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August 2012

Onshore higher education international students as a proportion
of all onshore students by university, 2011

State | University | Onshore international^ | Domestic* | Total | International proportion
NSW | Charles Sturt University | 3,324 | 32,965 | 36,289 | 9.2%
| Macquarie University | 11,907 | 25,274 | 37,181 | 32.0%
| Southern Cross University | 1,192 | 11,834 | 13,026 | 9.2%
| The University of New England | 1,323 | 17,561 | 18,884 | 7.0%
| The University of New South Wales | 13,663 | 36,825 | 50,488 | 27.1%
| The University of Newcastle | 3,648 | 27,705 | 31,353 | 11.6%
| The University of Sydney | 11,447 | 39,434 | 50,881 | 22.5%
| University of Technology, Sydney | 8,674 | 26,522 | 35,196 | 24.6%
| University of Western Sydney | 4,286 | 34,879 | 39,165 | 10.9%
| University of Wollongong | 5,917 | 17,236 | 23,153 | 25.6%
VIC | Deakin University | 8,108 | 32,378 | 40,486 | 20.0%
| La Trobe University | 6,835 | 24,742 | 31,577 | 21.6%
| Monash University | 13,192 | 40,649 | 53,841 | 24.5%
| RMIT University | 10,634 | 26,265 | 36,899 | 28.8%
| Swinburne University of Technology | 6,056 | 14,315 | 20,371 | 29.7%
| The University of Melbourne | 11,987 | 35,574 | 47,561 | 25.2%
| University of Ballarat | 4,832 | 6,011 | 10,843 | 44.6%
| Victoria University | 3,830 | 17,130 | 20,960 | 18.3%
QLD | Bond University | 2,500 | 4,166 | 6,666 | 37.5%
| Central Queensland University | 6,830 | 12,175 | 19,005 | 35.9%
| Griffith University | 10,221 | 31,004 | 41,225 | 24.8%
| James Cook University | 2,669 | 13,714 | 16,383 | 16.3%
| Queensland University of Technology | 6,791 | 35,615 | 42,406 | 16.0%
| The University of Queensland | 11,348 | 34,200 | 45,548 | 24.9%
| University of Southern Queensland | 6,116 | 19,779 | 25,895 | 23.6%
| University of the Sunshine Coast | 1,128 | 8,326 | 9,454 | 11.9%
WA | Curtin University of Technology | 9,580 | 27,451 | 37,031 | 25.9%
| Edith Cowan University | 3,483 | 21,705 | 25,188 | 13.8%
| Murdoch University | 2,109 | 13,428 | 15,537 | 13.6%
| The University of Notre Dame Australia | 488 | 9,211 | 9,699 | 5.0%
| The University of Western Australia | 4,158 | 18,666 | 22,824 | 18.2%
SA | The Flinders University of South Australia | 2,425 | 16,024 | 18,449 | 13.1%
| The University of Adelaide | 6,444 | 17,656 | 24,100 | 26.7%
| University of South Australia | 5,881 | 24,179 | 30,060 | 19.6%
TAS | University of Tasmania | 3,148 | 18,304 | 21,452 | 14.7%
NT | Charles Darwin University | 683 | 7,886 | 8,569 | 8.0%
ACT | The Australian National University | 5,347 | 13,966 | 19,313 | 27.7%
| University of Canberra | 2,993 | 11,717 | 14,710 | 20.3%
Multi-State | Australian Catholic University | 3,211 | 18,630 | 21,841 | 14.7%
Total | | 228,408 | 845,101 | 1,073,509 | 21.3%
Total 2010 | | 233,164 | 817,320 | 1,050,484 | 22.3%
% change on 2010 | -2.0% | 3.4% | 2.2% |
^  From Table 7.5: Commencing and All Overseas Students by State, Higher Education Provider and Onshore/Offshore Status, Full Year 2011.
*  Unpublished data showing the number of onshore domestic students only and differs from the total domestic student numbers published in Table 2.6: All Domestic Students by State, Higher Education Provider and Broad Level of Course, Full Year 2011.

Note: Data are only shown for the 39 accredited universities listed in Tables A and B of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

Source: DIISRTE Higher Education Student Statistics Full Year 2011.

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