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uk university undergraduate programs compared independent subjectspecific rankings complete guardian times based data national student survey higher education statistics agency universities colleges admissions service research excellence framework universities sports exercise science program university glasgow steadily risen currently rank top uk program investigation aimed identify underlying factors explain therefore obtained underlying scores entry standard student satisfaction research foundation graduate prospects stafftostudent ratio expenditurestudent continuation program support students teaching quality ranking providers years 20102024 statistically modeled factors significantly affected rankings found entry standards graduate prospects strongly correlated significantly ranking results principal component analysis indicated model graduate prospects entry standards explained 662 variance ranking results multiple linear regression underlying factors included model indicated explained 78 r2 078 total variance stepwise elimination insignificant factors identified graduate prospects sole factor significantly affected outcome explaining 71 r2 071 variance therefore primary predictor ranking success uk university league tables sports science graduates professional success graduate prospectsnew noteworthy university rankings used applicants stakeholders judge programs including undergraduate studies rankings undergraduate uk programs compared contrasted based score criteria affect student life future prospects determined relative influence criteria found graduate prospects students professionally benefit study graduation factor matters ranking results