Bachelor of Veterinary Technology
Charles Sturt University · Wagga Wagga
Bachelor degree · 3 years · On campus
See every veterinary science 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: 70.15
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 59.75
- Median rank that got an offer: 81.65
2024 offers
About studying veterinary science
This area covers veterinary science and animal health. To register as a veterinarian you need an accredited veterinary degree. Veterinary technology and animal science degrees do not lead to registration as a vet.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
Getting into veterinary science courses
Selection is primarily ATAR-based, and these courses are among the most competitive in the country because so few universities offer them. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite, and chemistry or biology is commonly required. Some courses ask about animal handling experience. Becoming a registered veterinarian takes an accredited veterinary degree, which for several of these is a further qualification after this one.
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 2024, 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
Before you can start placement you will need immunisations. 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they currently say, because universities change them and we would rather send you to the source than repeat something out of date.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 UAC
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 Veterinary Technology at Charles Sturt, Wagga Wagga. These describe this course and nothing else.
- Lowest rank that got an offer
- 70.15
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments
- 59.75
- Median rank that got an offer
- 81.65
- Length
- 3 years
- Study mode
- On campus
- Campus
- Wagga Wagga
- TAC code
- 214954
Veterinary Science at Charles Sturt
Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025Every veterinary science student at Charles Sturt, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for veterinary science.
National average: 76.6%
National average: 80.5%
National average: 75.1%
National average: 76.2%
- Median starting salary
- $73,100
- National, same field
- $74,000
All of Charles Sturt
Every student at Charles Sturt, 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 Charles Sturt 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 Charles Sturt in 2016, nine years later:
- Finished a degree
- 56%
- Still studying
- 5.7%
- Left after returning
- 24.2%
- Never came back after first year
- 14.1%
More recently: of new Charles Sturt bachelor students in 2023, 18.5% 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 × $14,046/year ≈ $42,100Estimate
The Australian government sets this rate by field of study, so it is the same at every university in the country – Charles Sturt 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)
- $73,100
- Typical salary three years on (all Charles Sturt graduates)
- $100,000
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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