Best Physio, Occupational Therapy Universities

The top Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy unis in Australia for 2017 are

Uni Reviews ranked Australian universities by a formula using:

faculty size (student numbers)
studnent and graduate satisfaction with physio and occupational therapy courses (% satisfied)
indicative graduate salaries (based on pay, study and unemployment rates).

The School of Physiotherapy at Notre Dame tops the subject rankings for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.

The School has both the highest course satisfaction rate and indicative graduate salary.

The School of Allied Health at ACU is ranked 2nd in Australia for 2017.

The School, which has campuses in Brisbane and North Sydney, produces excellent results for graduates ($57,517 indicative starting salary).

The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at UQ is among the top 3 for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.

The School gets good ratings across all quality indicators.

Physio and Occupational Therapy Rankings

Rank	University	Size*	Satisfaction	Grad salary
1	University of Notre Dame Australia	231	97%	$58,516
2	Australian Catholic University	616	89%	$57,517
3	University of Queensland	572	92%	$52,386
4	University of South Australia	753	91%	$50,674
5	Curtin University	866	91%	$50,219
6	University of Newcastle	443	90%	$51,979
7	James Cook University	359	86%	$56,414
8	Western Sydney University	292	88%	$54,032
9	Charles Sturt University	338	86%	$53,172
10	Southern Cross University	109	90%	$52,443
11	Monash University	375	91%	$44,474
12	University of the Sunshine Coast	200	91%	$45,442
13	La Trobe University	476	83%	$46,829
14	Deakin University	215	90%	$41,186
15	University of Sydney	365	78%	$47,584

Updated: 13 November 2016

* Combined sample size for student course satisfaction surveys.

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

Rank	University	Graduates	Students	Overall
1	University of Notre Dame Australia	94%	97%	97%
2	University of Canberra		93%	95%
3	Griffith University		91%	93%
4	Edith Cowan University	94%	90%	92%
5	University of Queensland	94%	90%	92%
6	University of the Sunshine Coast	94%	89%	91%
7	Monash University	93%	89%	91%
8	University of South Australia	95%	87%	91%
9	Curtin University	90%	89%	91%
10	University of Newcastle	91%	88%	90%
11	Deakin University	93%	87%	90%
12	Southern Cross University	94%	86%	90%
13	Australian Catholic University	85%	89%	89%
14	Western Sydney University	93%	86%	88%
15	CQUniversity		87%	88%
16	James Cook University	92%	82%	86%
17	Charles Sturt University	87%	84%	86%
18	La Trobe University	85%	78%	83%
19	University of Sydney	71%	79%	78%

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.

Rank	University	Employed	Studying	Other	Salary
1	University of Notre Dame Australia	87%	5%	8%	$58,516
2	Australian Catholic University	94%	2%	5%	$57,517
3	James Cook University	89%	3%	8%	$56,414
4	Western Sydney University	82%	8%	11%	$54,032
5	Charles Sturt University	90%	2%	9%	$53,172
6	Southern Cross University	88%	0%	12%	$52,443
7	University of Queensland	83%	5%	13%	$52,386
8	University of Newcastle	87%	4%	9%	$51,979
9	University of South Australia	85%	2%	14%	$50,674
10	Curtin University	75%	4%	21%	$50,219
11	University of Sydney	77%	5%	18%	$47,584
12	La Trobe University	80%	4%	16%	$46,829
13	University of the Sunshine Coast	74%	1%	25%	$45,442
14	Monash University	73%	3%	24%	$44,474
15	Deakin University	65%	2%	33%	$41,186

Source: Graduate Destinations Survey (2013-2015)

The indicative graduate salary accounts for low incomes of unemployed graduates.