List of universities in Australia by enrollment#Western Australia
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This is a comprehensive list of all universities in Australia by total university enrolment. The data is gathered from the Department of Education and Training Higher Education statistics from 2016.Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, [https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/2016_section_4_-_all_student_load.xls 2016 Students EFTSL] For accuracy of comparison, all data is measured in Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL) except for "Total Students".
National universities
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | Australian Catholic University
| align=center | 2,804 | align=center | 11.5% | align=center | 21,169 | align=center | 86.5% | align=center | 485 | align=center | 2.0% | align=center | 24,458 (16) | align=center | 32,915 (20) |
Australian Capital Territory
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | The Australian National University
| align=center | 7,450 | align=center | 44.1% | align=center | 9,388 | align=center | 55.5% | align=center | 69 | align=center | 0.4% | align=center | 16,908 (27) | align=center | 23,571 (28) |
| align=center | University of Canberra
| align=center | 2,099 | align=center | 17.9% | align=center | 9,358 | align=center | 79.8% | align=center | 268 | align=center | 2.3% | align=center | 11,724 (32) | align=center | 17,046 (33) |
New South Wales
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | Charles Sturt University
| align=center | 6,659 | align=center | 29.5% | align=center | 15,196 | align=center | 67.4% | align=center | 703 | align=center | 3.1% | align=center | 22,557 (13) | align=center | 42,923 (19) |
| align=center | Macquarie University
| align=center | 6,187 | align=center | 19.8% | align=center | 24,536 | align=center | 78.3% | align=center | 605 | align=center | 1.9% | align=center | 31,327 (13) | align=center | 42,753 (14) |
| align=center | Southern Cross University
| align=center | 1,614 | align=center | 16.6% | align=center | 7,631 | align=center | 78.3% | align=center | 498 | align=center | 5.1% | align=center | 9,743 (35) | align=center | 15,723 (34) |
| align=center | The University of New England
| align=center | 2,714 | align=center | 23.8% | align=center | 8,357 | align=center | 73.4% | align=center | 316 | align=center | 2.8% | align=center | 11,386 (33) | align=center | 21,789 (30) |
| align=center | The University of New South Wales
| align=center | 11,856 | align=center | 28.3% | align=center | 29,373 | align=center | 70.2% | align=center | 615 | align=center | 1.5% | align=center | 41,844 (5) | align=center | 56,090 (5) |
| align=center | The University of Newcastle
| align=center | 3,873 | align=center | 16.2% | align=center | 18,204 | align=center | 76.2% | align=center | 1,813 | align=center | 7.6% | align=center | 23,890 (18) | align=center | 34,601 (17) |
| align=center | The University of Sydney
| align=center | 17,863 | align=center | 37.9% | align=center | 28,873 | align=center | 61.2% | align=center | 431 | align=center | 0.9% | align=center | 47,167 (4) | align=center | 61,224 (4) |
| align=center | University of Technology, Sydney
| align=center | 7,757 | align=center | 24.1% | align=center | 23,387 | align=center | 72.6% | align=center | 1076 | align=center | 3.3% | align=center | 32,218 (12) | align=center | 43,163 (12) |
| align=center | University of Wollongong
| align=center | 5,196 | align=center | 20.7% | align=center | 19,189 | align=center | 76.7% | align=center | 644 | align=center | 2.6% | align=center | 25,029 (15) | align=center | 32,981 (19) |
| align=center | Western Sydney University
| align=center | 4,382 | align=center | 13.1% | align=center | 28,089 | align=center | 84.4% | align=center | 824 | align=center | 2.5% | align=center | 33,294 (11) | align=center | 44,383 (11) |
Northern Territory
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | Charles Darwin University
| align=center | 1,360 | align=center | 20.7% | align=center | 4,654 | align=center | 70.8% | align=center | 560 | align=center | 8.5% | align=center | 6,573 (38) | align=center | 11,825 (38) |
Queensland
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | Bond University
| align=center | 2,130 | align=center | 37.7% | align=center | 2,951 | align=center | 52.3% | align=center | 562 | align=center | 10.0% | align=center | 5,645 (39) | align=center | 6,089 (39) |
| align=center | Central Queensland University
| align=center | 3,799 | align=center | 27.6% | align=center | 9,002 | align=center | 65.3% | align=center | 974 | align=center | 7.1% | align=center | 13,774 (31) | align=center | 21,702 (31) |
| align=center | Griffith University
| align=center | 6,435 | align=center | 19.1% | align=center | 26,749 | align=center | 79.3% | align=center | 541 | align=center | 1.6% | align=center | 33,725 (10) | align=center | 46,503 (10) |
| align=center | James Cook University
| align=center | 2,672 | align=center | 17.3% | align=center | 12,291 | align=center | 79.5% | align=center | 492 | align=center | 3.2% | align=center | 15,456 (29) | align=center | 21,333 (32) |
| align=center | Queensland University of Technology
| align=center | 6,264 | align=center | 17.3% | align=center | 29,603 | align=center | 81.9% | align=center | 303 | align=center | 0.8% | align=center | 36,168 (8) | align=center | 48,823 (9) |
| align=center | The University of Queensland
| align=center | 10,042 | align=center | 25.0% | align=center | 29,607 | align=center | 73.6% | align=center | 566 | align=center | 1.4% | align=center | 40,214 (6) | align=center | 51,071 (7) |
| align=center | University of Southern Queensland
| align=center | 3,065 | align=center | 21.0% | align=center | 10,258 | align=center | 70.5% | align=center | 1,235 | align=center | 8.5% | align=center | 14,557 (30) | align=center | 27,078 (24) |
| align=center | University of the Sunshine Coast
| align=center | 992 | align=center | 10.1% | align=center | 8,023 | align=center | 82.0% | align=center | 775 | align=center | 7.9% | align=center | 9,788 (34) | align=center | 14,502 (35) |
South Australia
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | Flinders University
| align=center | 4,785 | align=center | 28.0% | align=center | 11,885 | align=center | 69.7% | align=center | 386 | align=center | 2.3% | align=center | 17,056 (26) | align=center | 24,850 (27) |
| align=center | Torrens University Australia
| align=center | 965 | align=center | 31.4% | align=center | 2,110 | align=center | 68.6% | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0.0% | align=center | 3,075 (40) | align=center | 5,218 (40) |
| align=center | The University of Adelaide
| align=center | 5,057 | align=center | 23.6% | align=center | 16,187 | align=center | 75.4% | align=center | 211 | align=center | 1.0% | align=center | 21,453 (21) | align=center | 27,199 (23) |
| align=center | University of South Australia
| align=center | 3,652 | align=center | 16.4% | align=center | 17,763 | align=center | 79.8% | align=center | 853 | align=center | 3.8% | align=center | 22,269 (20) | align=center | 31,394 (21) |
Tasmania
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | University of Tasmania
| align=center | 3,390 | align=center | 16.2% | align=center | 16,669 | align=center | 79.6% | align=center | 884 | align=center | 4.2% | align=center | 20,943 (22) | align=center | 34,571 (18) |
Victoria
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | Deakin University
| align=center | 7,826 | align=center | 20.8% | align=center | 29,650 | align=center | 78.7% | align=center | 189 | align=center | 0.5% | align=center | 37,665 (7) | align=center | 52,926 (6) |
| align=center | Federation University Australia
| align=center | 2,574 | align=center | 26.5% | align=center | 6,969 | align=center | 71.7% | align=center | 174 | align=center | 1.8% | align=center | 9,717 (36) | align=center | 14,019 (36) |
| align=center | La Trobe University
| align=center | 5,474 | align=center | 19.0% | align=center | 23,170 | align=center | 80.4% | align=center | 181 | align=center | 0.6% | align=center | 28,824 (14) | align=center | 37,056 (16) |
| align=center | Monash University
| align=center | 15,161 | align=center | 25.7% | align=center | 43,636 | align=center | 73.9% | align=center | 239 | align=center | 0.4% | align=center | 59,036 (1) | align=center | 73,807 (1) |
| align=center | RMIT University
| align=center | 8,182 | align=center | 17.3% | align=center | 38,694 | align=center | 81.7% | align=center | 460 | align=center | 1.0% | align=center | 47,336 (3) | align=center | 61,882 (3) |
| align=center | The University of Melbourne
| align=center | 23,314 | align=center | 48.5% | align=center | 24,444 | align=center | 50.9% | align=center | 313 | align=center | 0.6% | align=center | 48,072 (2) | align=center | 61,938 (2) |
| align=center | Swinburne University of Technology
| align=center | 3,844 | align=center | 15.8% | align=center | 20,372 | align=center | 83.7% | align=center | 129 | align=center | 0.5% | align=center | 24,345 (17) | align=center | 39,181 (15) |
| align=center | University of Divinity
| align=center | 404 | align=center | 56.7% | align=center | 309 | align=center | 43.3% | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0.0% | align=center | 713 (41) | align=center | 1,608 (41) |
| align=center | Victoria University
| align=center | 2,771 | align=center | 14.2% | align=center | 16,275 | align=center | 83.6% | align=center | 428 | align=center | 2.2% | align=center | 19,473 (24) | align=center | 27,001 (25) |
Western Australia
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | University Name ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Postgraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Undergraduate - EFTSL ! colspan=2 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Non-Award - EFTSL ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (Rank) ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | Total Students (Rank) |
| align=center | Curtin University
| align=center | 5,415 | align=center | 15.5% | align=center | 28,197 | align=center | 80.5% | align=center | 1,392 | align=center | 4.0% | align=center | 35,002 (9) | align=center | 50,205 (8) |
| align=center | Edith Cowan University
| align=center | 3,993 | align=center | 21.9% | align=center | 13,344 | align=center | 73.0% | align=center | 931 | align=center | 5.1% | align=center | 18,267 (25) | align=center | 28,117 (22) |
| align=center | Murdoch University
| align=center | 1,912 | align=center | 12.2% | align=center | 13,222 | align=center | 84.4% | align=center | 531 | align=center | 3.4% | align=center | 15,665 (28) | align=center | 23,143 (29) |
| align=center | The University of Notre Dame Australia
| align=center | 843 | align=center | 9.1% | align=center | 7,719 | align=center | 83.2% | align=center | 710 | align=center | 7.7% | align=center | 9,273 (37) | align=center | 12,022 (37) |
| align=center | University of Western Australia
| align=center | 6,691 | align=center | 34.2% | align=center | 12,818 | align=center | 65.5% | align=center | 56 | align=center | 0.3% | align=center | 19,565 (23) | align=center | 25,200 (26) |
Largest universities
=By all students=
==By EFTSL==
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center | Rank ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center | University ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - EFTSL (2016) Department of Education and Training, [https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/2016_section_4_-_all_student_load.xls 2016 Students EFTSL tables] |
| align=center | 1.
| align=center | Monash University (Victoria) | align=center | 59,036 |
| align=center | 2.
| align=center | The University of Melbourne (Victoria) | align=center | 48,072 |
| align=center | 3.
| align=center | RMIT University (Victoria) | align=center | 47,336 |
| align=center | 4.
| align=center | The University of Sydney (New South Wales) | align=center | 47,167 |
| align=center | 5.
| align=center | The University of New South Wales (New South Wales) | align=center | 41,844 |
==By enrolments==
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! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center | Rank ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center | University ! colspan=1 style="background:#efefef;" align=center width=140 | All Students - Enrolments (2016)Department of Education and Training, [https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/2016_section_4_-_all_student_load.xls 2016 All Students tables] |
| align=center | 1.
| align=center | Monash University (Victoria) | align=center | 73,807 |
| align=center | 2.
| align=center | The University of Melbourne (Victoria) | align=center | 61,938 |
| align=center | 3.
| align=center | RMIT University (Victoria) | align=center | 61,882 |
| align=center | 4.
| align=center | The University of Sydney (New South Wales) | align=center | 61,224 |
| align=center | 5.
| align=center | The University of New South Wales (New South Wales) | align=center | 56,090 |
=By undergraduate students=
=By postgraduate students=
References
External links
- [http://www.universityrankings.com.au/university-student-numbers.html Australian University Rankings]
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