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Agriculture & Environmental Studies

Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management

The University of Newcastle · Newcastle - Callaghan

Bachelor degree · 3 years · On campus

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Can I get in?

Lowest ATAR
54.00
before adjustments
Lowest rank
64.35
ATAR + adjustments
  • Lowest rank is the figure to compare yourself with. If you have no adjustments, your ATAR is your rank; if you have some, add them first.
  • Lowest ATAR: some got in from here because adjustments lifted their rank.
Lowest rank that got an offer: 64.35
Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 54.00
Median rank that got an offer: 72.55

2024 offers

Rank or ATAR? Which number counts

About studying agriculture & environment

Degrees here cover agriculture, environmental science and land management. Most include field work alongside the coursework.

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

Getting into agriculture & environment courses

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 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 Environmental Science and Management at Newcastle, Newcastle - Callaghan. These describe this course and nothing else.

Lowest rank that got an offer
64.35
Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments
54.00
Median rank that got an offer
72.55
Length
3 years
Study mode
On campus
Campus
Newcastle - Callaghan
TAC code
482750

Agriculture & Environment at Newcastle

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

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

Overall student experience89.3%

National average: 76.6%

Teaching quality89.2%

National average: 80.5%

Overall satisfaction82.1%

National average: 75.1%

In full-time work, about four months out72.6%

National average: 76.2%

Median starting salary
$76,800
National, same field
$74,000

All of Newcastle

Every student at Newcastle, 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+11.3 pts
4 months after finishing
79.9%
3 years on
91.2%
Employer satisfaction84.8%

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

Finished a degree
69.9%
Still studying
4.5%
Left after returning
17.8%
Never came back after first year
7.8%

More recently: of new Newcastle bachelor students in 2023, 11.3% 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 – Newcastle 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)
$76,800
Typical salary three years on (all Newcastle graduates)
$91,000

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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