Since 2010 the most popular university destinations for leavers have been as follows:
- Exeter*
- Plymouth
- Cardiff*
- Southampton*
- Reading
- Surrey
- Swansea
- Bournemouth
- UWE, Bristol
- Gloucester
- De Montfort
- Portsmouth
- Brunel
- Bristol*
- Durham*
- Oxford Brookes
- Warwick*
- Aberystwyth
- Bath
- Hull
- Kent
- Southampton Solent
- Imperial College, London*
- King's College, London*
- University College, London*
- Edinburgh*
- Glasgow*
- Manchester*
- Queen Mary, University of London*
- Nottingham Trent
* A Russell Group university. There are twenty-four universities in the group and they are committed to the highest levels of academic excellence in both teaching and research.