39 Best universities for Education Majors in Australia

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 2.86M citations received by 121K 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 Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Education Majors

#1 in Oceania

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

2. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Education Majors

#2 in Oceania

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

3. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Education Majors

#3 in Oceania

#27 in the World

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

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Education Majors

#4 in Oceania

#44 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Education Majors

#5 in Oceania

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

6. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Education Majors

#7 in Oceania

#52 in the World

Founded: 1971

7. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Education Majors

#8 in Oceania

#67 in the World

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

8. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Education Majors

#9 in Oceania

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

9. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Education Majors

#10 in Oceania

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Education Majors

#11 in Oceania

#97 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Education Majors

#12 in Oceania

#105 in the World

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

12. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Education Majors

#13 in Oceania

#125 in the World

Founded: 1991

13. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Education Majors

#14 in Oceania

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

14. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Education Majors

#15 in Oceania

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

15. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Education Majors

#16 in Oceania

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Education Majors

#17 in Oceania

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Education Majors

#20 in Oceania

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

18. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Education Majors

#21 in Oceania

#184 in the World

Founded: 1887

19. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Education Majors

#22 in Oceania

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

20. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Education Majors

#23 in Oceania

#200 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Education Majors

#24 in Oceania

#221 in the World

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

22. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Education Majors

#25 in Oceania

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

23. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Education Majors

#29 in Oceania

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

24. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Education Majors

#30 in Oceania

#276 in the World

Founded: 1966

25. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Education Majors

#31 in Oceania

#281 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Education Majors

#32 in Oceania

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

27. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Education Majors

#33 in Oceania

#378 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

28. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Education Majors

#34 in Oceania

#397 in the World

Founded: 1970

29. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Education Majors

#35 in Oceania

#406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

30. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Education Majors

#36 in Oceania

#439 in the World

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

31. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Education Majors

#37 in Oceania

#447 in the World

Founded: 1908

32. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Education Majors

#39 in Oceania

#474 in the World

Founded: 1967

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Education Majors

#40 in Oceania

#491 in the World

Founded: 1990

34. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Education Majors

#41 in Oceania

#515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

35. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Education Majors

#42 in Oceania

#725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

36. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Education Majors

#43 in Oceania

#727 in the World

Founded: 1870

37. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Education Majors

#44 in Oceania

#850 in the World

Founded: 1989

38. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Education Majors

#45 in Oceania

#1040 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

39. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Education Majors

#46 in Oceania

#1118 in the World

Founded: 1987

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