A record enrolment of 1.68 million higher education students at australian institutions in 2024 is attended by a range of issues, including plummeting male participation, persistent strength in international student participation and a proportional decrease in mature age students. Explore interactive graphs showing enrolment and course completion trends across australian universities Both the university and vet vocational sectors had record numbers of commencements and enrolments in 2024 There were 214,760 commencements for universities, an increase of 3.6 per cent, and 499,371 total enrolments, up by 14.9 per cent over 2023. The number of australian students starting a university degree appears to be on the rise again, the federal department of education’s 2025 projections indicate Preliminary data shows that 390,000 domestic students started a degree in 2024, an almost 4 per cent increase on 2023.
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