| Rank | Overall rank | University | Student satisfaction | Research quality | Entry points | Graduate prospects | Total score |
| 1 | 1= | University of Oxford | 85.7 | 43.3 | 582 | 79.7 | 100.0 |
| 2 | 1= | University of Cambridge | 85.6 | 30.0 | 546 | 81.7 | 95.9 |
| 3 | 9 | University College London | 84.1 | 35.0 | 551 | 78.2 | 95.6 |
| 4 | 21 | University of Sheffield | 82.9 | 55.0 | 448 | 73.2 | 95.0 |
| 5 | 7 | University of Exeter | 87.5 | 31.7 | 462 | 82.2 | 94.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Durham University | 84.6 | 26.7 | 518 | 84.6 | 94.2 |
| 7 | 8 | University of Warwick | 85.0 | 33.3 | 504 | 78.0 | 94.0 |
| 8 | 3 | University of St Andrews | 86.4 | 21.7 | 542 | 76.3 | 92.7 |
| 9 | 5 | London School of Economics and Political Science | 74.9 | 40.0 | 545 | 79.3 | 91.6 |
| 10 | 10 | University of Bath | 84.4 | 21.7 | 463 | 83.4 | 90.6 |
| 11 | 32 | University of Essex | 84.8 | 55.0 | 349 | 63.5 | 90.3 |
| 12 | 16 | University of York | 82.0 | 25.0 | 453 | 78.9 | 88.6 |
| 13 | 31 | Soas | 81.5 | 30.0 | 492 | 67.8 | 88.2 |
| 14 | 22= | Newcastle University | 86.9 | 23.3 | 411 | 71.1 | 87.6 |
| 15 | 22= | University of Nottingham | 80.4 | 26.7 | 425 | 75.4 | 86.3 |
| 16 | 26 | University of Glasgow | 83.3 | 25.0 | 486 | 61.1 | 86.2 |
| 17 | 19 | University of Bristol | 78.0 | 20.0 | 461 | 78.5 | 85.2 |
| 18 | 15 | University of Birmingham | 79.2 | 18.3 | 410 | 83.8 | 85.0 |
| 19 | 13 | Loughborough University | 84.3 | 20.0 | 369 | 74.9 | 84.8 |
| 20 | 12 | Lancaster University | 85.1 | 10.0 | 424 | 74.4 | 84.5 |
| 21 | 27 | Cardiff University | 78.8 | 25.0 | 392 | 77.4 | 84.2 |
| 22 | 30 | University of Kent | 87.0 | 11.7 | 360 | 75.8 | 84.1 |
| 23 | 28 | University of Manchester | 77.4 | 30.0 | 420 | 67.2 | 83.2 |