Table: Dropout rates among full-time students 2001/02
Table: Highest/lowest participation rates form lower social class groups

Bang for buck
How much research income universities generate per academic costs

Institution Ratio

Institute of Cancer Research

11.61

Royal College of Art

6.37

Institute of Education

5.65

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales Centre for Adv. Welsh and Celtic Studies

4.46

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

2.70

Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

2.47

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London (Institutes and activities)

2.35

The Royal College of Nursing

2.32

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of York

2.29

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford

2.23

Cranfield 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

2.22

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales, Aberystwyth

2.11

Queen Margaret 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College, Edinburgh

1.95

London School of Economics and Political Science

1.84

London Business School

1.83

Cardiff 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

1.83

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Lancaster

1.82

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Cambridge

1.81

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Warwick

1.68

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Durham

1.65

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Edinburgh

1.60

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leeds

1.58

The School of Pharmacy

1.57

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of East Anglia

1.55

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sussex

1.54

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Southampton

1.52

Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

1.49

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of St Andrews

1.47

Staffordshire 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

1.44

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow

1.44

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester

1.42

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham

1.40

King's College London

1.38

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Surrey

1.36

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bath

1.33

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Northumbria at Newcastle

1.32

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College London

1.32

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex

1.28

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology

1.28

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham

1.26

The School of Oriental and African Studies

1.20

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

1.20

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Liverpool

1.19

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales, Bangor

1.19

Glasgow School of Art

1.18

Heriot-Watt 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

1.17

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sheffield

1.16

The London Institute

1.14

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bristol

1.14

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

1.12

Wimbledon School of Art

1.10

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Aberdeen

1.06

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Dundee

1.06

Birkbeck College

1.03

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Stirling

1.01

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Exeter

0.99

Trinity College of Music

0.96

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Ulster

0.96

The Surrey Institute of Art and Design, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.94

Queen Mary and Westfield College

0.94

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Reading

0.94

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales, Swansea

0.94

De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.93

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Keele

0.89

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Strathclyde

0.85

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sunderland

0.83

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bradford

0.83

Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.82

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester

0.82

The Queen's 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Belfast

0.80

City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.79

Brunel 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.78

Royal College of Music

0.77

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent

0.75

The Robert Gordon 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.72

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glamorgan

0.70

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

0.69

Aston 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.66

Glasgow Caledonian 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.66

The Royal Veterinary College

0.65

Goldsmiths College

0.65

The Manchester Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.64

Oxford Brookes 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.63

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Brighton

0.62

Anglia Polytechnic 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.59

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hull

0.59

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford

0.58

Bournemouth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.53

St George's Hospital Medical School

0.52

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Greenwich

0.51

Liverpool John Moores 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.51

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Westminster

0.49

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Worcester

0.47

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Luton

0.47

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales College of Medicine

0.47

Coventry 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.45

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hertfordshire

0.44

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Abertay Dundee

0.44

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Portsmouth

0.43

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Surrey, Roehampton

0.38

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central England in Birmingham

0.37

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Teesside

0.36

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire

0.35

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of England, Bristol

0.35

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of East London

0.34

London South Bank 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.33

Kingston 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.32

Dartington College of Arts

0.31

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Gloucestershire

0.28

Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.28

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wolverhampton

0.

Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.

London Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.25

Leeds Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.24

Falmouth College of Arts

0.24

Buckinghamshire Chilterns 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College

0.23

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Chichester

0.22

Canterbury Christ Church 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College

0.21

The Nottingham Trent 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.21

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Northampton

0.20

Bath Spa 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College

0.20

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Plymouth

0.20

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales, Lampeter

0.18

Harper Adams 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College

0.16

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Paisley

0.16

St Mary's 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College

0.15

Chester College of HE

0.14

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Derby

0.14

Stranmillis 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College

0.14

St Mary's College

0.13

King Alfred's College, Winchester

0.13

Kent Institute of Art & Design

0.12

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Huddersfield

0.12

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Lincoln

0.11

Edge Hill College of Higher Education

0.10

Thames Valley 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.08

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales Institute, Cardiff

0.08

Bell College

0.08

Royal Agricultural College

0.07

Bolton Institute of Higher Education

0.07

Middlesex 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

0.07

Bishop Grosseteste College

0.07

Edinburgh College of Art

0.06

York St John College

0.05

Southampton Institute

0.05

College of St Mark and St John

0.05

The North-East Wales Institute of Higher Education

0.05

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales College, Newport

0.04

Swansea Institute of Higher Education

0.04

Liverpool Hope 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College

0.03

St Martin's College

0.02

Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies

0

The Arts Institute at Bournemouth

0

Central School of Speech and Drama

0

Courtauld Institute of Art

0

Cumbria Institute of the Arts

0

Newman College of HE

0

Northern School of Contemporary Dance

0

Norwich School of Art and Design

0

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication

0

Rose Bruford College

0

Royal Academy of Music

0

Royal Northern College of Music

0

Trinity and All Saints College

0

Writtle College

0

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

0

Trinity College, Carmarthen

0

UHI Millennium Institute

0

Original data source: . Table published in The Times Higher, October 1 2004 Back to story
Table: Dropout rates among full-time students 2001/02
Table: Highest/lowest participation rates form lower social class groups