Australian University Ratings and Rankings 2026

The section below provide a series of ratings and insights across a range of indicators. On the premise that no institution is superb at everything, these rankings are high-level indicators and should be used to gain comparative insights into the varying strengths and characteristics of each institution.

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Undergraduate - Social Equity

CQUniversity Australia

45%

University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)

36.7%

James Cook University (JCU)

29.4%

University of South Australia

27.1%

University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC)

26%

University of New England (UNE)

25.9%

Murdoch University

25.4%

Charles Sturt University

25.3%

University of Tasmania

25.2%

Southern Cross University

25.2%

Charles Darwin University (CDU)

24.7%

Federation University Australia

24.7%

Torrens University Australia

23.4%

University of Newcastle

22.8%

Flinders University

22.2%

Curtin University

22.2%

Avondale University

22.1%

University of Divinity

21.1%

Edith Cowan University (ECU)

20.5%

Western Sydney University

19.5%

University of Wollongong

17.9%

Griffith University

17.6%

Victoria University (VU)

17.3%

Swinburne University of Technology

16.8%

La Trobe University

16.1%

University of Adelaide

14.6%

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

13.1%

Australian Catholic University (ACU)

12.1%

The University of Western Australia (UWA)

11%

The University of Notre Dame Australia

10.8%

Deakin University

10.5%

RMIT University

10.2%

The University of Queensland

9.9%

Monash University

8.3%

University of Canberra

7.8%

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

7.6%

UNSW Sydney

7.5%

University of Sydney

7.4%

Macquarie University

6.7%

The University of Melbourne

6.4%

Bond University

4.5%

The Australian National University (ANU)

3.4%