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2021 Section 2 All students
Higher education all student enrolment tables for the 2021 full year. All students include commencing and continuing students.
2021 Section 3 Commencing student load
Higher education commencing student EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load) tables for the 2021 full year. Commencing students are persons who have enrolled for the first time in a particular course at a particular higher education institution during the reference period.
2021 Section 4 - All student load
Higher education all student EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load) tables for the 2021 full year. All students include commencing and continuing students.
2021 Section 5 Liability status categories
Higher education liability status categories tables for the 2021 full year. These tables provide information on a student’s status for a unit of study (Commonwealth Supported place, scholarship holder and fee-paying).
2021 Section 6 Indigenous students
Higher education indigenous student tables for the 2021 full year. Indigenous students are those who self-identify as being of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.
2021 Section 7 Overseas students
Higher education overseas student tables for the 2021 full year. Overseas students includes students who have temporary entry visas, or are diplomats or a dependent of a diplomat (except New Zealand) and reside in Australia during the unit of study, and non-domestic students residing outside Australia during the unit of study.
2021 Section 8 Special courses
Higher education special courses tables for the 2021 full year. Students undertaking special courses include courses that:
- provide for initial registration as nurses;
- provide for initial teacher training;
- lead to provisional registration as a medical practitioner;
- lead to provisional registration as a veterinary practitioner;
- lead to provisional registration as a dental practitioner;
- lead to provisional registration as a clinical psychologist practitioner; or
- relate to a course of study in aviation as listed in the FEE-HELP Guidelines 2017.
2021 Section 9 Ethnicity related data
Higher education ethnicity related tables for the 2021 full year. These tables provide information on country of birth and language spoken at home.
2021 Student summary tables
Higher education student enrolment and EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load) summary tables for the 2021 full year.
2021 Student summary time series
Higher education student enrolment summary time series statistics full year, 2011-2021
Award Course Completions Pivot Table 2021
Allows for customised higher education award course completions tables, with time series data from 2016.
Cohort analysis - completion rates of Higher Degree by Research students, 2007-2021
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Completion Rates of Higher Education Students - Cohort Analysis, 2005-2021
Completion Rates of Higher Education Students - Cohort Analysis, 2005-2021
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Cohort analysis - completion rates of Higher Degree by Research students, 2007-2020
If you require further information, a data request can be submitted to the Department. Please see the Data Requests, Data Protocols, Data Privacy and Visual Analytics Guide.
2020 List of higher education institutions
A list of higher education institutions for the 2020 reference year by State and Type – Public Universities (Table A), Private Universities (Table B and Table C) and Non-University Higher Education Institutions.
2020 Section 1 Commencing students
Higher education commencing student enrolment tables for the 2020 full year. Commencing students are persons who have enrolled for the first time in a particular course at a particular higher education institution during the reference period.
2020 Section 10 Open Universities Australia
Higher education student enrolment and EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load) tables for the 2020 full year offered through Open Universities Australia (OUA). Units of study from a higher education course offered by OUA can be counted as credit towards a higher education institution degree.
2020 Section 11 Equity groups
Higher education equity groups tables for the 2020 full year. Equity groups include students that:
- are from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB);
- have a disability;
- are women in non-traditional areas;
- identify as indigenous;
- are from low SES (socioeconomic status) locations; and
- are from regional and remote locations
2020 Section 12 Academic organisational units
Higher education academic organisational unit tables for the 2020 full year. An academic organisational unit group provides a means for standardising academic organisational units across institutions. Academic organisational units are assigned to an academic organisational unit group on the basis of disciplines for which each academic organisational unit has a teaching and/or research responsibility.
2020 Section 13 Private Universities (Table C) and Non-University Higher Education Institutions
Private University (Table C) and Non-University Higher Education Institution tables for the 2020 full year. Tables include data on student enrolments, student EFTSL (Equivalent Full-time Student Load), success rates and completions.