Best Schools for Social Work in Australia

Australia’s top social work universities for 2023 are

Curtin College
Edith Cowan College
Charles Darwin College

The formula used by Uni Reviews to rank Australian universities includes:

indicative graduate incomes (based on pay, study, and unemployment rates) and graduate satisfaction with social work courses (% pleased).

Children’s services, youth work, care for the elderly, care for those with disabilities, counseling, and welfare studies are all included in the field of social work.

Curtin College

2023’s subject rankings for social work place Curtin’s School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work at the top.

Although the school is fairly tiny, it ranks highly for student course satisfaction (96%), as well as remuneration ($57,457 suggested beginning salary).

Edith Cowan College

The ECU (Bunbury Campus) social work program is ranked second in Australia.

Students give the school good marks (92% are satisfied), and few graduates are unemployed.

Charles Darwin College

In Australia, the School of Health at CDU is one of the top 3 schools for social work.

Graduates of the CDU’s social work program have relatively good employment rates.

Social Work Rankings Overall

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University -Graduate pay Points

1 Curtin College -$57,457 200

2 Edith Cowan University- $52,778

3.Charles Darwin University- $53,836

4. De-akin University -$45,158

5.University of New South Wales, $48,438

6.Griffith University – $44,715

7.Charles Sturt University -$52,199

8.Western Sydney University,, -$45,012

9 James Cook University-$46,132

10 University of RMIT – $43,463 93

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• Sources: University Experience Survey and Course Experience Questionnaire

With a correction for lower average satisfaction rates for present students, universities are rated by the combined satisfaction of students and graduates. Check out Course Ratings by Students for more information.
Examples of Graduate Salaries
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Rank University Employed Studying Other Salary
1 Curtin University $57,457

2.Charles Darwin University-$53,836

3 Edith Cowan University -$42,199

4.Charles Sturt University

5.University of New South Wales-$48,438

6 CQ University – $48,060

7.Monash University-$47,581

8 James Cook University -69.5%

9 Southern Cross University – $45,911

10 Deakin University – $45,158

Graduate Destinations Survey as a source

The indicated graduate pay takes into account both the potential earnings of students enrolled in postgraduate programs and the low salaries of graduates who are unemployed.