| 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 | ||
| 91 | 101 | St Mary's College | 83 | 21 | 108 | 69 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 383 | |
| 92 | 113 | Anglia Polytechnic University | 45 | 15 | 112 | 73 | 55 | 43 | 30 | 373 | |
| 93 | 88 | University College Chester | 107 | 14 | 121 | 44 | 43 | 48 | -5 | 372 | |
| 94 | 104 | Napier University | 71 | 22 | 106 | 54 | 61 | 64 | -10 | 368 | |
| 95 | 94= | University of Central England | 53 | 22 | 116 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 0 | 365 | |
| 96= | 91 | De Montfort University | 76 | 39 | 110 | 61 | 40 | 50 | -15 | 361 | |
| 96= | 94= | University of Teesside | 96 | 21 | 93 | 67 | 40 | 44 | 0 | 361 | |
| 98= | 109 | Swansea Institute of Higher Education | 125 | 8 | 92 | 56 | 44 | 38 | -5 | 358 | |
| 98= | 90 | University College Worcester | 83 | 22 | 103 | 53 | 43 | 49 | 5 | 358 | |
| 100 | 108 | University College Northampton | 83 | 29 | 100 | 51 | 56 | 43 | -5 | 357 | |
| 101 | 89 | University of Wolverhampton | 90 | 18 | 99 | 52 | 53 | 48 | -20 | 340 | |
| 102 | 114 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 15 | 33 | 138 | 69 | 59 | 57 | -35 | 336 | |
| 103 | 103 | University of Derby | 60 | 25 | 101 | 55 | 50 | 56 | -15 | 332 | |
| 104 | 98= | Liverpool Hope University College | 91 | 19 | 100 | 56 | 45 | 40 | -20 | 331 | |
| 105 | 105 | University of Lincoln | 38 | 20 | 120 | 42 | 49 | 38 | 20 | 327 | |
| 106 | 110 | Trinity and All Saints College | 0 | 8 | 120 | 72 | 57 | 44 | 25 | 326 | |
| 107 | 112 | York St John College | 23 | 12 | 124 | 57 | 48 | 35 | 25 | 324 | |
| 108= | 98= | Bolton Institute | 109 | 22 | 73 | 46 | 48 | 57 | -40 | 315 | |
| 108= | 97 | Southampton Institute | 67 | 16 | 107 | 48 | 46 | 36 | -5 | 315 | |
| 110 | 116 | University of Abertay Dundee | 25 | 19 | 106 | 59 | 50 | 57 | -5 | 311 | |
| 111 | 111 | University of Greenwich | 54 | 33 | 96 | 53 | 47 | 40 | -15 | 308 | |
| 112 | 107 | Buckinghamshire Chilterns UC | 63 | 24 | 89 | 44 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 307 | |
| 113 | 106 | London South Bank University | 37 | 38 | 87 | 69 | 52 | 48 | -45 | 286 | |
| 114 | 102 | University of Gloucestershire | 0 | 48 | 115 | 61 | 41 | 56 | -45 | 276 | |
| 115 | 120 | University of Paisley | 23 | 19 | 118 | 55 | 52 | 58 | -50 | 275 | |
| 116 | 117 | University of East London | 14 | 40 | 89 | 51 | 42 | 44 | -20 | 260 | |
| 117 | 119 | Thames Valley University | 31 | 12 | 89 | 63 | 47 | 35 | -25 | 252 | |
| 118 | 121 | University of Wales, Newport | 0 | 14 | 93 | 52 | 48 | 39 | -15 | 231 | |
| 119 | 118 | North East Wales Institute of HE | 0 | 14 | 103 | 53 | 38 | 40 | -20 | 228 | |
| n/a | 115 | London Metropolitan University | Data withheld from The Sunday Times | ||||||||
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