% of 17–20 age cohort - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's university entrance rate was 41.5% as of January 2025, and the trend is broadly stable. Proportion of young people commencing a bachelor degree or higher. University participation rates reflect access to higher education and future workforce skills. Data is sourced from DESE Higher Education Statistics and updated annually.
Proportion of young people commencing a bachelor degree or higher.
University participation rates reflect access to higher education and future workforce skills.
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (DESE Higher Education Statistics), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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