2017 National Data – First Look Prepared by the Office of Strategic Planning and Information October 2018

2017 National Data In October each year, the government releases student enrolment data for every University for the previous year. The full datasets are being prepared for detailed analysis and at this stage this is the most up to date benchmark data we have. The following ‘first look’ for key CSU segments of interest has used basic datasets from uCube: http://highereducationstatistics.education.gov.au Admissions handled by third parties are not included in this report, e.g. admissions via Study Centre, Sydney and Melbourne.

NSW Domestic Internal On-Campus NSW total market was down 1.2% with CSU down 9.2% CSU’s NSW market share seems to be flattening out at 4.6% down from highs of 7% Macquarie Uni saw significant growth (NB 2019 MU early UAC rounds have dropped offers by 35%) WSU continue to come down from a very high 2015 peak Relevant charts follow

Domestic UG Online (excl UCWE) Total national market was up 15% with CSU up 1.5% NB This segment has doubled since uncapping in 2012 CSU’s market share continues to slide to 8.2% from highs of 20% (now clear 4th in this segment) UTas continues exponential growth (Health still strong and now supported by new enrolments in Society and Culture) Swinburne has kicked again (possibly due to new courses) UNE has done well and is now bigger than CSU and Swinburne New players with very strong efforts here (LaT, Griffith, Torrens) Relevant charts follow

Domestic PG Online Total national market was up 2.5% with CSU down 4.5% This segment is growing but slowing – not flattening as we predicted (2014 was clearly a spike) CSU’s market share is down to 9.1% and looks to have flattened at this level (#1 position in this segment although combined NSW private providers are now higher) Many unis have recovered after a few poor years (eg UNE, ACU, Flinders) Most interesting is RMIT who have seen 200% growth, basically a new player Relevant charts follow

International On Campus This segment has strong growth CSU is not a large player but market share growing with the market NB most of this is through study group partnership and the figures were before enrolment figures were hit in late 2017 early 2018