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The state’s top school-leavers are looking beyond the traditional prestigious degrees in law and engineering and opting to study occupational therapy, theology and social work.
More than 41,000 students received a place at university in Tuesday’s main round of offers.
Data from the University Admissions Centre released on Tuesday shows there were 20 courses that attracted a lowest selection rank of 99.95. While this is the highest possible ATAR, the lowest selection rank can also include up to 10 so-called adjustment factor points.
Among the top courses in the first round of offers were a bachelor of advanced science (honours) at Griffith University, a bachelor of nursing/bachelor of midwifery at La Trobe University, and a bachelor of education (secondary STEM) at the University of New England.
A score of 99.95 was also the lowest selection rank for the University of Notre Dame’s bachelor of theology and bachelor of occupational therapy, as well as a bachelor of social work (honours)/bachelor of social sciences at the University of NSW.
The Universities Admissions Centre does not publish ATAR cut-offs.
The lowest selection rank may decrease considerably in later rounds, depending on which offers students accept and how many places remain.
Some of the lowest selection ranks are expected to drop dramatically – from 99.95 to 80 for a bachelor of commerce and bachelor of science, or from 99.95 to 77 for a bachelor of mathematics/bachelor of science at the University of Newcastle – between Tuesday’s first round of offers and the predicted rank for January’s second round of offers.
Tuesday’s round of offers follows more than 18,000 early entry offers made throughout the year. UAC received 27,926 applications for early entry and made 18,453 offers, while many universities also made their own early offers directly to students.
Aleena Farrukh, a graduate of Strathfield’s Australian International Academy, received early entry to study engineering at the University of Sydney next year, which she said took the pressure off.
Aleena Farrukh was one of the 27,000 students across Australia who received early entry to university ahead of Tuesday’s round of offers.
“I feel pretty happy about it,” she said of her early entry, which also included a scholarship.
The mean ATAR for this year’s cohort was 70.75, which was enough to secure a place in 535 different courses offered through UAC for 2026 in this initial round of offers.
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