These are the 50 unis you should have gone to if you wanted that easy 2.1

Every grad job says you need it. You want to avoid your dad giving you any chat about “Desmond”. But the thing is, you just can’t be bothered to put the effort in to actually get a 2.1.

Luckily for you, we’ve put together a list of the 50 unis where you’re most likely to get at least the magic grade.

Based on data from HESA, the stats show that the uni you should’ve gone to is LSE, where 92 per cent of students get at least a 2.1. Failing that, it’s Durham. Good old insurance choice, that.

Maybe it’s easy there. Maybe they only take smart, motivated people. Maybe it’s the environment. Who knows, but if you want to play the odds, then it’s worth knowing the percentages.

These are the 50 unis you should have gone to if you wanted that easy 2.1:

1. London School of Economics and Political Science – 92.11 per cent

2. University of Durham – 91.71 per cent

3. The University of Bath – 89.04 per cent

4. The University of Oxford – 88.69 per cent

5. The University of St Andrews – 87.22 per cent

6. The University of Exeter – 84.96 per cent

7. Loughborough University – 84.39 per cent

8. The University of Warwick – 83.67 per cent

9. University College London – 83.22 per cent

10. Ravensbourne University London – 83.19 per cent

11. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine – 82.71 per cent

12. SOAS University of London – 82.42 per cent

13. The University of Bristol – 82.37 per cent

14. The University of Reading – 81.96 per cent

15. The University of Southampton – 81.93 per cent

16. The University of Leeds – 81.86 per cent

17. Royal Holloway and Bedford New College – 81.54 per cent

18. The University of East Anglia – 80.97 per cent

19. The University of York – 80.72 per cent

20. Aston University – 80.33 per cent

21. The University of Surrey – 80.13 per cent

22. University of Nottingham – 79.70 per cent

23. Goldsmiths College – 79.51 per cent

24. The University of Birmingham – 79.28 per cent

25. Queen’s University Belfast – 79.07 per cent

26. Bath Spa University – 79.06 per cent

27. Bournemouth University – 78.83 per cent

28. University of Northumbria at Newcastle – 78.73 per cent

29. Ulster University – 78.60 per cent

30. The University of Lancaster – 78.35 per cent

31. The University of Sheffield – 78.30 per cent

32. The University of Strathclyde – 78.23 per cent

33. The University of Kent – 77.96 per cent

34. The University of Edinburgh – 77.73 per cent

35. Leeds Trinity University – 77.71 per cent

36. The University of Manchester v77.52 per cent

37. Cardiff University – 77.51 per cent

38. Newcastle University – 77.45 per cent

39. Queen Mary University of London – 77.00 per cent

40. The University of Bradford – 76.92 per cent

41. Falmouth University – 76.54 per cent

42. The University of Greenwich – 76.49 per cent

43. Swansea University – 76.36 per cent

44. King’s College London – 76.06 per cent

45. Sheffield Hallam University – 75.50 per cent

46. The University of Essex – 75.42 per cent

47. Anglia Ruskin University – 75.38 per cent

48. Oxford Brookes University – 75.19 per cent

49. The University of West London – 75.06 per cent

50. The University of Lincoln – 74.72 per cent

Note: We excluded unis with under 500 graduates in a year, as HESA rounds totals to the nearest five and small totals can be distorted

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