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Bachelor of Music and Sound Design

University of Technology Sydney · City

Bachelor degree · 3 years · On campus

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Lowest ATAR
69.10
before adjustments
Lowest rank
72.20
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: 72.20
Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments: 69.10
Median rank that got an offer: 82.95

2024 offers

Rank or ATAR? Which number counts

About studying creative arts

Creative arts degrees combine studio or performance practice with critical study. Entry often considers a portfolio or an audition as well as your ATAR.

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

Getting into creative arts courses

Entry here works differently. Many courses combine your ATAR with a portfolio, audition or interview, and for some the portfolio counts for more than the rank. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite. Check each course individually, because entry varies more in this area than any other.

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 Music and Sound Design at UTS, City. These describe this course and nothing else.

Lowest rank that got an offer
72.20
Lowest ATAR that got an offer, before adjustments
69.10
Median rank that got an offer
82.95
Length
3 years
Study mode
On campus
Campus
City
TAC code
600006

Every creative arts student at UTS, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for creative arts.

Overall student experience77.8%

National average: 76.6%

Teaching quality85.1%

National average: 80.5%

Overall satisfaction71.9%

National average: 75.1%

In full-time work, about four months out47.1%

National average: 76.2%

Median starting salary
$59,600
National, same field
$74,000

All of UTS

Every student at UTS, 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+12.9 pts
4 months after finishing
77.8%
3 years on
90.7%
Employer satisfaction83.1%

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

Finished a degree
82.7%
Still studying
2.6%
Left after returning
11.2%
Never came back after first year
3.6%

More recently: of new UTS bachelor students in 2023, 5.4% 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 – UTS 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)
$59,600
Typical salary three years on (all UTS graduates)
$90,000

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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