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Bachelor of Education (Secondary)

CQUniversity · Bundaberg

Bachelor degree · 4 years · On campus

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Lowest rank and ATAR
69.75
no adjustments at the lowest
Lowest rank that got an offer: 69.75
Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 69.75
Median rank that got an offer: 76.90

Rank or ATAR? Which number counts

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?

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 (Secondary) at CQUniversity, Bundaberg. These describe this course and nothing else.

Lowest rank that got an offer
69.75
Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments
69.75
Median rank that got an offer
76.90
Length
4 years
Study mode
On campus
Campus
Bundaberg
TAC code
810232

Every teacher education student at CQUniversity, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for teacher education.

Overall student experience75.6%

National average: 77.8%

Teaching quality76.2%

National average: 80%

Overall satisfaction64.6%

National average: 72.1%

In full-time work, about four months out91.6%

National average: 87.5%

Median starting salary
$79,100
National, same field
$78,300

All of CQUniversity

Every student at CQUniversity, across every subject. Nobody publishes them for one course or one study area.

Do students stay and finish?

Source: Dept of Education, 2024

Of students who started at CQUniversity in 2016, nine years later:

Finished a degree
55.7%
Still studying
6%
Left after returning
24.9%
Never came back after first year
13.4%

More recently: of new CQUniversity bachelor students in 2023, 20.2% 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 – CQUniversity 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)
$79,100

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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