Universities and subsidiaries are among the 141 employers of choice rated by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency for 2018-19. Griffith U and UTS lead the higher education community, each now being cited by the WGEA for seventeen years. Curtin U, QUT and Western Sydney U follow with 16 citations each.

Other universities acknowledged by the Agency ten or more times are; La Trobe U (15). Monash U (14). Deakin U (13). RMIT (12). Swinburne U (12). Uni Canberra (12). Uni Wollongong (ten).

They are followed by, Uni Newcastle (nine).  Australian Catholic U (eight). Edith Cowan U (six). Student organisation at UNSW, ARC (five). University of Wollongong Global Enterprises (five). Charles Sturt U (one). Victoria U (one).