The University Elevation Rankings

Working class people should aim ‘lower’ than Oxbridge, social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh says.

But what does this mean?

Our data experts have been scratching their heads and assume this means lower in terms of height above sea level.

And so, introducing The University Elevation Rankings for 2022.

The average height of Oxbridge is 35m above sea level. Working class people should therefore consider the universities towards the bottom of this league table. We’re looking at you, Hull.

Height data is from getthedata.com/open-postcode-elevation. Postcode data is for main university postcodes only, from HESA.

Congratulations to Newman, Bath, and Keele on the dizzying height of your success.

The University Elevation Rankings

Rank University Elevation (m)
1 Newman University 190
1 University of Bath 190
1 University of Keele 190
4 Leeds Trinity University 170
5 University of Wolverhampton 160
6 University of Birmingham 140
6 Plymouth Marjon 140
8 Royal Agricultural University 130
9 Aston University 120
9 Staffordshire University 120
9 University of Bradford 120
9 University of Northampton 120
9 University of Sheffield 120
14 University of Bedfordshire 110
15 Cranfield University 100
15 Oxford Brookes University 100
15 University College Birmingham 100
15 University of Bolton 100
19 Glyndwr University 90
19 Heriot-Watt University 90
19 University of Hertfordshire 90
22 Cardiff Metropolitan University 80
22 Coventry University 80
22 Leeds College of Art 80
22 Middlesex University 80
22 The University of Buckingham 80
22 University For The Creative Arts 80
22 University of Derby 80
22 University of Exeter 80
22 University of Huddersfield 80
22 University of Leeds 80
22 University of Leicester 80
22 University of South Wales/Prifysgol De Cymru 80
22 University of Warwick 80
22 University of Edinburgh 80
36 Bath Spa University 70
36 Buckinghamshire New University 70
36 Edinburgh Napier University 70
36 Harper Adams University 70
36 Open University 70
36 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Limited 70
36 University of Bristol 70
36 University of Reading 70
36 University of Sussex 70
36 University of The West of England, Bristol 70
36 University of Winchester 70
47 Bishop Grosseteste University 60
47 De Montfort University 60
47 Edge Hill University 60
47 Leeds Metropolitan University 60
47 Liverpool Hope University 60
47 Loughborough University 60
47 Sheffield Hallam University 60
47 Swansea Metropolitan University 60
47 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 60
47 University of Durham 60
47 University of Gloucestershire 60
47 University of Kent 60
47 University of Lancaster 60
47 University of Oxford 60
47 University of Surrey 60
62 Bangor University 50
62 Birmingham City University 50
62 Bournemouth University 50
62 Newcastle University 50
62 Northern School of Contemporary Dance 50
62 Nottingham Trent University 50
62 Royal Holloway College and Bedford New College 50
69 Arts University Bournemouth 40
69 Brunel University 40
69 Falmouth University 40
69 Glasgow Caledonian University 40
69 Glasgow School of Art. 40
69 Leeds College of Music 40
69 Northumbria University Newcastle 40
69 Plymouth University 40
69 Royal Northern College of Music 40
69 The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts 40
69 The University of Manchester 40
69 University of Brighton 40
69 University of Glasgow 40
69 University of Salford 40
69 University of Southampton 40
69 University of Wales: Trinity Saint David 40
85 Anglia Ruskin University 30
85 Liverpool John Moores University 30
85 London Business School 30
85 London Metropolitan University 30
85 Manchester Metropolitan University 30
85 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh 30
85 Roehampton University 30
85 Rose Bruford College 30
85 Royal Academy of Music 30
85 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 30
85 University of Central Lancashire 30
85 University of Nottingham 30
85 University of Stirling 30
85 University of Sunderland 30
85 University of West London 30
85 University of Worcester 30
85 Writtle College 30
102 Birkbeck College 20
102 Canterbury Christ Church University 20
102 Goldsmiths' College 20
102 Guildhall School of Music & Drama 20
102 Institute of Education, University of London 20
102 London School of Economics & Political Science 20
102 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 20
102 Queen Mary University of London 20
102 Queen's University of Belfast 20
102 Royal College of Art 20
102 School of Oriental and African Studies 20
102 School of Pharmacy University of London 20
102 SRUC 20
102 St Mary's University College 20
102 Stranmillis University College 20
102 Swansea University 20
102 The City University 20
102 The Conservatoire For Dance and Drama 20
102 The Robert Gordon University 20
102 The Royal Veterinary College 20
102 The University of Chichester 20
102 The University of Cumbria 20
102 The University of Westminster 20
102 University College London 20
102 University of Abertay Dundee 20
102 University of Chester 20
102 University of Dundee 20
102 University of East Anglia 20
102 University of Essex 20
102 University of London 20
102 University of St Andrews 20
102 University of Strathclyde 20
102 University of The Arts, London 20
102 University of Ulster 20
102 University of York 20
102 York St John University 20
138 Cardiff University 10
138 Courtauld Institute of Art 10
138 Heythrop College 10
138 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 10
138 Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital 10
138 King's College London 10
138 Kingston University 10
138 London South Bank University 10
138 Norwich University of The Arts 10
138 Prifysgol Aberystwyth 10
138 Royal College of Music 10
138 Southampton Solent University 10
138 St Mary's University, Twickenham 10
138 St. George's, University of London 10
138 Teesside University 10
138 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Ltd 10
138 University Campus Suffolk Ltd 10
138 University of Aberdeen 10
138 University of Cambridge 10
138 University of East London 10
138 University of Greenwich 10
138 University of Lincoln 10
138 University of Liverpool 10
138 University of Portsmouth 10
138 University of The Highlands and Islands 10
138 University of The West of Scotland 10
138 University of Wales Prifysgol Cymru 10
165 Ravensbourne 0
165 University of Hull 0
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