Bachelor of Social Work
Southern Cross University · Gold Coast
Bachelor degree · 4 years · On campus
See every social work course comparedCan I get in?
- Lowest rank that got an offer: 60.00
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 60.00
- Median rank that got an offer: 75.00
2024 offers
About studying social work
Social work and human services degrees combine coursework with supervised field placement. Working as a social worker usually requires a degree accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers. Not every human services degree is one.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
Getting into social work courses
Selection is primarily ATAR-based. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite. Accredited social work degrees also require a police check, a working with children check and around 1,000 hours of supervised field placement, and only an AASW-accredited degree leads to practising as a social worker.
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 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 Social Work at Southern Cross, Gold Coast. These describe this course and nothing else.
- Lowest rank that got an offer
- 60.00
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments
- 60.00
- Median rank that got an offer
- 75.00
- Length
- 4 years
- Study mode
- On campus
- Campus
- Gold Coast
- TAC code
- 331168
Social Work at Southern Cross
Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025Every social work student at Southern Cross, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for social work.
National average: 76.6%
National average: 80.5%
National average: 75.1%
National average: 76.2%
All of Southern Cross
Every student at Southern Cross, across every subject. Nobody publishes them for one course or one study area.
- Median starting salary
- $74,400
Where graduates end up
Source: QILT, 2025 GOS-LQILT does not publish three-year outcomes at course level.
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, 2024Of 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 (all Southern Cross graduates)
- $74,400
- 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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