The Guardian ranking of the university (2016-2017)
The Guardian score out of 100 is a rating of excellence based on a combination of all the other factors
Source: theguardian
| Rank 2017 | Rank 2016 | Institution | Guardian score/100 |
| 1 | -1 | Cambridge | 100 |
| 2 | -2 | Oxford | 95.4 |
| 3 | -3 | St Andrews | 90.8 |
| 4 | -4 | Surrey | 85 |
| 4 | -11 | Loughborough | 85 |
| 6 | -6 | Durham | 84.9 |
| 7 | -8 | Imperial College | 84.4 |
| 8 | -10 | Lancaster | 82.6 |
| 9 | -6 | Warwick | 82 |
| 10 | -5 | Bath | 79.9 |
| 11 | -9 | Exeter | 78.2 |
| 12 | -13 | London School of Economics | 78.1 |
| 13 | -17 | Birmingham | 76.6 |
| 14 | -12 | UCL | 76.3 |
| 15 | -15 | Coventry | 75.3 |
| 16 | -23 | Leeds | 74.9 |
| 16 | -14 | Southampton | 74.9 |
| 18 | -37 | City | 73.8 |
| 19 | -22 | York | 73.7 |
| 20 | -19 | Sussex | 73.6 |
| 21 | -31 | Falmouth | 72.8 |
| 22 | -20 | Edinburgh | 72.7 |
| 23 | -16 | Kent | 72.5 |
| 24 | -20 | UEA | 71.5 |
| 25 | -28 | Nottingham | 71 |
| 26 | -24 | Glasgow | 70.8 |
| 27 | -18 | Heriot-Watt | 70.4 |
| 28 | -38 | Dundee | 69.9 |
| 29 | -33 | Aston | 69.4 |
| 30 | -26 | SOAS | 69.3 |
| 31 | -29 | Manchester | 69.2 |
| 32 | -25 | Reading | 69.1 |
| 33 | -27 | Cardiff | 66.9 |
| 34 | -38 | Queen Mary | 66.8 |
| 34 | -42 | Keele | 66.8 |
| 36 | -41 | Aberdeen | 66.1 |
| 37 | -29 | Newcastle | 65.8 |
| 38 | -35 | Bristol | 65.1 |
| 39 | -52 | Swansea | 64.9 |
| 39 | (na) | University for the Creative Arts | 64.9 |
| 41 | -42 | Sheffield | 64.8 |
| 42 | -36 | King's College London | 64.4 |
| 43 | -49 | Portsmouth | 64.3 |
| 44 | -46 | Robert Gordon | 63.8 |
| 45 | -40 | Royal Holloway | 63.4 |
| 46 | -50 | Goldsmiths | 63 |
| 47 | -32 | Leicester | 62.3 |
| 48 | -45 | Queen's, Belfast | 62.2 |
| 48 | -73 | Derby | 62.2 |
| 50 | -68 | Northumbria | 61.7 |
| 51 | -33 | Strathclyde | 61.5 |
| 52 | -72 | Bradford | 61.2 |
| 53 | -51 | Nottingham Trent | 61.1 |
| 53 | -44 | University of the Arts London | 61.1 |
| 55 | -57 | Bangor | 60.5 |
| 56 | -54 | Lincoln | 60.4 |
| 57 | -48 | Oxford Brookes | 60.3 |
| 58 | -65 | Stirling | 60.2 |
| 59 | -59 | Liverpool | 60.1 |
| 60 | -77 | Manchester Met | 59.5 |
| 61 | -65 | De Montfort | 58.5 |
| 62 | -47 | Essex | 57.7 |
| 63 | -75 | Winchester | 57.3 |
| 64 | -69 | Edge Hill | 57.2 |
| 65 | -69 | Chester | 57 |
| 66 | -61 | Bath Spa | 56.7 |
| 66 | -88 | Anglia Ruskin | 56.7 |
| 68 | -79 | UWE Bristol | 56.5 |
| 69 | -83 | Staffordshire | 55.3 |
| 70 | -64 | Edinburgh Napier | 55.1 |
| 71 | -54 | Hull | 55 |
| 72 | -54 | Gloucestershire | 54.9 |
| 73 | -61 | Northampton | 54.7 |
| 74 | -81 | Middlesex | 54.5 |
| 75 | -71 | Chichester | 54.3 |
| 76 | -87 | Plymouth | 54.2 |
| 77 | -53 | Brunel | 54.1 |
| 77 | -59 | Huddersfield | 54.1 |
| 79 | -82 | Ulster | 53.9 |
| 79 | -63 | Bournemouth | 53.9 |
| 79 | -104 | Liverpool Hope | 53.9 |
| 79 | -109 | Sunderland | 53.9 |
| 83 | -90 | Salford | 53.6 |
| 84 | -58 | Liverpool John Moores | 53.5 |
| 85 | -93 | Abertay Dundee | 53.4 |
| 86 | -74 | Sheffield Hallam | 53.1 |
| 87 | -85 | Central Lancashire | 52.6 |
| 88 | -84 | Leeds Trinity | 52.4 |
| 88 | -97 | Kingston | 52.4 |
| 90 | -78 | Roehampton | 52.3 |
| 91 | -67 | Brighton | 51.3 |
| 91 | -95 | Cardiff Met | 51.3 |
| 93 | -105 | Bolton | 51.1 |
| 94 | -79 | Hertfordshire | 51 |
| 95 | -108 | Worcester | 50.6 |
| 96 | -94 | West London | 50.3 |
| 97 | -99 | University Campus Suffolk | 48.7 |
| 98 | -92 | Greenwich | 48.6 |
| 99 | -89 | Glasgow Caledonian | 48.4 |
| 100 | -114 | Southampton Solent | 48.2 |
| 101 | -76 | Queen Margaret | 47.4 |
| 102 | -91 | Teesside | 47.3 |
| 103 | -115 | West of Scotland | 47.2 |
| 104 | -107 | York St John | 46.8 |
| 105 | -86 | Birmingham City | 45.2 |
| 106 | -100 | St Mary's, Twickenham | 45.1 |
| 107 | -111 | London South Bank | 44.5 |
| 108 | -110 | Aberystwyth | 43.6 |
| 109 | -101 | Canterbury Christ Church | 43.5 |
| 110 | -112 | Newman | 43.3 |
| 111 | -113 | South Wales | 42.6 |
| 112 | -101 | Westminster | 40.9 |
| 113 | -98 | Bedfordshire | 40.5 |
| 114 | -116 | Leeds Beckett | 40.2 |
| 115 | -106 | East London | 37.7 |
| 116 | -119 | Bucks New University | 37 |
| 117 | -96 | Cumbria | 36.2 |
| 118 | -118 | London Met | 35.7 |
| 119 | -103 | Glyndwr | 30.5 |
