This area covers physiotherapy, occupational therapy and related rehabilitation practice. Degrees include substantial supervised clinical placement, and each profession has its own accredited degree and registration.

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

Getting into physiotherapy & occupational therapy courses

Selection is primarily ATAR-based, and physiotherapy in particular is among the most competitive courses at many universities. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite. These courses carry substantial supervised placement, so expect a police check, a working with children check and immunisation requirements before you can start.

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 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?

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 Occupational Therapy at Southern Cross, Gold Coast. These describe this course and nothing else.

Lowest offer: 70.00
Median admitted: 79.50
Length: 4 years
Study mode: On campus
Campus: Gold Coast
TAC code: 335168

Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy at Southern Cross

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

Every physiotherapy & occupational therapy student at Southern Cross, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for physiotherapy & occupational therapy.

Overall student experience72.7%

National average: 76.6%

Teaching quality77.2%

National average: 80.5%

Overall satisfaction64.8%

National average: 75.1%

In full-time work, about four months out88.2%

National average: 76.2%

Median starting salary: $75,300
National, same field: $74,000

All of Southern Cross

Every student at Southern Cross, 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+15.5 pts

4 months after finishing

79.8%

3 years on

95.3%

Employer satisfaction81.3%

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

Finished a degree: 55%
Still studying: 5.7%
Left after returning: 25.6%
Never came back after first year: 13.7%

More recently: of new Southern Cross bachelor students in 2023, 18.8% 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 × $9,880/year ≈ $39,500Estimate

The Australian government sets this rate by field of study, so it is the same at every university in the country – Southern Cross 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): $75,300
Typical salary three years on (all Southern Cross graduates): $92,000

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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