The Sunshine State lives up to its name. Boasting the best weather in Australia and home to its fastest-growing city, Brisbane, Queensland offers a huge range of educational opportunities for students. With its expansive golden beaches, tropical rainforests, vibrant sea and wildlife and amusement parks, Queensland's student culture has quickly grown.

The metropolitan universities in Queensland are well-known for their broad range of course offerings, with everything from arts and business to human movement and hotel management. Regional Queensland offers more specialised fields of study such as hospitality and management, marine science and tropical agriculture.

The best universities in Queensland for study in 2022

There is no one university that is best for all students, since different things matter to different people. Our ratings provide a series of insights on Australian universities, helping those in the process of deciding where to study.

Courses and institutions differ in many ways and only the student can decide which differences really matter to them. Check out the ratings for universities in Queensland by The Good Universities Guide and filter by study level (undergraduate or postgraduate). Some ratings are also available to filter further by field of study.

In the tables below, we’ve listed the university that ranked highest in each rating category for Queensland in the 2022 edition of The Good Universities Guide ratings.

Characteristics

Rating Type	Definition	Top university (undergraduate)
Social Equity	The proportion of domestic students enrolling at each university from low socioeconomic or disadvantaged backgrounds	CQ University Australia – 39%
Staff Qualification	The proportion of staff who hold a masters or doctoral degree	The University of Queensland — 87%
Student Demand	Where high-achieving students choose to study — compares the proportion of commencing students with high ATAR scores at each university	The University of Queensland — Low: 0 Medium: 0.65 High: 0.35
Student – Teacher Ratio	The number of students per teaching staff member	Bond University — 9:1
First Generation	The proportion of domestic students commencing a bachelor degree whose parents’ education is known and did not exceed Year 12	Federation University — 55%

Graduate Outcomes

Rating Type	Definition	Top university (undergraduate)	Top university (postgraduate)
Graduate Salary	The median salary of graduates from different universities	University of Southern Queensland (USQ) — $70,000	Southern Cross University — $103,000
Full-time Employment	The employment rates of graduates from different universities	Charles Darwin University (CDU) — 81.4%	Charles Darwin University (CDU) — 94.1%

The Student Experience

Rating Type	Definition	Top university (undergraduate)	Top university (postgraduate)
Learner Engagement	The proportion of students who felt they were engaged with learning in their institution	Bond University — 80.8%	Bond University — 66.6%
Learning Resources	The proportion of students who were satisfied with the learning resources provided by their institution	Bond University — 93.4%	Bond University — 89.9%
Overall Experience	The proportion of students who were satisfied with the overall quality of their educational experience	Bond University — 85.8%	Bond University — 83.1%
Skills Development	The proportion of students who were satisfied with the skill development they experienced through their studies	Bond University — 91%	Bond University — 86.1%
Student Support	The proportion of students who were satisfied with the support they received from their institution	Bond University — 90.7%	Bond University — 85.5%
Teaching Quality	The proportion of students who were satisfied with the quality of teaching they experienced	Bond University— 90.8%	Bond University — 86.7%

Head to the Ratings tab to view the most recent ratings for Queensland universities on The Good Universities Guide — filter by subject and level of study to find the one that suits.

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