34 Best universities for Early Childhood Education in Australia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Early Childhood Education. A graph of 128K citations received by 5.04K academic papers made by 34 universities in Australia 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. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Oceania

#16 in the World

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

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Oceania

#17 in the World

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

3. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Oceania

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

4. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Oceania

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

5. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Early Childhood Education

#5 in Oceania

#29 in the World

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

6. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Early Childhood Education

#6 in Oceania

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

7. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Early Childhood Education

#7 in Oceania

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

8. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Early Childhood Education

#8 in Oceania

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

9. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Early Childhood Education

#9 in Oceania

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

10. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Early Childhood Education

#11 in Oceania

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

11. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Early Childhood Education

#13 in Oceania

#91 in the World

Founded: 1971

12. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Early Childhood Education

#14 in Oceania

#106 in the World

Founded: 1991

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Early Childhood Education

#15 in Oceania

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Early Childhood Education

#16 in Oceania

#129 in the World

Founded: 1991

15. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Early Childhood Education

#19 in Oceania

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

16. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Early Childhood Education

#20 in Oceania

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

17. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Early Childhood Education

#21 in Oceania

#161 in the World

Founded: 1887

18. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Early Childhood Education

#22 in Oceania

#167 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Early Childhood Education

#23 in Oceania

#181 in the World

Founded: 1966

20. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Early Childhood Education

#26 in Oceania

#229 in the World

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

21. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Early Childhood Education

#27 in Oceania

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

22. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Early Childhood Education

#28 in Oceania

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

23. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Early Childhood Education

#29 in Oceania

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

24. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Early Childhood Education

#30 in Oceania

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

25. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Early Childhood Education

#31 in Oceania

#262 in the World

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

26. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Early Childhood Education

#32 in Oceania

#353 in the World

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

27. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Early Childhood Education

#33 in Oceania

#369 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Early Childhood Education

#34 in Oceania

#374 in the World

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

29. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Early Childhood Education

#35 in Oceania

#380 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

30. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Early Childhood Education

#36 in Oceania

#386 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

31. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Early Childhood Education

#38 in Oceania

#463 in the World

Founded: 1870

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Early Childhood Education

#39 in Oceania

#470 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Early Childhood Education

#40 in Oceania

#505 in the World

Founded: 1989

34. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Early Childhood Education

#41 in Oceania

#543 in the World

Founded: 1908

The best cities to study Early Childhood Education in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Clayton, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney.