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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Level of study

Postgraduate
Undergraduate

Rating type

Social Equity
Staff Qualification
Student:Teacher Ratio
Learner Engagement
Learning Resources
Overall Experience
Skills Development
Student Support
Teaching Quality
Graduate Salary
Full-Time Employment

Field of study

Accounting
Agriculture
Architecture
Built environment
Business and management
Communications
Computing and information technology
Creative arts
Dentistry
Economics
Education and training
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Environmental studies
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Mathematics
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Para-legal studies
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Sciences
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Tourism and hospitality
Veterinary science

Location

Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
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Undergraduate - Graduate Salary

University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)

$78600

University of Tasmania

$78300

CQUniversity Australia

$77700

University of New England (UNE)

$77500

Charles Darwin University (CDU)

$75100

Charles Sturt University

$75100

UNSW Sydney

$74400

Curtin University

$73400

James Cook University (JCU)

$73100

Murdoch University

$73000

Southern Cross University

$73000

Swinburne University of Technology

$73000

Edith Cowan University (ECU)

$72900

University of Canberra

$72400

The Australian National University (ANU)

$71900

Federation University Australia

$71400

University of Sydney

$71200

Monash University

$71000

University of Newcastle

$71000

Australian Catholic University (ACU)

$70500

The University of Queensland

$70400

Avondale University

$70200

Macquarie University

$70000

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

$70000

University of Wollongong

$70000

Flinders University

$70000

University of Divinity

$70000

Griffith University

$70000

University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC)

$70000

The University of Notre Dame Australia

$70000

Western Sydney University

$69900

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

$69400

University of South Australia

$69400

La Trobe University

$69400

University of Adelaide

$69400

Deakin University

$69100

Victoria University (VU)

$67900

The University of Western Australia (UWA)

$67000

RMIT University

$66000

Bond University

$65700

The University of Melbourne

$65200

Torrens University Australia

$60800