The table below shows key performance indicators (KPIs) calculated in 2008 by the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities. You can also look at the archived KPI data for 2007, 2006, and 2005.
|
Program |
Graduation Rate1 |
Employment Rate
6 months2 |
Employment Rate
2 years2 |
Default
Rate3 |
|
Agriculture & Biological Science |
67.1% |
81.8% |
100.0% |
0.0% |
|
Business & Commerce |
66.9% |
97.0% |
100.0% |
2.9% |
|
Computer Science |
41.2% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
18.2% |
|
Education |
94.7% |
93.1% |
100.0% |
2.7% |
|
Engineering |
30.8%*** |
5 |
5 |
12.5% |
|
Fine & Applied Arts |
75.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
6 |
|
Health Professions |
87.5% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
0.0% |
|
Humanities |
72.7% |
90.9% |
100.0% |
11.8% |
|
Kinesiology, Recreation & Phys Educ. |
70.4% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
4.0% |
|
Law** |
5 |
5 |
5 |
12.0% |
|
Mathematics |
75.0% |
5 |
5 |
6 |
|
Nursing |
79.2% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
2.9% |
|
Other Arts & Science |
53.3% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
12.1% |
|
Physical Science |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
0.0% |
|
Social Science** |
53.5% |
93.9% |
96.1% |
9.7% |
|
Institution Rate |
64.6% |
94.8% |
98.5% |
7.6% |
Source: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
The data include the federated universities (Thorneloe, Huntington, University of Sudbury, and Laurentian University) and the collaboration with Georgian College, but they exclude Algoma, Hearst, the Northern Ontario School of medicine, and collaborations with Sault, Northern, Cambrian, and St-Lawrence College.
1. Graduation Rates: The Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities has calculated graduation rates using a single entering cohort of students and determining whether or not they graduated within seven years. The methodology employed involves the selection of all new full-time, first-year undergraduate students on the official Fall 1999 enrolment file, who have a valid (and unique) student ID number, and were seeking either a bachelors or first professional degree. The subset was then matched against the records for students who received a degree (in any program) from the same institution sometime between 2000 and 2006.
2. Employment Rates: The employment rate is defined as the number of employed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force where the labour force is those persons who were employed, or unemployed but looking for work. To determine employment rates of recent graduates, Ontario universities conducted a survey of all 2005 graduates of undergraduate degree programs. Graduates were asked questions regarding their employment situation six months and two years after graduation.
3. These 2007 default rates reflect the repayment status of students who were issued Ontario Student Loans in the 2004-2005 academic year and completed or exited their studies in 2005-2006. Includes graduate students in these programs.
4. For employment rate, sample size of four or fewer individuals.
5. Data not available / not reported.
6. Number of Ontario Student Loans issued was less than 5.
** Bachelor of Arts in Law and Justice included in Social Sciences, except for the OSAP Default Rate
*** Engineering students interested in specialties other than metallurgy and mining engineering (e.g., civil, mechanical, chemical engineering) had to transfer after two years to another university. Laurentian did not offer all four years of the program for several engineering specialties. As a result of this arrangement and the methodology used by the Ministry, graduation rates for Laurentian's engineering programs are abnormally low.