39 Best universities for Education Majors in Australia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Australia ranked based on their research performance in Education Majors. A graph of 1.74M citations received by 105K academic papers made by 39 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. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Education Majors

#1 in Oceania

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Education Majors

#2 in Oceania

#21 in the World

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

3. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Education Majors

#3 in Oceania

#23 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Education Majors

#4 in Oceania

#39 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Education Majors

#5 in Oceania

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

6. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Education Majors

#6 in Oceania

#48 in the World

Founded: 1971

7. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Education Majors

#8 in Oceania

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

8. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Education Majors

#9 in Oceania

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

9. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Education Majors

#10 in Oceania

#93 in the World

Founded: 1965

10. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Education Majors

#11 in Oceania

#100 in the World

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

11. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Education Majors

#12 in Oceania

#102 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

12. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Education Majors

#13 in Oceania

#118 in the World

Founded: 1991

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Education Majors

#14 in Oceania

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Education Majors

#15 in Oceania

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

15. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Education Majors

#16 in Oceania

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

16. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Education Majors

#17 in Oceania

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

17. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Education Majors

#19 in Oceania

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

18. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Education Majors

#20 in Oceania

#185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

19. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Education Majors

#22 in Oceania

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

20. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Education Majors

#24 in Oceania

#215 in the World

Founded: 1887

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Education Majors

#25 in Oceania

#222 in the World

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

22. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Education Majors

#26 in Oceania

#229 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Education Majors

#28 in Oceania

#250 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Education Majors

#29 in Oceania

#259 in the World

Founded: 1991

25. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Education Majors

#30 in Oceania

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

26. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Education Majors

#32 in Oceania

#343 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

27. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Education Majors

#33 in Oceania

#351 in the World

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

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Education Majors

#34 in Oceania

#372 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Education Majors

#35 in Oceania

#394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Education Majors

#36 in Oceania

#429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

31. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Education Majors

#38 in Oceania

#457 in the World

Founded: 1908

32. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Education Majors

#39 in Oceania

#461 in the World

Founded: 1967

33. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Education Majors

#40 in Oceania

#490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

34. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Education Majors

#41 in Oceania

#511 in the World

Founded: 1990

35. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Education Majors

#42 in Oceania

#707 in the World

Founded: 1870

36. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Education Majors

#43 in Oceania

#749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

37. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Education Majors

#44 in Oceania

#890 in the World

Founded: 1989

38. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Education Majors

#45 in Oceania

#1016 in the World

Founded: 1989

39. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Education Majors

#46 in Oceania

#1060 in the World

Founded: 1987

The best cities to study Education Majors in Australia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Sydney, Clayton, Melbourne, and St Lucia.