What is the percentage of international students studying on-campus in Australia?

Percentage of International Students in Australia
Percentage of International Students in Australia

Often, we get asked… what is the percentage of international students studying on-campus in Australia?

 

The latest dataset from the Department of Education (which is published annually) shows that in total, 27.1% of on-campus students in the university sector in Australia are international students in comparison to 23.6% in 2018. This is the highest number recorded in the higher education sector in Australia.
 
The state with the highest percentage of international students is Victoria with 30%, followed by New South Wales with 27% and South Australia with 26%. The result for South Australia is impressive considering that back in 2017 the percentage of international students on-campus was only 18.6%.
 
 
Across all Australian universities, the percentage of international students is on average 24% and varies between 5% and 49%. The table below presents the percentage of international students studying at each university.
 

 

 

PERCENTAGE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ON-CAMPUS IN AUSTRALIA IN 2019 

University Name% of International Students
Australian Catholic University13%
Bond University49%
Charles Darwin University15%
Charles Sturt University20%
CQUniversity32%
Curtin University13%
Deakin University25%
Edith Cowan University19%
Federation University Australia(a)50%
Flinders University14%
Griffith University17%
James Cook University16%
La Trobe University23%
Macquarie University26%
Monash University34%
Murdoch University16%
Queensland University of Technology19%
RMIT University26%
Southern Cross University25%
Swinburne University of Technology17%
The Australian National University39%
The University of Adelaide32%
The University of Melbourne40%
The University of New England5%
The University of Newcastle13%
The University of Notre Dame Australia2%
The University of Queensland36%
The University of Sydney42%
The University of Western Australia22%
Torrens University Australia50%
University of Canberra20%
University of Divinity9%
University of New South Wales39%
University of South Australia18%
University of Southern Queensland9%
University of Tasmania18%
University of Technology Sydney32%
University of the Sunshine Coast20%
University of Wollongong24%
Victoria University26%
Western Sydney University16%
TOTAL27.10%
AVERAGE23.87%

 

Source: With information from the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (Australian Government, 2019).

(a) Previously the University of Ballarat. (b) As a result of a collaborative partnership between Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education and Charles Darwin University.