Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime

Although a university degree is widely understood to lead to better earnings over a lifetime, new research suggests it can vary significantly depending on which course you do.You can use our look-up tool below to check your chosen subject and find out how much more - or less - graduates can earn compared with graduates" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="152354" data-entity-type="topic">non-graduates.On average, graduates picking medicine can earn up to £400,000 more over their lifetime compared to graduates" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="152354" data-entity-type="topic">non-graduates, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests.economics could also earn graduates significantly more but other subjects, including creative arts, philosophy and languages, offer little to negative financial return when compared to the earnings of someone similar without a degree, the research suggests.The Department for Education (DfE) says it will cap numbers on courses with poorest returns, and will consult on the introduction of minimum English language requirements.The data suggests the average graduate earns around £100,000 more over their lifetime than non-graduate counterparts, even after taxes and student loan repayments.While there are significant financial benefits to undergraduate degrees on average, the data suggests a quarter of graduates can expect to be financially worse off over their lifetime as a result of going to university.