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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Regional Australia's Universities - student satisfaction rankings

I have been browsing the Good Universities Guide 2007 to see if Regional Australia's universities have maintained their high student satisfaction rankings. The short answer is yes.

If we look at the top rankings for the overall education experience, we find that Regional Australia's universities get 10 of the top 16 places :

  • Five stars - highest ranking: Avondale, Bond, Christian Heritage College (metro), Murdoch (metro), Sunshine Coast, Swinburne (metro), University of New England, Wollongong
  • Four stars: Australian National University, Ballarat, Edith Cowan University (metro), James Cook University, Queensland (metro), Southern Cross, University of Southern Queensland and Victoria University (metro).

If we now look at teaching quality, we find that Regional Australia's universities again 10 get of the top 16 places:

  • Five stars: Australian Maritime College, Avondale, Bond, Christian Heritage Centre (metro), Murdoch (metro), Sunshine Coast, Swinburne (metro), University of New England
  • Four stars: Ballarat, Central Queensland University, Edith Cowan University (metro), James Cook University, Queensland (metro), University of Southern Queensland, Victoria University (metro), Wollongong

If we now look at the educational experience in terms of the acquisition of generic skills, we find that Regional Australia's universities yet again get10 of the top 16 places.

  • Five stars: Avondale, Bond, Christian Heritage Centre (metro), Murdoch (metro), Sunshine Coast, Swinburne (metro), Victoria University (metro), Wollongong
  • Four stars: Australian National University, Ballarat, James Cook University, Newcastle, Queensland (metro), Southern Cross, Sydney (metro), University of New England

Finally, if we look at overall student satisfaction, we find that Regional Australia's universities get 11 out of the top 17 places.

  • Five stars: Avondale, Bond, Christian Heritage Centre (metro), Murdoch (metro), Swinburne (metro), University of New England, University of Southern Queensland, Wollongong
  • Four stars: Australian National University, Ballarat, James Cook University, La Trobe (metro), Queensland (metro), Southern Cross, Sunshine Coast, Victoria University (metro)

I find it interesting that, with the exception of the University of Queensland, none of the best known metro universities appear on these lists.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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