Best Agriculture and Environmental Universities

The top 3 Agriculture and Environmental Studies unis in Australia for 2017 are

Uni Reviews ranked Australian universities by a formula using:

the size of the agriculture and environment faculty (with extra weighting for postgraduate students)
course satisfaction ratings (% of students and recent graduates satisfied with their course overall)
graduate salaries (adjusted for unemployment and students doing advanced studies).

Agriculture and Environmental Studies definition

Agriculture and Environmental Studies includes Agriculture and Forestry, and Environmental Studies.

Detailed study areas: Agriculture, Horticulture and Viticulture, Forestry Studies and Fishery Studies, Land, Parks, Wildlife Management and Environmental Studies.

University of New England

The School of Environmental and Rural Science at UNE is Australia’s top ranked school for Agriculture and Environmental Studies.

UNE scores well for size (1,178 students), student satisfaction with courses (89%) and indicative graduate salary ($48,147).

University of Adelaide

The environmental and agricultural programs at Adelaide Uni place it 2nd in Australia for Agriculture and Environmental Studies.

As well as receiving high salaries, students of agriculture and environment courses report a high overall satisfaction rate (89%).

University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is in the top 3 subject rankings for Agriculture and Environmental Studies in 2017.

Spanning faculties for Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, and Science, the uni scores well in terms of student numbers and has the highest indicative graduate salary.

Overall Rankings

Rank	University	Students	Satisfaction	Grad salary	Points
1	University of New England	1178	89%	$48,147	234
2	University of Adelaide	1022	89%	$46,666	215
3	University of Melbourne	3913	79%	$49,849	205
4	La Trobe University	540	89%	$47,094	193
5	Charles Sturt University	1886	82%	$48,392	192
6	University of Queensland	1813	84%	$40,445	160
7	James Cook University	290	88%	$42,783	158
8	Southern Cross University	505	83%	$43,483	131
9	Deakin University	618	92%	$32,439	126
10	Murdoch University	298	84%	$38,565	106
11	Western Sydney University	197	79%	$42,713	59

Updated: 4 November 2016

Universities with small sample sizes for satisfaction or salary components are omitted from overall ranking.

1. Agriculture and Environment Faculty Size

University	Students	Undergraduate	Postgraduate	International
University of Melbourne	3913	2825	1088	1357
Charles Sturt University	1886	1461	425	94
University of Queensland	1813	1166	647	404
University of New England	1178	743	435	127
University of Adelaide	1022	734	288	262
University of Sydney	627	346	281	162
Deakin University	618	605	13	47
University of Newcastle	587	407	180	37
La Trobe University	540	489	51	40
Griffith University	520	201	319	165
Australian National University	516	169	347	194
Southern Cross University	505	397	108	55
University of Tasmania	472	193	279	179
University of Western Australia	444	25	419	201
RMIT University	304	232	72	42
Murdoch University	298	174	124	33
Macquarie University	297	154	143	54
James Cook University	290	127	163	137
University of the Sunshine Coast	250	218	32	21
CQUniversity	247	186	61	17
Monash University	233	101	132	67
University of South Australia	220	120	100	54
Curtin University	210	126	84	52
Charles Darwin University	206	126	80	32
Western Sydney University	197	197	0	0
Flinders University	195	131	64	50
University of New South Wales	174	10	164	49
Edith Cowan University	141	83	58	22
University of Canberra	124	124	0	9
University of Wollongong	114	94	20	9
Australian Catholic University	91	90	1	13
Bond University	78	39	39	30
Swinburne University of Technology	21	21	0	2
University of Notre Dame Australia	1	0	1	0

Source: uCube Higher Education Statistics (Category: Agriculture Environmental and Related Studies)

2. Student Course Satisfaction

Rank	University	Graduates	Students	Overall
1	University of Wollongong	92%	94%	94%
2	Deakin University	89%	93%	92%
3	Macquarie University	88%	92%	91%
4	University of Newcastle		89%	90%
5	Griffith University	91%	88%	90%
6	University of the Sunshine Coast	87%	91%	90%
7	University of New England	95%	86%	89%
8	La Trobe University	87%	89%	89%
9	University of Adelaide	88%	89%	89%
10	RMIT University	85%	90%	89%
11	James Cook University	87%	88%	88%
12	Charles Darwin University		87%	88%
13	Australian National University	91%	85%	87%
14	Australian Catholic University	88%	85%	87%
15	Edith Cowan University	85%	89%	87%
16	Monash University		84%	85%
17	Murdoch University	82%	88%	84%
18	University of Canberra		83%	84%
19	Flinders University	88%	79%	84%
20	University of Queensland	81%	85%	84%
21	Southern Cross University	79%	87%	83%
22	Charles Sturt University	84%	81%	82%
23	University of Melbourne	87%	78%	79%
24	University of Sydney	80%	78%	79%
25	Western Sydney University	77%	80%	79%
26	Curtin University	84%	71%	76%
27	CQUniversity	92%	68%	76%
28	University of South Australia	83%	68%	74%
29	University of Tasmania	67%	72%	71%

Sources: Course Experience Questionnaire (2014-2015), University Experience Survey (2014-2015)

Universities are ranked by graduate satisfaction. For further details, see Course Ratings by Students.

3. Indicative Graduate Salaries

Rank	University	Employed	Studying	Other	Salary
1	University of Melbourne	47%	38%	15%	$49,849
2	Charles Sturt University	76%	8%	16%	$48,392
3	University of New England	71%	12%	18%	$48,147
4	La Trobe University	39%	42%	20%	$47,094
5	University of Adelaide	32%	41%	27%	$46,666
6	Southern Cross University	45%	22%	33%	$43,483
7	James Cook University	43%	25%	32%	$42,783
8	Western Sydney University	49%	17%	34%	$42,713
9	University of Queensland	54%	17%	29%	$40,445
10	Murdoch University	50%	10%	41%	$38,565
11	Deakin University	42%	22%	36%	$32,439

Source: Graduate Destinations Survey (2013-2015)

The indicative graduate salary accounts for:

low incomes of unemployed graduates
earnings potential of graduates doing advanced studies.

For further details, see Graduate Salaries by University.