Arts and social science degrees are built around majors you choose, such as history, politics, languages, sociology or philosophy. They are usually flexible, and are often combined with another degree.

This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.

Getting into humanities & social sciences courses

Selection is primarily ATAR-based. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite. A few majors, languages especially, assume prior study, so check the major as well as the degree.

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they currently say, because universities change them and we would rather send you to the source than repeat something out of date.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 Arts and Bachelor of Music at Monash, Clayton. These describe this course and nothing else.

Lowest offer: 69.75
Median admitted: 83.10
Length: 4 years
Study mode: On campus
Campus: Clayton
TAC code: 2800328561

Humanities & Social Sciences at Monash

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

Every humanities & social sciences student at Monash, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for humanities & social sciences.

Overall student experience73.5%

National average: 76.6%

Teaching quality81.3%

National average: 80.5%

Overall satisfaction72.8%

National average: 75.1%

In full-time work, about four months out69.1%

National average: 76.2%

Median starting salary: $70,000
National, same field: $74,000

All of Monash

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

Where graduates end up

Source: QILT, 2025 GOS-L

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

In full-time work+12.4 pts

4 months after finishing

81.6%

3 years on

94%

Employer satisfaction85.7%

of supervisors would hire another Monash 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 Monash in 2016, nine years later:

Finished a degree: 88.7%
Still studying: 2%
Left after returning: 6.9%
Never came back after first year: 2.3%

More recently: of new Monash bachelor students in 2023, 3.9% 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 × $18,025/year ≈ up to about $72,100Estimate

The Australian government sets this rate by field of study, so it is the same at every university in the country – Monash did not set it and cannot discount it. Your exact total depends on the subjects you pick. A double degree is charged at two rates. We only hold one, so the real total may be lower. Paid through HELP once you're earning, not upfront. How HECS-HELP works

Typical starting salary (this study area): $70,000
Typical salary three years on (all Monash graduates): $90,100

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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