Architecture and planning: postgraduate courses compared

Median pay

Estimate: the architecture master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between UCEM’s architecture undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£59,300) and all universities in England (£39,200) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£32,800 to £46,100 after 1 year

£37,200 to £57,400 after 5 years

In work or study

86.3% after 5 years, all universities

No published figure for this university.

Typical jobs

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Median pay

Estimate: the architecture master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between Anglia Ruskin University’s architecture undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£54,400) and all universities in England (£39,200) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£32,800 to £46,100 after 1 year

£37,200 to £57,400 after 5 years

In work or study

86.3% after 5 years, all universities

86% in graduate jobs or study after 15 months, Anglia Ruskin University

Full-time taught master’s graduates of this university in architecture in professional or managerial work or further study, about 15 months on, 2020 to 2023 (Office for Students).

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Median pay

Estimate: the architecture master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between Oxford Brookes’s architecture undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£48,700) and all universities in England (£39,200) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£32,800 to £46,100 after 1 year

£37,200 to £57,400 after 5 years

In work or study

86.3% after 5 years, all universities

95% in graduate jobs or study after 15 months, Oxford Brookes

Full-time taught master’s graduates of this university in architecture in professional or managerial work or further study, about 15 months on, 2020 to 2023 (Office for Students).

Typical jobs

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Median pay

Estimate: the architecture master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between Oxford Brookes’s architecture undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£48,700) and all universities in England (£39,200) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£32,800 to £46,100 after 1 year

£37,200 to £57,400 after 5 years

In work or study

86.3% after 5 years, all universities

95% in graduate jobs or study after 15 months, Oxford Brookes

Full-time taught master’s graduates of this university in architecture in professional or managerial work or further study, about 15 months on, 2020 to 2023 (Office for Students).

Typical jobs

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Median pay

Estimate: the architecture master’s figure, adjusted by a quarter of the gap between Reading’s architecture undergraduates’ pay 5 years on (£48,900) and all universities in England (£39,200) (Department for Education, LEO, tax year 2023-24, brought to August 2026 earnings levels).

Range of pay

£32,800 to £46,100 after 1 year

£37,200 to £57,400 after 5 years

In work or study

86.3% after 5 years, all universities

No published figure for this university.

Typical jobs

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