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Is Uni Still Worth It? Here Are The Top‑Earning Degrees In Australia Right Now

From health to humanities, here’s how much different Aussie degrees are really paying graduates – and what that means for choosing a course.

Pedestrian.tv · Dec 3, 2025

How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?

Australians think students are being asked to pay far too much for their degrees. Just under half (47%) of Australians surveyed by YouGov in June 2025 believe a worker on an average income should be able to pay off the debt for a standard three-year degree within five years. When…

The Conversation · Nov 12, 2025

Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2027 despite Albanese reform promises, vice-chancellor says

Australia needs critical thinkers who develop ‘philosophy about the world’ by studying the arts, university warns

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2025

Australia’s $50,000 arts degree is here – putting university fees on par with the UK and US

The Hecs/Help scheme was not designed so people making a regular wage remained in debt until death, expert says

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2024

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Norton on the Albanese government’s interventionist policy to cut foreign student numbers

Migration has become a major battleground between the government and opposition. While they have different policies, each side is targeting foreign students in their plans for cuts in the intake.

The Conversation · May 29, 2024

Labor’s international student cap an ‘unprecedented’ overreach and ‘recipe for chaos’, experts warn

Immigration and higher education experts say caps risk closure of universities if managed poorly and radically limit ‘student choice and university autonomy’

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2024

Hecs help is on the way – but is it too little, too late to help struggling students?

Labor’s solution to spiralling debts would’ve worked a treat if it had been in place for the past two years. Now it may make no difference

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2024

Number of Australians enrolled in bachelor degrees falls by 12% in less than a decade

Enrolments in bachelor degrees dropped from 934,000 in 2016 to 815,000 in 2022

The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023

Graduates exposed: Why your HECS debt could be going up

It's time to think about the debt we set and forget. University graduates have just seen the largest debt indexation in 32 years.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 25, 2023

Stress and mortgage difficulties as inflation sees student HECS and other HELP debts balloon

As inflation rises, Australians with university debts say they're seeing their repayments evaporate and running into difficulties borrowing for mortgages.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022