The top-ranked universities for postgraduate study in 2022
The 2022 edition of Australian university ratings by The Good Universities Guide have landed! The postgraduate ratings are ideal for helping students get to know their options when researching graduate certificates, graduate diplomas, masters degrees or doctoral degrees.
A combination of resources provided by the Department of Education, Skills & Employment are used to create these ratings, as well as graduate and student experience surveys in Australia.
The postgraduate ratings provide insights across a range of 8 indicators, grouped into two categories: The Student Experience and Graduate Outcomes.
Five-star universities for postgraduate study
The ‘overall experience’ rating looks at the proportion of students who were satisfied with the overall quality of their educational experience. A five-star rating means the university has fallen in the top 20% of all universities for this rating.
Here are the Australian universities that received a five-star rating for overall experience in postgraduate study:
- Bond University
- Murdoch University
- University of Newcastle
- Charles Sturt University
- Edith Cowan University
- Southern Cross University
- Griffith University
- University of Southern Queensland
- The University of Notre Dame Australia
- University of New England
The tables below summarise each ranking type, along with the top university in each one. Note that these rankings are simply indicators that your students/clients can use to identify and shortlist the right universities to suit their own needs, preferences and circumstances. Courses and institutions differ in many ways — only the student can decide which differences really matter to them.
Graduate Outcomes
| Rating Type | Definition | Top university (undergraduate) |
| Graduate Salary | The median salary of graduates from different universities | UNSW Sydney — $110,000 |
| Full-time Employment |
The employment rates of graduates from different universities | Charles Darwin University – 94.1% |
The Student Experience
For each category in this section, the percentage of students who were satisfied with the university’s performance in the area is noted. For example, if a university achieves 75% for Teaching Quality, this indicates that 75% of students at the university were satisfied with the quality of teaching they experienced.
| Rating Type | Definition | Top university (undergraduate) |
| Learner Engagement | The proportion of students who felt they were engaged with learning in their institution | Bond University — 66.6% |
| Learning Resources | The proportion of students who were satisfied with the learning resources provided by their institution | Bond University — 89.9% |
| Overall Experience | The proportion of students who were satisfied with the overall quality of their educational experience | Bond University — 83.1% |
| Skills Development | The proportion of students who were satisfied with the skill development they experienced through their studies | Bond University — 86.1% |
| Student Support | The proportion of students who were satisfied with the support they received from their institution | Bond University — 85.5% |
| Teaching Quality |
The proportion of students who were satisfied with the quality of teaching they experienced | Bond University— 86.7% |
To view all 2022 rankings, head to The Good Universities Guide and filter by subject, level of study or location.
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