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University Revenue and Surpluses

Revenue and Surpluses @ Australian Universities

Dollars and Cents

It all comes down to dollars and cents for the Australian education-industrial complex, so which universities are pulling in the big money and which are on their way to the government with the begging bowl out.

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University Revenue and Surpluses (click headers to sort)
University Surplus ($m) Revenue ($m)
 University of Melbourne 162 2,286
 University of New South Wales 146 1,911
 University of Sydney 121.3 2,108
 Monash University 93.6 1,722
 RMIT University 93.5 1,226
 University of Newcastle 83.2 764
 Australian National University 74.1 1,204
 University of Technology Sydney 72.1 936
 University of Adelaide 60.9 947
 Queensland University of Technology 51.3 978
 University of Wollongong 49.6 731
 Deakin University 47.5 1,000
 Curtin University 46.8 915
 Macquarie University 44.2 1,015
 University of South Australia 40.5 569
 La Trobe University 37.5 735
 Griffith University 37.5 917
 Western Sydney University 34.8 774
 Australian Catholic University 31.7 509
 University of the Sunshine Coast 28.7 248
 Flinders University 27.7 490
 University of Western Australia 25.9 934
 Edith Cowan University 24.6 425
 University of Southern Queensland 23.4 320
 James Cook University 23.3 539
 Swinburne University of Technology 20.2 621
 Southern Cross University 16.8 236
 CQUniversity 16.6 376
 University of Tasmania 15 618
 University of New England 13.2 319
 Charles Sturt University 9 551
 University of Canberra 6.9 283
 Federation University 0.5 263
 University of Divinity 0.4 15
 Murdoch University -5.4 333
 Victoria University -10.9 430
 University of Queensland -15.5 1,780
 Charles Darwin University -17.3 316

Source: Julie Hare: ‘Uni vice-chancellors average salary package hits $890,000’ The Australian 5th August 2017 (opens in new window)

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