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    The top universities in Perth and Western Australia (WA)

    The top universities in Perth and Western Australia (WA)

    Western Australia is Australia's largest state, occupying the entire western coastline. Its capital city, Perth, has plenty to offer, with a fantastic outdoor lifestyle, endless sunshine, boutique shopping and fine dining.  

    Western Australia offers quality education, great lifestyle opportunities and some of Australia’s best beaches. While most campuses are clustered around Perth and Fremantle, those in Kalgoorlie in WA’s Goldfields and Broome on the north-west coast are quite possibly the farthest-flung in Australia.  

    Undergraduate degrees are available across a broad range of subject areas. In WA you could find yourself studying anything from ecotourism, veterinary science or viticulture to business, journalism, law, medicine or performing arts. With WA’s mining boom, courses in petroleum and mining engineering are a state specialty.  

    Where to study in Western Australia 

    Universities in Western Australia 

    These are the main universities in Western Australia: 

    • CQ University 

    • Curtin University 

    • Edith Cowan University (ECU) 

    • Murdoch University 

    • The University of Notre Dame Australia 

    • The University of Western Australia 

    The best universities in Perth and Western Australia for 2022 

    The Good Universities Guide ratings provide a series of insights on Australian universities, helping you in the process of deciding where to study. There is no one university that is best for all students, since different things matter to different people.  

    Courses and institutions differ in many ways and only you can decide which differences really matter to you. Check out the ratings for WA universities and filter by study level (undergraduate or postgraduate). Some ratings are also available to filter further by field of study.  

    In the tables below, we’ve listed the university that ranked highest in each rating category for WA in the 2022 edition of our ratings. 

    Characteristics 

    Rating type 

    Definition 

    Top university  
    undergraduate 

    Social Equity  

    The proportion of domestic students enrolling at each university from low socioeconomic or disadvantaged backgrounds 

    CQ University Australia – 39% 

    Staff Qualification 

    The proportion of staff who hold a masters or doctoral degree 

    Curtin University — 80% 

    Student Demand 

    Where high-achieving students choose to study — compares the proportion of commencing students with high ATAR scores at each university 

    The University of Western Australia — Low: 0 Medium: 0.6 High: 0.4 

    Student – Teacher Ratio 

    The number of students per teaching staff member 

    Murdoch University — 18:1 

    First Generation 

    The proportion of domestic students commencing a bachelor degree whose parents’ education is known and did not exceed Year 12 

    CQ University Australia — 50% 

     

    The Student Experience 

    Rating type 

    Definition 

    Top university 
    undergraduate 

    Top university  
    postgraduate 

    Learner Engagement 

    The proportion of students who felt they were engaged with learning in their institution 

    The University of Notre Dame Australia — 71% 

    The University of Western Australia— 63.7% 

    Learning Resources 

    The proportion of students who were satisfied with the learning resources provided by their institution 

    Edith Cowan University (ECU) — 87.8% 

    Edith Cowan University (ECU) — 87.8% 

    Overall Experience  

    The proportion of students who were satisfied with the overall quality of their educational experience 

    The University of Notre Dame Australia — 82.4% 

    The University of Notre Dame Australia — 78.7% 

    Skills Development 

    The proportion of students who were satisfied with the skill development they experienced through their studies 

    The University of Notre Dame Australia— 89% 

    The University of Notre Dame Australia — 85.9% 

    Student Support 

    The proportion of students who were satisfied with the support they received from their institution 

    Edith Cowan University (ECU) — 81.3% 

    Murdoch University — 81.5% 

    Teaching Quality 

    The proportion of students who were satisfied with the quality of teaching they experienced 

    The University of Notre Dame Australia — 86.9% 

    Murdoch University — 85.5% 


    Graduate Outcomes
     

    Rating type 

    Definition 

    Top university 
    undergraduate 

    Top university  
    postgraduate 

    Graduate Salary 

    The median salary of graduates from different universities 

    CQ University Australia —$67,800 

    CQ University Australia —$98,800 

    Full-time Employment 

    The employment rates of graduates from different universities 

    CQ University Australia — 77% 

    The University of Notre Dame Australia— 94.1% 


    Head to the Ratings tab to view our most recent ratings across all categories, and filter by subject, level of study or state to find the uni that suits you.  

    Related resources 

    • Search undergraduate courses in Perth and Western Australia 
    • Search postgraduate courses in Perth and Western Australia 
    • Browse scholarships in Western Australia 
    • Studying in Western Australia 
     

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