DEST Teaching Performance Rankings August 2005

This is the official league table of teaching standards compiled by the Federal Education Department. An explanation of the scaling method follows the table:

University Score 1 - University of Wollongong 34.24 2 - Australian Maritime College 30.79 3 - University of Melbourne 29.93 4 - Swinburne University of Technology 29.33 5 - University of Queensland 28.73 6 - Australian National University 26.95 7 - University of New England 25.56 8 - University of Canberra 24.25 9 - University of Ballarat 24.08 10 - University of Sydney 23.93 11 - Murdoch University 23.49 12 - University of Western Australia 23.42 13 - Australian Catholic University 22.73 14 - Monash University 22.16 15 - Macquarie University 19.96 16 - La Trobe University 19.83 17 - Charles Sturt University 19.44 18 - University of Technology,Sydney 18.72 19 - Victoria University 18.65 20 - University of the Sunshine Coast 18.44 21 - Deakin University 18.35 22 - Griffith University 18.25 23 - Edith Cowan University 17.91 24 - Curtin University of Technology 17.45 25 - University of Newcastle 16.31 26 - Flinders University 16.02 27 - University of Southern Queensland 15.39 28 - Southern Cross University 14.83 29 - RMIT 14.49 30 - James Cook University 14.17 31 - Queensland University of Technology 13.67 32 - University of New South Wales 13.56 33 - University of Western Sydney 12.85 34 - University of Tasmania 12.00 35 - Central Queensland University 11.49 36 - University of Adelaide 10.54 37 - University of South Australia 10.11 38 - Charles Darwin University 9.05

The scaling method used in preparing this league table has five components:
1) CEQ (Course experience questionnaire) generic skills: 17.91% weighting
2) CEQ good teaching: 18.5%
3) CEQ overall satisfaction: 18.9%
4) Students in full-time employment after they graduate: 11.48%
5) Those that go on to full-time study: 10.29%
6) Drop-out or attrition rates: 10.65%
7) Student progress or pass rates: 12.26%