University of Liverpool comes top for dentistry, with 95% student satisfaction and 99% of graduates in professional jobs. Queen's University Belfast, University of Birmingham and University of Bristol complete the top four.
19 unis ranked£44k typical early salary98% in graduate jobs
Half of students who started had more than 163 UCAS points, counting all their qualifications
Scores are out of 100 and relative to other unis offering dentistry. Data: Discover Uni, September 2026.
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We use each university’s typical offer from its course pages. Where we couldn’t get it, we show an estimated offer (marked ~) worked out from courses whose students had similar grades, so always check the course page. Your grades stay on this device. Jump to the table
Tap a column to sort. Bars show where each uni sits between the lowest and highest for dentistry. * Ranked on fewer than five measures because some data isn’t published. ~ estimate = we couldn’t get the university’s own offer, so it’s estimated from similar courses. Check the course page.
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| 1 | University of Liverpool4 courses | AAA+ others | 100 | 95% | 99% | 99% | £44k | 163 | |
| 2 | Queen's University Belfast1 course | AAA | 96 | 92% | 97% | 98% | £45k | 178 | |
| 3 | University of Birmingham1 course | AAA | 95 | 91% | 100% | 100% | £44k | 163 | |
| 4 | University of Bristol4 courses | AAA+ others | 88 | 92% | 99% | 99% | £44k | 151 | |
| 5 | University of Plymouth4 courses | A*AA–AAB+ others | 79 | 92% | 98% | 100% | £42k | 151 | |
| 6 | Newcastle University*2 courses | AAA+ others | 71 | 92% | 97% | 100% | – | 158 | |
| 7 | University of East Anglia1 course | AAA | 67 | 84% | 99% | 97% | £44k | 158 | |
| 8 | Queen Mary University of London*2 courses | A*AA | 64 | 75% | 100% | 100% | – | 161 | |
| 9 | University of Dundee2 courses | – | 59 | 91% | 98% | 96% | £42k | 232 | |
| 10 | University of Sheffield2 courses | AAA+ others | 57 | 90% | 100% | 95% | £42k | 160 | |
| 11 | University of Manchester1 course | AAA | 51 | 60% | 100% | 100% | £44k | 165 | |
| 12 | University of Glasgow1 course | AAA | 49 | 95% | 100% | 90% | £42k | 245 | |
| 13 | University of Portsmouth*1 course | ~AAB–BBBestimate | 37 | 90% | 100% | 95% | – | 127 | |
| 14 | Glasgow Caledonian University*1 course | BCC | 37 | 74% | 100% | – | – | 205 | |
| 15 | University of Lancashire3 courses | BCC | 36 | 83% | 88% | 100% | £45k | 120 | |
| 16 | University of the Highlands and Islands*1 course | BCC | 18 | 92% | 85% | 90% | – | – | |
| 17 | Cardiff University1 course | AAA | 17 | 80% | 100% | 90% | £40k | 168 | |
| 18 | University of Leeds2 courses | AAA+ others | 14 | 86% | 97% | 96% | £38k | 152 | |
| 19 | King's College London*3 courses | A*AA+ others | 0 | 57% | 99% | 94% | – | 162 |
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Typical (median) earnings for dentistry graduates, across the universities we rank.
Highest earnings five years after graduating
The 15-month figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey and covers graduates in full-time work. The 3 and 5-year figures come from tax records and include everyone in work, including part-time, so they can be lower than the 15-month figure. Pay also depends on where people live. Compare earnings across all subjects or see what you’d repay on your student loan.
Put up to three dentistry courses side by side, including how your grades fit.
These offer dentistry but don’t yet have enough published data to rank fairly, often because the course is new or small.
University of Huddersfield, University of Lincoln, Teesside University, University of Essex, University of Suffolk