8 | |
| 72 | 77= | University of Central Lancashire | 79.0 | 314 | 38.1 | 69.5 | |
| 73 | 101 | Staffordshire University | 78.5 | 11.7 | 230 | 42.6 | 69.3 |
| 74 | 54 | De Montfort University | 75.7 | 13.3 | 277 | 39.5 | 69.2 |
| 75 | 70 | Bath Spa University | 78.2 | 293 | 41.8 | 69.0 | |
| 76 | 107 | University of Worcester | 79.4 | 279 | 40.9 | 68.9 | |
| 77 | 71 | Liverpool John Moores University | 79.9 | 290 | 33.0 | 67.9 | |
| 78 | 114 | University of South Wales | 78.8 | 288 | 35.7 | 67.8 | |
| 79 | 111 | Leeds Metropolitan University | 81.2 | 242 | 37.0 | 67.6 | |
| 80= | 62 | Sheffield Hallam University | 77.6 | 297 | 35.0 | 67.3 | |
| 80= | 83 | University of Gloucestershire | 77.2 | 280 | 39.3 | 67.3 | |
| 82 | 117 | Kingston University | 74.3 | 10.0 | 269 | 38.8 | 67.1 |
| 83 | 61 | University of Winchester | 81.0 | 306 | 22.9 | 67.0 | |
| 84 | 72 | Edge Hill University | 74.4 | 293 | 39.3 | 66.2 | |
| 85= | 122 | London South Bank University | 80.9 | 216 | 34.9 | 65.8 | |
| 85= | 81 | University of Derby | 74.5 | 276 | 40.6 | 65.8 | |
| 85= | 116 | Buckinghamshire New University | 75.7 | 241 | 44.1 | 65.8 | |
| 88 | 123 | London Metropolitan University | 75.5 | 238 | 39.6 | 64.5 |
