Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Media and Communication
The University of Newcastle · Newcastle - Callaghan
Bachelor degree · 4 years · On campus
See every psychology course comparedCan I get in?
- 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: 70.45
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 66.95
- Median rank that got an offer: 80.03
2024 offers
About studying psychology
Psychology degrees cover how people think and behave, including research methods and statistics. A three-year degree does not make you a psychologist. Registration needs further accredited study, usually an honours year and then postgraduate training.
This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.
Getting into psychology courses
Selection is primarily ATAR-based. Units 3 and 4 English is expected, and mathematics is commonly recommended. To register as a psychologist you need further accredited study beyond a three-year degree.
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 Psychological Science/Bachelor of Media and Communication at Newcastle, Newcastle - Callaghan. These describe this course and nothing else.
- Lowest rank that got an offer
- 70.45
- Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments
- 66.95
- Median rank that got an offer
- 80.03
- Length
- 4 years
- Study mode
- On campus
- Campus
- Newcastle - Callaghan
- TAC code
- 483972
Psychology at Newcastle
Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025Every psychology student at Newcastle, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for psychology.
National average: 79.3%
National average: 83%
National average: 78.7%
National average: 69.2%
- Median starting salary
- $74,100
- National, same field
- $75,000
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-LQILT does not publish three-year outcomes at course level.
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, 2024Of 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
Who you'd study with
Students who started in 2024 (Course Seeker)9 students started this course in 2024. How they got in:
- 67%Straight from school, without using an ATAR
At least 67% of this intake got in by a route other than a school ATAR – worth knowing if your rank isn't where you want it. The other ways in
From the standard student-profile table universities publish for each course's intake. Categories are the national admissions-transparency ones. The university didn't report a breakdown for 33% of this intake (small groups are kept private), so the shares above don't add to 100%.
What it costs, next to what graduates earn
Total student contribution:4 years × $9,880/year ≈ up to about $39,500Estimate
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. 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)
- $74,100
- 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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