17 January 2014

 

Key facts and figures

The following information relates to VTAC applicants for undergraduate courses offered in 2014 by Victorian universities, TAFE institutes and private colleges.

Figures in brackets show changes from last year.

Applications

• Total applicants: 78,358 (-0.7%)
• Domestic applicants: 76,032 (-0.7%)
  • Year 12 applicants: 47,498 (+ 1.7%)
  • Non Year applicants: 28,534 (-4.4%)
  • International (Year 12 applicants): 2,326 (-2.1%)
  • 71,571 total offers issued to date (+0.4%) comprising:

Offers

-         58,585 main round domestic offers issued (+1.2%)

-         11,159 early round domestic offers issued (- 3.1%)

-         1,827 international Year 12 offers issued (-2.1%)

• 66,242 individual domestic applicants with at least one offer to date (+0.5%)
• 69,052 first preference applicants (+ 0.7%)
• Total offers issued to date:  58,703 (+1.6%)

The following information relates to domestic applications and offers. It does not include international applications and offers.

University applications and offers

-         49,016 main round offers (+2.1%)

-         9,687 early round offers (-1.1%)

• 55,820 applicants with a university offer to date (+1.9%)
• 5,693 first preference applicants (- 16.2%)
• Total offers issued to date: 8,852 (-7.2%)

TAFE applications and offers

-         7,677 main round offers (-5.5%)

-         1,175 early round offers (-16.8%)

• 8,746 applicants with a TAFE offer to date (-6.9%)
• 1,287 first preference applicants (+ 11.4%)
• Total offers issued to date: 2,189 (+5.9%)

Private college applications and offers

-         1,892 main round offers (+7.3%)

-         297 early round offers (-2.3%)

• 2,174 applicants with a private college offer to date (+5.5%)
• 4,378 applications (-10.2%)
• 3,777 offers (-4.7%)

Graduate entry teaching (get) courses

·         4,378 applications (-10.2%)

·         3,777 offers (-4.7%)

Overall university applications and offers – 2009 to 2014

Domestic undergraduate applicants

The following figure shows the changes in first preference university applications and the number of applicants with university offers since 2009, when the Commonwealth Government signalled the removal of the caps on undergraduate university courses. The figures are as at the January main round each year. It does not include second and supplementary round offers in February.

The following figure shows the number of applicants who have received an offer for a university course by the end of main round, as a percentage of the number of applicants with a first preference for a university course.  A small number (<200) of those receiving an offer for a university course had a first preference for a TAFE or Private College course.

Individual Victorian university applications and offers 2009 – 2014

First Preference Undergraduate Applicants

University	2008/09	2012/13	2013/14	Change from 2012/13	Change from 2008/09
Australian Catholic University	2,647	3,870	4,090	6%	55%
Deakin University	10,015	10,708	10,862	1%	8%
Federation University Australia[1]	1,511	1,248	1,566	25%	4%
La Trobe University	6,846	8,844	8,378	-5%	22%
Monash University	12,918	14,470	14,508	0%	12%
RMIT University	11,316	11,366	10,981	-3%	-3%
Swinburne University of Technology	2,654	2,666	2,725	2%	3%
University of Melbourne (The)	9,908	11,224	11,720	4%	18%
Victoria University	4,325	3,856	3,887	1%	-10%
Total[2]	62,461	68,584	69,052	1%	11%

Early and Main Round Offers

University	2008/09	2012/13	2013/14	Change from 2012/13	Change from 2008/09
Australian Catholic University	2,096	3,275	3,422	4%	63%
Deakin University	7,714	10,537	10,732	2%	39%
Federation University Australia	1,429	1,555	2,322	49%	62%
La Trobe University	6,345	7,891	8,460	7%	33%
Monash University	8,267	10,144	10,030	-1%	21%
RMIT University	6,506	8,862	8,574	-3%	32%
Swinburne University of Technology	2,839	3,538	3,032	-14%	7%
University of Melbourne (The)	5,768	6,501	6,835	5%	18%
Victoria University	5,883	5,218	4,980	-5%	-15%
Total[3]	47,269	57,791	58,703	2%	24%

Offers by field of study

Number of Main Round Offers by Field of Study

The following information relates to domestic undergraduate main round offers, from Victorian based universities only.

Main round offers by the primary field of study

Field of Study	2012/13	2013/14	% Change
Natural & Physical Sciences	6,349	6,798	7.1%
Information Technology	1,436	1,244	-13.4%
Engineering & Related Tech.	2,741	2,392	-12.7%
Architecture & Building	879	927	5.5%
Agriculture & Environment	1,503	1,372	-8.7%
Health	8,775	9,537	8.7%
Education	3,934	3,503	-11.0%
Management & Commerce	8,396	7,587	-9.6%
Society & Culture	11,527	11,432	-0.8%
Creative Arts	4,144	4,016	-3.1%
Total	49,695	48,808	-1.8%

The following information only relates to domestic VCE year 12 applicants with a current year ATAR.  It excludes IB students, non-year 12 applicants and international year 12 applicants.

Average ATAR of VCE applicants by the primary field of study of their main round offer

Field of Study	2012/13	2013/14	Change
Natural & Physical Sciences	82.2	82.1	-0.11
Information Technology	59.9	58.9	-0.96
Engineering & Related Tech.	70.8	69.9	-0.88
Architecture & Building	59.7	59.2	-0.50
Agriculture & Environment	73.5	74.1	0.57
Health	72.4	68.7	-3.66
Education	63.4	61.9	-1.50
Management & Commerce	68.9	68.8	-0.14
Society & Culture	70.5	70.1	-0.49
Creative Arts	65.2	64.3	-0.91
Food, Hospitality & Personal Services	45.2	44.0	-1.27
Total	70.0	69.3	-0.78