Best Universities for Accounting in Oceania

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 1.59M citations received by 58K academic papers made by 48 universities in Oceania was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Accounting

#1 in Australia

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Accounting

#2 in Australia

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Accounting

#3 in Australia

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

4. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Accounting

#4 in Australia

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

5. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Accounting

#5 in Australia

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Accounting

#6 in Australia

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Accounting

#7 in Australia

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

8. University of Auckland

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Accounting

#1 in New Zealand

#116 in the World

Founded: 1883

9. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Accounting

#8 in Australia

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Accounting

#9 in Australia

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Accounting

#10 in Australia

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

12. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Accounting

#11 in Australia

#135 in the World

Founded: 1971

13. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Accounting

#12 in Australia

#139 in the World

Founded: 1965

14. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Accounting

#13 in Australia

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

15. Massey University

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New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Accounting

#2 in New Zealand

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

16. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Accounting

#14 in Australia

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

17. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Accounting

#15 in Australia

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,607
Founded: 1966

18. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Accounting

#16 in Australia

#174 in the World

Founded: 1887

19. Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand | Wellington

For Accounting

#3 in New Zealand

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,833
Founded: 1897

20. University of Otago

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New Zealand | Dunedin

For Accounting

#4 in New Zealand

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

21. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Accounting

#17 in Australia

#191 in the World

Founded: 1991

22. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Accounting

#18 in Australia

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

23. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Accounting

#19 in Australia

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

24. University of Waikato

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New Zealand | Hamilton

For Accounting

#5 in New Zealand

#324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 10,537
Founded: 1964

25. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Accounting

#20 in Australia

#328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

26. Auckland University of Technology

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Accounting

#6 in New Zealand

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

27. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Accounting

#21 in Australia

#385 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

28. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Accounting

#22 in Australia

#397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 18,388
Founded: 1967

29. University of Canterbury

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Accounting

#7 in New Zealand

#427 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

30. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Accounting

#23 in Australia

#450 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Accounting

#24 in Australia

#502 in the World

Founded: 1987

32. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Accounting

#25 in Australia

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 33,879
Founded: 1890

33. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Accounting

#26 in Australia

#563 in the World

Founded: 1908

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Accounting

#27 in Australia

#574 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Accounting

#28 in Australia

#655 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Accounting

#29 in Australia

#672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

37. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Accounting

#30 in Australia

#677 in the World

Founded: 1970

38. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Accounting

#31 in Australia

#773 in the World

Founded: 1967

39. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Accounting

#32 in Australia

#813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

40. Lincoln University, New Zealand

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Accounting

#8 in New Zealand

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

41. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Accounting

#33 in Australia

#856 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

42. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Accounting

#34 in Australia

#922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

43. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Accounting

#35 in Australia

#1134 in the World

Founded: 1989

44. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Accounting

#36 in Australia

#1193 in the World

Founded: 1870

45. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Accounting

#37 in Australia

#1278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

46. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Accounting

#38 in Australia

#1395 in the World

Founded: 1991

47. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Accounting

#39 in Australia

#1607 in the World

Founded: 1989

48. University of the South Pacific

For Accounting

#1 in Fiji

#1804 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968