Table Of ContentSTATISTICS REPORT
ON TEQSA REGISTERED
HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS
2016
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
HIGHER EDUCATION AT A GLANCE 3
PROVIDERS 5
STUDENTS 9
ACADEMIC STAFF 17
FINANCIAL PROFILE 18
EXPLANATORY NOTES 21
GLOSSARY 25
CONTENTS i
LiST OF FiGURES
FIGURE 1: PROViDERS BY SiZE OF STUDENT LOAD (EFTSL), 2014 6
FIGURE 2: STUDENTS (HEADCOUNT), 2014 9
FIGURE 3: STUDENTS (EFTSL) BY BFOE AND AGGREGATED COURSE LEVEL, 2014 11
FIGURE 4: DOMESTiC AND OVERSEAS STUDENTS (EFTSL) BY BFOE, 2014 14
FIGURE 5: REVENUE BY SOURCE (% SHARE), PUBLiC UNiVERSiTiES 18
FIGURE 6: REVENUE BY SOURCE (% SHARE), OTHER UNiVERSiTiES AND NUHEPS (FEE-HELP) 18
FIGURE 7: REVENUE BY SOURCE (% SHARE), NUHEPS (OTHER) 19
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LiST OF TABLES
TABLE 1: PROViDERS BY STATE, 2014 5
TABLE 2: PROViDERS BY SELF-ACCREDiTiNG AUTHORiTY (SAA)
AND TEQSA REGiSTRATiON CATEGORY, 2014 5
TABLE 3: PROViDERS BY SiZE OF STUDENT LOAD (EFTSL), 2014 6
TABLE 4: PROViDERS BY DUAL SECTOR STATUS, 2014 7
TABLE 5: NEW COURSES (TEQSA-ACCREDiTED) BY AQF LEVEL, 2014 7
TABLE 6: NEW COURSES (TEQSA-ACCREDiTED) BY BFOE, 2014 8
TABLE 7: TOTAL STUDENTS BY PROViDER CATEGORY, 2014 9
TABLE 8: ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE STUDENTS (EFTSL), 2014 10
TABLE 9: DOMESTiC AND OVERSEAS STUDENTS, 2014 10
TABLE 10: STUDENTS (EFTSL) BY AGGREGATED COURSE LEVEL, 2014 11
TABLE 11: STUDENTS (EFTSL) BY AQF LEVEL, 2014 12
TABLE 12: STUDENTS (EFTSL) BY BFOE, 2014 13
TABLE 13: COMMENCiNG AND COMPLETiNG STUDENTS, 2014 14
TABLE 14: UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCiNG STUDENTS (EFTSL)
BY BASiS FOR ADMiSSiON, 2014 15
TABLE 15: STUDENTS (EFTSL) BY MODE OF ATTENDANCE, 2014 15
TABLE 16: STUDENTS (HEADCOUNT) BY TYPE OF ATTENDANCE, 2014 16
TABLE 17: ACADEMiC STAFF (FTE) BY WORK CONTRACT, 2014 17
TABLE 18: ACADEMiC STAFF (FTE) BY FUNCTiON, 2014 17
TABLE 19: REVENUE BY SOURCE, PUBLiC UNiVERSiTiES ($MiLLiON) 19
TABLE 20: REVENUE BY SOURCE, OTHER UNiVERSiTiES AND NUHEPS ($MiLLiON) 20
TABLE 21: REVENUE BY ACTiViTY ($MiLLiON) 20
LIST OF TABLES iii
iNTRODUCTiON
Background
The Statistics Report on TEQSA Registered Higher
Education Providers (‘the Statistics Report’) is the
third release of selected higher education sector
data held by TEQSA for its quality assurance
activities. it provides a snapshot of national
statistics on all parts of the sector by bringing
together data collected directly by TEQSA with
data sourced from the main higher education
statistics collections managed by the Australian
Government Department of Education and Training.
This includes data from TEQSA’s National Register
of Higher Education Providers and annual Provider
information Request (PiR). The PiR gathers a
limited set of key data from some providers that
are not required to report, or only partially report,
data in the Department of Education and Training’s
Higher Education information Management System
(HEiMS).
information outlined in the Statistics Report
highlights the diversity of the Australian higher
education sector. For descriptive observations
about the range and type of registered providers
in the sector readers may also be interested in
the TEQSA paper, A risk and standards based
approach to quality assurance in Australia’s
diverse higher education sector, available at http://
www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/publication-
documents/RiskStandardsSectorPaperFeb2015.
pdf.
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About the report view of data not previously released without relying
on the presentation of data according to different
This update of the Statistics Report focuses on
collection processes, which may be difficult to
data relating to 2014.
readily interpret given variations across reporting
dimensions and providers. Care should be used
The Statistics Report provides high level
when interpreting changes in data between years
information across four key areas: providers,
as providers may transition provider categories over
students, academic staff and finance. While the
time.
Statistics Report is focused on higher education
data, financial data include all sources of revenue
Enquiries
within a provider’s operations, including revenue
from VET and other activities, reflecting the breadth For enquiries relating to this report and PiR data
and diversity of operations within some higher please contact TEQSA’s information Management
education providers. The Explanatory Notes and team at [email protected]. For enquiries
Glossary at the back of the Statistics Report relating to HEiMS data please contact the
provide further contextual information on the data Department of Education and Training’s University
and presentation. Statistics Team at
[email protected].
Provider categories
The National Register
There are a number of ways that higher education
(www.teqsa.gov.au/national-register) is an
data can be presented to reflect different groupings
important source of information, providing updated
of providers in the sector. This includes categorising
information about the status of registered providers
providers according to different funding and
and TEQSA-accredited courses.
legislative arrangements, or according to different
data reporting requirements and collection
mechanisms, or to reflect clusters of providers with
similar characteristics or selected attributes.
For the purposes of this report, TEQSA has
utilised the broad categories ‘Universities’, ‘Non-
University Higher Education Providers (FEE-HELP)’
[NUHEPs (FEE-HELP)] and ‘Non-University Higher
Education Providers (Other)’ [(NUHEPs (Other)].
These categories were chosen giving consideration
to TEQSA-regulated provider categories (as
defined under the Higher Education Standards
Framework), and take into account that data on
providers within the university sector are already
widely reported. This approach also provides a
INTRODUCTION 2
STUDENTS (EFTSL)
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION BY FIELD OF STUDY5
Students enrolled at
Australian higher education
AT A GLANCE1,2 AND % CHANGE FROM 2013
providers in 2014
AT A GLANCE1,2
increased by 5% from 2013.
See endnotes on page 27 for data
sources and notes 1 to 6.
MANAGEMENT INCREASE
4% AND COMMERCE
IN STUDENTS
239,874
2
2
16
15 1,393,373
SOCIETY
117783 PPRROOVVIIDDEERRSS RREEGGIISSTTEERREEDD 2% AND CULTURE
17
WITH TEQSA IN 20133 20 186,386 5
WITH TEQSA FOR ALL %
OR PART OF 2014
18
18 1,332,687
67
69 HEALTH
6%
158,470
4
3
STUDENTS 2013:
STUDENTS 2014: EDUCATION
46 5%
48 87,624
946,428 EFTSL
986,084 EFTSL
Number of
2276 NATURAL AND undergraduate
%% 33 4% PHYSICAL SCIENCES students (EFTSL) in 2014:
OVERSEAS 80,624
OSVTEURDSEENATSS 741,2466
STUDENTS
ENGINEERING AND
4% RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
Number of
TOTAL REVENUE: 77,076
72% TOTAL REVENUE: 7775%% postgraduate
72% students (EFTSL) in 2014:
$32.3 BILLION5
$34.3 BILLION4
74 3% CREATIVE ARTS 222,347
73 66,596
%
%
DOMESTIC
DOMESTIC
STUDENTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
STUDENTS
10% 37,992 2213%%
23%
ACADEMIC STAFF 2013:
ACADEMIC STAFF 2014: ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING
5% 22,378
5587,,614793 FFTTEE34 $ 2%
AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL
21% AND RELATED STUDIES
6677 2% 13,144
%%
FFUULLLL-T-ITMIEME
NON-AWARD COURSES
22 7% 26% 8,979
22 % $
%
CCAASSUUAALL MIXED FIELD PROGRAMS
$
1111 15% 6,662
%
%
HIGHER OTHER VET
FFRRAACCTITONIOALN FAULLL -FTIUMLEL-TIME EHIDGHUECRA ETDUIOCANTION OTHER VET FOOD, HOSPITALITY
34% AND PERSONAL SERVICES
280
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STUDENTS (EFTSL)
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION BY FIELD OF STUDY5
Students enrolled at
Australian higher education
AT A GLANCE1,2 AND % CHANGE FROM 2013
providers in 2014
AT A GLANCE1,2
increased by 5% from 2013.
See endnotes on page 27 for data
sources and notes 1 to 6.
MANAGEMENT INCREASE
4% AND COMMERCE
IN STUDENTS
239,874
2
2
16
15 1,393,373
SOCIETY
117783 PPRROOVVIIDDEERRSS RREEGGIISSTTEERREEDD 2% AND CULTURE
17
WITH TEQSA IN 20133 20 186,386 5
WITH TEQSA FOR ALL %
OR PART OF 2014
18
18 1,332,687
67
69 HEALTH
6%
158,470
4
3
STUDENTS 2013:
STUDENTS 2014: EDUCATION
46 5%
48 87,624
946,428 EFTSL
986,084 EFTSL
Number of
2276 NATURAL AND undergraduate
%% 33 4% PHYSICAL SCIENCES students (EFTSL) in 2014:
OVERSEAS 80,624
OSVTEURDSEENATSS 741,2466
STUDENTS
ENGINEERING AND
4% RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
Number of
TOTAL REVENUE: 77,076
72% TOTAL REVENUE: 7775%% postgraduate
72% students (EFTSL) in 2014:
$32.3 BILLION5
$34.3 BILLION4
74 3% CREATIVE ARTS 222,347
73 66,596
%
%
DOMESTIC
DOMESTIC
STUDENTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
STUDENTS
10% 37,992 2213%%
23%
ACADEMIC STAFF 2013:
ACADEMIC STAFF 2014: ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING
5% 22,378
5587,,614793 FFTTEE34 $ 2%
AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL
21% AND RELATED STUDIES
6677 2% 13,144
%%
FFUULLLL-T-ITMIEME
NON-AWARD COURSES
22 7% 26% 8,979
22 % $
%
CCAASSUUAALL MIXED FIELD PROGRAMS
$
1111 15% 6,662
%
%
HIGHER OTHER VET
FFRRAACCTITONIOALN FAULLL -FTIUMLEL-TIME EHIDGHUECRA ETDUIOCANTION OTHER VET FOOD, HOSPITALITY
34% AND PERSONAL SERVICES
280
HIGHER EDUCATION AT A GLANCE 4
PROViDERS7
PROViDER DATA iN THiS SECTiON RELATES TO PROViDERS REGiSTERED WiTH TEQSA FOR ALL
OR PART OF 2014.
Table 1: Providers by State, 2014
State Universities NUHEPs Total %
In 2014, 92% of students
NSW 11 58 69 39%
(headcount) were enrolled
ViC 9 39 48 27%
with universities, despite
QLD 8 7 15 8%
non-university providers
SA 6 12 18 10%
making up 76% of all higher
WA 5 15 20 11%
education providers in
TAS 1 2 3 2%
Australia.
NT 1 1 2 1%
ACT 2 1 3 2%
Total 43 135 178 100%
Table 2: Providers by Self-Accrediting Authority (SAA) and TEQSA Registration Category, 20148
Provider Category SAA (full or partial) Non-SAA Total
Higher Education Provider 6 129 135
Australian University 40 0 40
Australian University of Specialisation 1 0 1
Overseas University 2 0 2
Total 49 129 178
In addition to universities, six non-university providers had
partial or full self-accrediting authority in 2014
(including two non-university providers who were granted full
or partial self-accrediting authority during 2014).
7 Source: TEQSA National Register; 2015 PIR; Higher Education Statistics Collection, Department of Education and Training. See Explanatory Notes for information
on data sources.
8 See Glossary for definition of ‘self-accrediting authority’.
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Table 3: Providers by Size of Student Load (EFTSL), 20149,10
Scale (EFTSL) Universities NUHEPs Total %
< 100 2 45 47 26%
100 - 499 1 34 35 20%
500 - 999 1 20 21 12%
1,000 - 4,999 0 21 21 12%
5,000 - 19,999 16 0 16 9%
20,000 - 40,000 19 0 19 11%
> 40,000 4 0 4 2%
Providers not required to report student data11 0 15 15 8%
Total 43 135 178 100%
Figure 1: Providers by Size of Student Load (EFTSL), 2014
Australian higher education
providers are very diverse in
size – 46% providers had
fewer than 500 EFTSL
in 2014, and nearly a
quarter had greater than
or equal to 5,000 EFTSL.
9 These figures relate to separately registered higher education providers. Figures are not aggregated where two or more registered providers are under one
corporate structure.
10 A small number of providers were not required to submit student data to the TEQSA PIR due to context such as being recently registered as a higher education
provider. See Explanatory Notes for more information on provider exclusions and inclusions.
11 Fifteen providers were not required to submit student data to the TEQSA PIR due to context such as: the provider was recently registered as a higher education
provider; in the process of merging with another entity; in the final stages of teaching out courses (and withdrawing registration); or had its registration cancelled by
TEQSA at the time of collecting 2014 data (i.e. in 2015).
PROVIDERS 6
