Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
This degree does not qualify you to practise as a lawyer. That takes a Bachelor of Laws.
Australian Catholic University · North Sydney (MacKillop)
Bachelor degree · 3 years · On campus or online
See every law course comparedCan I get in?
- Lowest rank is the figure to compare yourself with. If you have no adjustments, your ATAR is your rank; if you have some, add them first.
- Lowest ATAR: some got in from here because adjustments lifted their rank.
- Lowest rank that got an offer: 60.35
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 54.70
- Median rank that got an offer: 68.55
2025 offers
About studying law & paralegal studies
This area includes law degrees and also legal studies, justice and paralegal degrees. Only a Bachelor of Laws (or a Juris Doctor after another degree) can lead to practising as a lawyer, and that also takes practical legal training after the degree.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
Getting into law & paralegal studies courses
Selection is primarily ATAR-based, and law is often among the most competitive courses at a university. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite. Practising as a lawyer takes further practical legal training after the degree.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
These are the lowest rank and the lowest ATAR that got an offer in 2025, not a cut-off or a guarantee. Next year's depends on how many places there are and who applies. How ATARs really work · Didn't get the ATAR you needed?
Three kinds of figure on this page
They are not all about the same thing, so they are kept apart. Each section says who its numbers describe.
This course
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at ACU, North Sydney (MacKillop). These describe this course and nothing else.
- Lowest rank that got an offer
- 60.35
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments
- 54.70
- Median rank that got an offer
- 68.55
- Length
- 3 years
- Study mode
- On campus or online
- Campus
- North Sydney (MacKillop)
- TAC code
- 107019
Law & Paralegal Studies at ACU
Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025Every law & paralegal studies student at ACU, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for law & paralegal studies.
National average: 76.6%
National average: 80.5%
National average: 75.1%
National average: 76.2%
- Median starting salary
- $67,800
- National, same field
- $74,000
All of ACU
Every student at ACU, across every subject. Nobody publishes them for one course or one study area.
Where graduates end up
Source: QILT, 2025 GOS-LQILT does not publish three-year outcomes at course level.
of supervisors would hire another ACU graduate. Employers of recent graduates, surveyed by QILT (ESS 2023-2025).
Do students stay and finish?
Source: Dept of Education, 2024Of students who started at ACU in 2016, nine years later:
- Finished a degree
- 70.5%
- Still studying
- 3.8%
- Left after returning
- 17.3%
- Never came back after first year
- 8.4%
More recently: of new ACU bachelor students in 2023, 12% didn't come back to study at any university the following year.
Students are followed if they move: finishing a degree at another university counts as finishing, and moving to another university doesn't count as leaving. Read these alongside the quality measures, not instead of them. Completion and attrition partly reflect who a university enrols – universities serving more regional, mature-age and part-time students naturally run higher attrition without being worse at teaching. What completion rates tell you
What it costs, next to what graduates earn
Total student contribution:3 years × $18,025/year ≈ $54,100Estimate
The Australian government sets this rate by field of study, so it is the same at every university in the country – ACU did not set it and cannot discount it. Your exact total depends on the subjects you pick. Paid through HELP once you're earning, not upfront. How HECS-HELP works
- Typical starting salary (this study area)
- $67,800
- Typical salary three years on (all ACU graduates)
- $85,800
Our arithmetic, from the fee and salary figures shown elsewhere on this page with their sources. It never affects how well this course fits you.
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