Ranking	Ranking in 2003		Teaching excellence (250)	Research quality (200)	A/AS-level/Higher points (250)	Employment (100)	Firsts/2:1s awarded (100)	Student/staff ratio (100)	Dropout rate	Total
61=	61	University of Plymouth	143	44	125	54	53	53	20	492
61=	64=	University of the West of England	163	46	130	57	56	50	-10	492
63	63	Kingston University	167	34	106	73	55	44	5	484
64	60	Bath Spa University College	156	44	114	44	63	46	5	472
65	68	Manchester Metropolitan University	135	34	126	68	49	46	10	468
66	77	Queen Margaret University College	94	42	138	80	69	49	-5	467
67	69=	University of Hertfordshire	130	39	110	61	51	48	15	454
68	67	University College Chichester	125	49	110	66	45	43	15	453
69	66	Sheffield Hallam University	120	31	126	64	47	47	15	450
70=	76	University College Winchester	114	42	126	52	56	33	25	448
70=	84=	University of Central Lancashire	141	24	123	50	53	42	15	448
72	84=	The Robert Gordon University	91	24	141	78	58	61	-10	443
73	82	University of Glamorgan	150	37	104	57	48	41	0	437
74	69=	University of Salford	92	60	125	57	51	56	-5	436
75	73	Bournemouth University	107	20	139	70	57	42	0	435
76	71	University of Portsmouth	109	49	114	54	45	50	10	431
77	80=	Liverpool John Moores University	120	35	116	68	51	51	-15	426
78	86	Coventry University	107	29	111	56	43	69	10	425
79=	79	Roehampton University	91	56	109	65	51	40	10	422
79=	74	University of Wales Institute Cardiff	125	21	114	57	48	47	10	422
81	80=	Staffordshire University	143	32	109	42	45	49	-5	415
82	75	Middlesex University	147	37	98	50	53	40	-15	410
83	83	University of Luton	179	18	96	45	52	39	-25	404
84	72	Canterbury Christ Church UC	78	31	138	69	45	49	-10	400
85	78	Leeds Metropolitan University	94	24	125	57	53	41	5	399
86=	93	University of Huddersfield	125	25	104	57	45	51	-10	397
86=	96	University of Sunderland	98	49	112	74	53	41	-30	397
88	87	University of Westminster	90	34	118	52	57	40	5	396
89	92	Edge Hill	115	12	106	58	34	51	10	386
90	100	St Martin's College	36	15	117	87	40	64	25	384
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