National Student Survey 2016: overall satisfaction results
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The results of the 2016 National Student Survey reveal which UK universities are keeping their students the most satisfied.
At the two universities with the joint highest scores, 97 per cent of taught students either definitely or mostly agreed that they were satisfied overall with the quality of their course.
So, which UK universities have the happiest students?
The University of Buckingham in the south of England increased its overall satisfaction score from 95 per cent in 2015, and jumped from third to joint first place, alongside the University of Law.
The University of Law, which has branches in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, London and Manchester, increased its satisfaction score by 9 per cent, rising from 47th place last year.
In total, about 312,000 final-year students from 155 institutions responded to the survey. The table below excludes further education colleges and small or specialist colleges. The results below are ranked only by overall satisfaction.
Even at the institutions with the lowest scores, between 71 per cent and 75 per cent of students were generally satisfied.
Of all the respondents to the survey, 86 per cent said they were satisfied overall with their course.
National Student Survey (NSS) Results 2016: Overall Satisfaction
NSS Rank 2016 |
Institution |
Overall Satisfaction (%) |
=1 |
97 |
|
=1 |
The University of Law |
97 |
3 |
St Mary's University College, Belfast |
95 |
=4 |
94 |
|
=4 |
94 |
|
=4 |
94 |
|
=7 |
92 |
|
=7 |
92 |
|
=7 |
92 |
|
=7 |
92 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=11 |
91 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
Medway School of Pharmacy |
90 |
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London |
90 |
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=20 |
90 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
University of St Mark and St John |
89 |
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=35 |
89 |
|
=51 |
88 |
|
=51 |
Leeds College of Art |
88 |
=51 |
School of Oriental and African Studies |
88 |
=51 |
88 |
|
=51 |
88 |
|
=51 |
York College |
88 |
=51 |
88 |
|
=51 |
University of Abertay Dundee |
88 |
=51 |
88 |
|
=51 |
88 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
Tyne Metropolitan College |
87 |
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=60 |
87 |
|
=76 |
Anglia Ruskin University |
86 |
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
86 |
|
=76 |
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
86 |
=87 |
City University London |
85 |
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
Hull and York Medical School |
85 |
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
Plymouth University |
85 |
=87 |
Richmond, the American International University in London, Inc. |
85 |
=87 |
St Mary's University, Twickenham |
85 |
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
85 |
|
=87 |
85 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
University College London |
84 |
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
84 |
|
=102 |
University of Wales Trinity Saint David |
84 |
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=116 |
83 |
|
=129 |
82 |
|
=129 |
82 |
|
=129 |
82 |
|
=129 |
Buckinghamshire New University |
82 |
=129 |
82 |
|
=129 |
82 |
|
=129 |
82 |
|
=129 |
82 |
|
=129 |
82 |
|
=138 |
81 |
|
=138 |
81 |
|
=138 |
81 |
|
=138 |
Plymouth College of Art |
81 |
=138 |
Southampton Solent University |
81 |
=138 |
81 |
|
=138 |
81 |
|
=145 |
80 |
|
=145 |
80 |
|
=145 |
ifs University College |
80 |
=145 |
80 |
|
=145 |
80 |
|
=145 |
University Campus Suffolk |
80 |
=145 |
80 |
|
=145 |
80 |
|
153 |
Norwich University of the Arts |
79 |
154 |
SRUC |
76 |
=155 |
BPP University Limited |
75 |
=155 |
75 |
|
157 |
74 |
|
=158 |
72 |
|
=158 |
72 |
|
160 |
71 |