Best Universities for Statistics in Oceania

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Statistics. A graph of 14.7M citations received by 518K academic papers made by 52 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 Statistics

#1 in Australia

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Statistics

#2 in Australia

#40 in the World

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

3. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Statistics

#3 in Australia

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Statistics

#4 in Australia

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Statistics

#5 in Australia

#71 in the World

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

6. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Statistics

#6 in Australia

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

7. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Statistics

#1 in New Zealand

#121 in the World

Founded: 1883

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Statistics

#7 in Australia

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Statistics

#8 in Australia

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Statistics

#9 in Australia

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

11. University of Otago

New Zealand | Dunedin

For Statistics

#2 in New Zealand

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

12. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Statistics

#10 in Australia

#276 in the World

Founded: 1965

13. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Statistics

#11 in Australia

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

14. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Statistics

#12 in Australia

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

15. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Statistics

#13 in Australia

#335 in the World

Founded: 1971

16. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Statistics

#14 in Australia

#355 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

17. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Statistics

#15 in Australia

#361 in the World

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

18. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Statistics

#16 in Australia

#396 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

19. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Statistics

#17 in Australia

#408 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

20. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Statistics

#18 in Australia

#410 in the World

Founded: 1991

21. University of Canterbury

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Statistics

#3 in New Zealand

#489 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Statistics

#19 in Australia

#526 in the World

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

23. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Statistics

#20 in Australia

#532 in the World

Founded: 1966

24. Massey University

New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Statistics

#4 in New Zealand

#544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

25. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Statistics

#21 in Australia

#546 in the World

Founded: 1887

26. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Statistics

#22 in Australia

#568 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

27. Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand | Wellington

For Statistics

#5 in New Zealand

#599 in the World

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

28. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Statistics

#23 in Australia

#632 in the World

Founded: 1908

29. University of Waikato

New Zealand | Hamilton

For Statistics

#6 in New Zealand

#641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1964

30. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Statistics

#24 in Australia

#735 in the World

Founded: 1970

31. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Statistics

#25 in Australia

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

32. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Statistics

#26 in Australia

#819 in the World

Founded: 1990

33. Auckland University of Technology

New Zealand | Auckland

For Statistics

#7 in New Zealand

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

34. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Statistics

#27 in Australia

#898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1967

35. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Statistics

#28 in Australia

#899 in the World

Founded: 1991

36. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Statistics

#29 in Australia

#974 in the World

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

37. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Statistics

#30 in Australia

#1029 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

38. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Statistics

#31 in Australia

#1107 in the World

Founded: 1967

39. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Statistics

#32 in Australia

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

40. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Statistics

#33 in Australia

#1151 in the World

Founded: 1991

41. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Statistics

#34 in Australia

#1257 in the World

Founded: 1987

42. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Statistics

#35 in Australia

#1418 in the World

Founded: 1989

43. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Statistics

#36 in Australia

#1483 in the World

Founded: 1870

44. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Statistics

#37 in Australia

#1746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

45. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Statistics

#38 in Australia

#1768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

46. Lincoln University, New Zealand

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Statistics

#8 in New Zealand

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

47. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Statistics

#39 in Australia

#1997 in the World

Founded: 1989

48. University of the South Pacific

For Statistics

#1 in Fiji

#2183 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

49. Fiji National University

For Statistics

#2 in Fiji

#4019 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

50. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Statistics

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#4399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

51. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Statistics

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#4482 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

52. National University of Samoa

For Statistics

#1 in Samoa

#5844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1984

Mathematics subfields in Oceania

Actuarial Science38

Applied Mathematics38

Blockchain and Cryptography41

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics47

Math Teachers50

Operations Research41