Selection is primarily ATAR-based. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite, and a science subject is commonly required or recommended. Many of these courses include field work or a placement on a farm, reserve or research station.

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 Environmental Science and Mangement at James Cook, Townsville. These describe this course and nothing else.

Lowest rank that got an offer: 63.45
Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 63.45
Median rank that got an offer: 78.35
Length: 3 years
Study mode: On campus
Campus: Townsville
TAC code: 316441

Agriculture & Environment at James Cook

Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025

Every agriculture & environment student at James Cook, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for agriculture & environment.

Overall student experience81.6%

National average: 76.6%

Teaching quality86.8%

National average: 80.5%

All of James Cook

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

Agriculture & Environment at James Cook is not reported for overall satisfaction, in full-time work, about four months out, so the whole-of-university figure is shown here instead of in the section above.

Overall satisfaction68.8%

National average: 75.1%

In full-time work, about four months out88.3%

National average: 76.2%

Median starting salary: $77,200

Where graduates end up

Source: QILT, 2025 GOS-L

QILT does not publish three-year outcomes at course level.

In full-time work+11.8 pts

4 months after finishing

82.1%

3 years on

93.9%

Employer satisfaction86.7%

of supervisors would hire another James Cook graduate. Employers of recent graduates, surveyed by QILT (ESS 2023-2025).

Do students stay and finish?

Source: Dept of Education, 2024

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

Finished a degree: 64%
Still studying: 4.8%
Left after returning: 20.2%
Never came back after first year: 11.1%

More recently: of new James Cook bachelor students in 2023, 13.1% 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 × $4,908/year ≈ $14,700Estimate

The Australian government sets this rate by field of study, so it is the same at every university in the country – James Cook 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 (all James Cook graduates): $77,200
Typical salary three years on (all James Cook graduates): $93,900

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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