Bachelor of Music
The University of Melbourne · Southbank
Bachelor degree · 3 years · On campus
See every creative arts course comparedCan I get in?
This university publishes the ATAR before adjustments only
About studying creative arts
Creative arts degrees combine studio or performance practice with critical study. Entry often considers a portfolio or an audition as well as your ATAR.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
Getting into creative arts courses
Entry here works differently. Many courses combine your ATAR with a portfolio, audition or interview, and for some the portfolio counts for more than the rank. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite. Check each course individually, because entry varies more in this area than any other.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
The lowest ATAR is the lowest rank 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 audition. 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.
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they currently say, because universities change them and we would rather send you to the source than repeat something out of date.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 Music at Melbourne, Southbank. These describe this course and nothing else.
- Lowest offer
- 44.95
- Median admitted
- 86.70
- Length
- 3 years
- Study mode
- On campus
- Campus
- Southbank
- TAC code
- 3800638231
Creative Arts at Melbourne
Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025Every creative arts student at Melbourne, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for creative arts.
National average: 76.6%
National average: 80.5%
National average: 75.1%
National average: 76.2%
- Median starting salary
- $60,000
- National, same field
- $74,000
All of Melbourne
Every student at Melbourne, 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 Melbourne 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 Melbourne in 2016, nine years later:
- Finished a degree
- 92.5%
- Still studying
- 1.5%
- Left after returning
- 4.6%
- Never came back after first year
- 1.4%
More recently: of new Melbourne bachelor students in 2023, 3.5% 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 × $9,880/year ≈ $29,600Estimate
The Australian government sets this rate by field of study, so it is the same at every university in the country – Melbourne 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)
- $60,000
- Typical salary three years on (all Melbourne graduates)
- $85,000
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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