{"id":2223,"date":"2020-05-03T06:40:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T01:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2025-01-29T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:49:53","slug":"universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Universities Offering Cheap Courses in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#University_of_Divinity\" >University of Divinity\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#University_of_Southern_Queensland\" >University of Southern Queensland\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#University_of_Queensland\" >University of Queensland<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#University_of_Canberra\" >University of Canberra\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#Charles_Darwin_University\" >Charles Darwin University<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#Victoria_University\" >Victoria University\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#Western_Sydney_University\" >Western Sydney University\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#Edith_Cowan_University\" >Edith Cowan University\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#University_of_Adelaide\" >University of Adelaide<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#RMIT\" >RMIT<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/universities-offering-best-cheap-courses-in-australia\/#List_of_Cities_in_Australia_for_Students\" >List of Cities in Australia for Students:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia offers quality education at an affordable tuition fee and thus has the third-largest number of foreign students behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/country\/united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>USA<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/country\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UK<\/strong><\/a>. Most of the Universities are government-funded and offer plenty of cheap courses to students. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cost of vocational and training (TAFE) courses varies between A$3,500 and A$18,500 depending on whether you want a certificate, diploma, or advanced diploma. Below are some of the cheap universities in Australia on the basis of tuition fees and courses offered:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"University_of_Divinity\"><\/span><strong>University of Divinity\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a collegiate university offering vocational and cheap courses in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/country\/australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Australia.<\/strong><\/a> It is the direct successor of the Melbourne College of Divinity, which is the second-oldest degree-granting authority in the State of Victoria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The university offers courses around four broad areas of study: Humanities, Biblical Studies, Christian Thought &amp; History, and Theology: Mission and Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee<\/strong>: A$14,700 \/year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee<\/strong>: A$300<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"University_of_Southern_Queensland\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/brisbane\/u\/university-of-southern-queensland-(usq)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>University of Southern Queensland\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is a regional university offering cheap courses in Australia in its three university campuses at Toowoomba, Springfield, and Ipswich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It offers undergraduate courses in a variety of areas of study like Law and Justice, Health, Engineering, Humanities, Sciences, Business and Commerce, Education, and the Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:<\/strong> A$24,000 \/year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> Nil<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"University_of_Queensland\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/brisbane\/u\/university-of-queensland-(uq)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>University of Queensland<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in the capital city of Queensland, Brisbane, UQ is Australia&#8217;s fifth oldest university, and colloquially known as a sandstone university. It is one of the leading Australian Universities and is ranked 47th in the world by the QS World Rankings 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UQ offers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral, and higher doctorate degrees in Business, Economics, Journalism, Computer Science and more. The university is also ranked 57th in the world according to the graduate employability rankings.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:<\/strong> A$25,800 \/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> A$100<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"University_of_Canberra\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/canberra\/u\/university-of-canberra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>University of Canberra\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is a public university located in Bruce, Canberra and offers a plethora of\u00a0 cheap courses in Australia\u00a0UC offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees covering five areas: Health, Art and Design, Business, Government and Law, Education, Science, and Technology.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:<\/strong> A$26,800 \/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> Nil<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Charles_Darwin_University\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/brinkin\/u\/charles-darwin-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Charles Darwin University<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in 2003,<strong> Charles Darwin University (CDU)<\/strong> is an Australian public university and a member of the group of seven Innovative Research Universities in Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The university offers a wide array of higher education degrees and vocational education and training courses in\u00a0 Aboriginal and Australian Studies, Business and Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine and Health, and more. Students have flexible study options, including part-time, external and online so they can complete the course as per their convenience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:<\/strong> A$26,760 \/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> Nil<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Victoria_University\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/melbourne\/u\/victoria-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Victoria University\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a dual-sector tertiary institution offering courses in both higher education and Technical and Further Education. It has three campuses in Melbourne\u2019s Central Business District (CBD).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VU offers undergraduate courses in a variety of disciplines, including Business, Information Systems, and Creative Arts, with its Computer Science course, recognized internationally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:<\/strong> A$28,600 \/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> Nil<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Western_Sydney_University\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/sydney\/u\/western-sydney-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Western Sydney University\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 1989, Western Sydney University is a renowned university with a growing international reach and reputation for academic excellence and impact-driven research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is ranked 25th in Australia and 5th in Sydney as per the QS World University Rankings, 2019. The university offers a wide range of cheap courses like Humanities and Communication Arts, Science and Health, Business, Law, Health, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:<\/strong>\u00a0A$30,200 \/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> A$50<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Edith_Cowan_University\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/perth\/u\/edith-cowan-university-(ecu)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Edith Cowan University\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament, Edith Cowan, it is an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australian<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> public university located in Perth, Western Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The university offers more than 300 courses across two metropolitan campuses, in Mount Lawley and Joondalup and many of them are also offered for study online. It is also home to the WA Screen Academy, one of Australia&#8217;s leading film schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:<\/strong> A$31,800 \/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> Nil<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"University_of_Adelaide\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/adelaide\/u\/the-university-of-adelaide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>University of Adelaide<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The University of Adelaide is the third-oldest public university in Australia with its main campus is located on North Terrace in the Adelaide city centre. It is ranked 106 in the world by the QS World University Rankings,2019.<\/p>\n<p>It offers undergraduate degrees across various faculties, namely Arts, Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences,\u00a0 Health and Medical Sciences, Business, Economics, Finance, and more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:<\/strong> A$32,500 \/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> A$100<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RMIT\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/melbourne\/u\/royal-melbourne-institute-of-technology-rmit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RMIT<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Located on the northern edge of the historic Hoddle Grid in the heart of Melbourne, RMIT is an Australian public research university founded by Francis Ormond in 1887.<\/p>\n<p>It is ranked 17th in the World for art and design subjects in the QS World University Rankings 2019, making it the top art and design university in Australia. RMIT offers degrees in a variety of courses like Business and Management, Communications and Media Studies, Development Studies, Structural Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Starting tuition fee:\u00a0<\/strong>A$33,600 \/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application fee:<\/strong> A$100<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"List_of_Cities_in_Australia_for_Students\"><\/span><strong>List of Cities in Australia for Students:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/melbourne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melbourne<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/brisbane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brisbane<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sydney<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/adelaide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adelaide<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/perth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perth<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/darwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Darwin<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/canberra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canberra<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/gold-coast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gold Coast<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/cairns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cairns<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/bunbury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bunbury<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/australia\/city\/lismore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lismore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia offers quality education at an affordable tuition fee and thus has the third-largest number of foreign students behind the USA and UK. Most of the Universities are government-funded and offer plenty of cheap courses to students. The cost of vocational and training (TAFE) courses varies between A$3,500 and A$18,500 depending on whether you want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[974],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-2223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-admission-guide","8":"tag-australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}