Bachelor of Education (Primary and Secondary)
Australian Catholic University · Ballarat
Bachelor degree · 4 years · On campus
See every teaching 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: 70.55
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 63.25
- Median rank that got an offer: 80.95
About studying teacher education
Teaching degrees combine subject knowledge and teaching method with supervised placements in schools. To register as a teacher you need an accredited initial teacher education degree. Not every degree in this area is one, so check before you apply.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
Getting into teacher education courses
Selection is primarily ATAR-based. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite, and initial teacher education also requires a non-academic suitability assessment and a working with children check before placements.
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 2026, 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?
What this course asks for beyond your ATAR
Getting an offer also involves an admission test and a written statement. Your rank is not the whole decision here, so a course that looks out of reach on ATAR alone may not be, and one that looks safe may not be either.
Before you can start placement you will need a police check or working with children check. This does not affect whether you get in. It is worth knowing early because some of it takes time to organise.
We show that these requirements exist, not what they currently say, because universities change them and we would rather send you to the source than repeat something out of date. Check the current requirements at VTAC
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 Education (Primary and Secondary) at ACU, Ballarat. These describe this course and nothing else.
- Lowest rank that got an offer
- 70.55
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments
- 63.25
- Median rank that got an offer
- 80.95
- Length
- 4 years
- Study mode
- On campus
- Campus
- Ballarat
- TAC code
- 1200110571
Teacher Education at ACU
Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025Every teacher education student at ACU, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for teacher education.
National average: 77.8%
National average: 80%
National average: 72.1%
National average: 87.5%
- Median starting salary
- $76,000
- National, same field
- $78,300
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:4 years × $4,908/year ≈ $19,600Estimate
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)
- $76,000
- 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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