Financial benefits of good university grades

Analysis of the impact of different degree classifications on the earnings returns of graduates.

This research looks at:

• how the distribution of degree classifications awarded changed between 1999 and 2015
• the estimated benefit to an individual’s earnings at age 30 when they receive a first class degree over an upper second class
• the penalty for receiving a lower second class or third class degree

This is broken down by subject and into provider groupings, based on average selectivity.

Read more below:

https://www.fenews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/degree_class_final.pdf