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PrintGraduation, Employment, OSAP Default Rates 2008
- McMaster
- Program Total
- System Total
Graduation, Employment and OSAP Loan Default Rates:
McMaster University
2008| Program | Graduation1 | Employment Rate2 | Default3 | |
| Rate | 6 months | 2 years | Rate | |
| Medicine | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Business & Comm | 83.9% | 96.4% | 96.6% | 2.6% |
| Engineering | 81.3% | 89.0% | 94.6% | 1.4% |
| Fine Arts | 85.7% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Nursing | 89.6% | 98.4% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Kin/Rec/PhysEd | 90.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Theology | 5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6 |
| Therapy & Rehab | 94.7% | 5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 96.2% | 94.4% | 2.7% |
| Humanities | 5 | 94.2% | 96.8% | 3.1% |
| Other Arts & Sci | 76.3% | 87.5% | 91.7% | 7.3% |
| Agriculture & Bio Sci | 5 | 92.6% | 90.6% | 3.5% |
| Computer Sci | 5 | 87.5% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Mathematics | 5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4.3% |
| Other Health Prof | 5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2.3% |
| Physical Sci | 5 | 75.0% | 100.0% | 17.6% |
| Institution Rate | 80.4% | 94.7% | 96.4% | 2.7% |
1. Percent of year 1 students in bachelors or first professional degree programs in 1999 who subsequently received a degree between 2000 and 2006 in any program area.
2. Percentage of 2005 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 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.
| Key Performance Indicators by Program (Program Total) | |||||
| 2008 | |||||
| Program | Graduation1 | Employment Rate2 | OSAP3 | ||
| Rate | 6 months | 2 years | Default Rate | ||
| Dentistry | 97.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Education | 97.7% | 94.9% | 97.7% | 1.7% | |
| Law | 91.0% | 97.4% | 96.2% | 6.8% | |
| Medicine | 99.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Optometry | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Pharmacy | 95.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Vet Medicine | 98.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Forestry | 86.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Arch & Landsc Arch | 81.3% | 95.7% | 97.7% | 1.8% | |
| Business & Comm | 78.4% | 95.3% | 97.3% | 3.2% | |
| Engineering | 78.6% | 91.0% | 96.8% | 2.5% | |
| Fine Arts | 67.1% | 92.3% | 97.6% | 7.3% | |
| Food Science | 81.6% | 95.2% | 96.1% | 0.0% | |
| Journalism | 78.6% | 88.2% | 96.2% | 4.5% | |
| Nursing | 83.9% | 98.0% | 99.2% | 1.8% | |
| Kin/Rec/PhysEd | 79.7% | 96.4% | 97.9% | 2.4% | |
| Theology | 80.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4.2% | |
| Therapy & Rehab | 92.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.4% | |
| Social Sciences | 69.2% | 93.2% | 96.5% | 5.2% | |
| Humanities | 70.1% | 94.5% | 96.1% | 6.0% | |
| Other Arts & Science | 72.3% | 91.4% | 96.4% | 8.6% | |
| Agriculture & Bio Sci | 76.2% | 90.3% | 92.5% | 3.7% | |
| Computer Science | 67.6% | 93.9% | 97.7% | 3.3% | |
| Mathematics | 72.8% | 89.4% | 97.2% | 4.4% | |
| Other Health Prof | 81.1% | 93.1% | 96.7% | 2.0% | |
| Physical Science | 70.2% | 89.7% | 95.8% | 4.0% | |
| Program Rate | 77.0% | 94.0% | 96.9% | 4.3% | |
2. Percentage of 2005 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 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. Data not available / not reported.
5. Total does not include default rate data for students for which program of studies was not reported, not applicable or unmatched by OSAP database and university enrolment file.
Key Performance Indicators by Institution (System Total)
2008| University | Graduation Rate 1 | Employment Rate 2 | OSAP Default Rate 3 | |
| 6 months | 2 years | |||
| Algoma | 54.6 | 82.4 | 100.0 | 6.7 |
| Brock | 74.5 | 96.1 | 97.5 | 3.8 |
| Carleton | 65.1 | 92.0 | 95.3 | 7.4 |
| Guelph | 76.7 | 94.2 | 96.6 | 2.4 |
| Lakehead | 79.9 | 91.0 | 95.8 | 5.1 |
| Laurentian | 64.6 | 94.8 | 98.5 | 7.6 |
| Hearst | 73.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | n/a |
| McMaster | 80.4 | 94.7 | 96.4 | 2.7 |
| Nipissing | 86.2 | 93.1 | 97.6 | 3.8 |
| OCAD | 63.9 | 88.7 | 98.1 | 9.6 |
| Ottawa | 77.2 | 94.4 | 97.4 | 5.4 |
| Queen's | 89.0 | 95.3 | 97.3 | 1.5 |
| Ryerson | 72.8 | 93.5 | 97.8 | 3.4 |
| Toronto | 79.9 | 92.3 | 96.7 | 3.4 |
| Trent | 78.0 | 94.9 | 96.9 | 5.5 |
| UOIT | n/a | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4.9 |
| Waterloo | 81.1 | 96.0 | 97.5 | 3.0 |
| Western | 80.7 | 95.1 | 96.6 | 3.4 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 80.4 | 97.7 | 98.5 | 3.6 |
| Windsor | 72.3 | 91.9 | 94.9 | 6.7 |
| York | 68.6 | 92.3 | 96.4 | 5.9 |
| System Total Rate | 77.0 | 94.0 | 96.9 | 4.3 |
1. Percent of year 1 students in bachelors or first professional degree programs in 1999 who subsequently received a degree between 2000 and 2006 in any program area.
2. Percentage of 2005 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 months and 2 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.
