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PrintGraduation, Employment 2009
- McMaster
- Program Total
- System Total
Graduation, Employment and OSAP Loan Default Rates:
McMaster University
2009| Program | Graduation1 | Employment Rate2 | Default3 | |
| Rate | 6 months | 2 years | Rate | |
| Medicine | 98.2% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2.3% |
| Business & Comm | 88.4% | 96.2% | 98.7% | 2.2% |
| Engineering | 80.1% | 92.1% | 94.7% | 2.7% |
| Fine Arts | 80.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4.0% |
| Nursing | 92.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1.7% |
| Kin/Rec/PhysEd | 93.2% | 88.9% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Theology | 5 | 83.3% | 100.0% | 6 |
| Therapy & Rehab | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 90.8% | 94.5% | 3.7% |
| Humanities | 5 | 95.2% | 95.2% | 3.9% |
| Other Arts & Sci | 77.8% | 93.8% | 100.0% | 4.2% |
| Agriculture & Bio Sci | 5 | 86.1% | 95.1% | 1.1% |
| Computer Sci | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Mathematics | 5 | 81.8% | 100.0% | 7.7% |
| Other Health Prof | 97.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Physical Sci | 5 | 83.3% | 85.7% | 0.0% |
| Institution Rate | 81.9% | 93.7% | 96.7% | 2.8% |
1. Percent of year 1 students in bachelors or first professional degree programs in 2000 who subsequently received a degree between 2001 and 2007 in any program area.
2. Percentage of 2006 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 months and two years after graduation.
3. These 2008 default rates reflect the repayment status of students who were issued Ontario Student Loans in the 2005-2006 academic year and completed or exited their studies in 2006-2007. Includes graduate students in these programs.
4. For employment rate, sample size of four or fewer individuals.
5. Data not available / not reported.
5. Number of Ontario Student Loans issued was less than 5.
Key Performance Indicators by Program (Program Total)
2009| 2009 | |||||
| Program | Graduation1 | Employment Rate2 | OSAP3 | ||
| Rate | 6 months | 2 years | Default Rate | ||
| Dentistry | 92.7% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Education | 98.0% | 94.4% | 97.3% | 1.1% | |
| Law | 91.9% | 96.7% | 97.0% | 4.1% | |
| Medicine | 97.4% | 99.2% | 100.0% | 0.4% | |
| Optometry | 96.7% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Pharmacy | 92.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Vet Medicine | 92.9% | 97.2% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Forestry | 72.4% | 83.3% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Arch & Landsc Arch | 82.5% | 97.9% | 97.5% | 1.6% | |
| Business & Comm | 80.7% | 95.4% | 96.5% | 2.8% | |
| Engineering | 80.1% | 93.7% | 96.0% | 2.5% | |
| Fine Arts | 70.2% | 94.7% | 94.2% | 6.0% | |
| Food Science | 91.7% | 97.9% | 98.5% | 0.0% | |
| Journalism | 82.5% | 93.4% | 98.3% | 4.1% | |
| Nursing | 88.0% | 99.0% | 99.8% | 1.9% | |
| Kin/Rec/PhysEd | 79.8% | 93.1% | 95.3% | 1.8% | |
| Theology | 75.5% | 60.0% | 90.0% | 1.9% | |
| Therapy & Rehab | 86.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Social Sciences | 72.3% | 93.4% | 95.4% | 5.2% | |
| Humanities | 72.9% | 93.6% | 93.4% | 5.1% | |
| Other Arts & Science | 72.8% | 91.7% | 93.2% | 8.6% | |
| Agriculture & Bio Sci | 78.0% | 90.8% | 94.1% | 2.0% | |
| Computer Science | 70.4% | 92.0% | 95.3% | 3.8% | |
| Mathematics | 76.1% | 95.0% | 98.2% | 2.9% | |
| Other Health Prof | 86.8% | 87.8% | 95.4% | 1.1% | |
| Physical Science | 72.8% | 91.8% | 92.8% | 3.1% | |
| Program Rate | 78.3% | 94.1% | 95.7% | 3.9% | |
2. Percentage of 2006 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 months and two years after graduation.
3. These 2008 default rates reflect the repayment status of students who were issued Ontario Student Loans in the 2005-2006 academic year and completed or exited their studies in 2006-2007. Includes graduate students in these programs.
Key Performance Indicators by Institution (System Total)
2009| University | Graduation Rate 1 | Employment Rate 2 | |
| 6 months | 2 years | ||
| Brock | 78.6% | 92.4% | 95.4% |
| Carleton | 68.4% | 91.5% | 94.9% |
| Guelph | 76.8% | 95.5% | 95.3% |
| Lakehead | 81.9% | 92.4% | 96.9% |
| Laurentian | 68.9% | 93.2% | 94.7% |
| Algoma | 58.7% | 89.5% | 100.0% |
| Hearst | 70.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| McMaster | 81.9% | 93.7% | 96.7% |
| Nipissing | 90.0% | 95.9% | 96.3% |
| OCAD | 57.7% | 95.7% | 93.5% |
| Ottawa | 79.1% | 96.4% | 96.9% |
| Queen's | 89.8% | 95.9% | 97.5% |
| Ryerson | 72.6% | 94.0% | 95.9% |
| Toronto | 80.8% | 92.9% | 95.0% |
| Trent | 68.7% | 95.0% | 96.2% |
| UOIT | N/A | 90.9% | 100.0% |
| Waterloo | 82.2% | 95.0% | 96.5% |
| Western | 81.9% | 94.3% | 95.6% |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 79.5% | 96.9% | 97.1% |
| Windsor | 72.4% | 93.7% | 94.6% |
| York | 71.4% | 92.6% | 94.2% |
| System Total Rate | 78.3% | 94.1% | 95.7% |
1. Percentage of 2006 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree
programs who were employed six months after graduation.
2. Percentage of 2006 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree
programs who were employed two years after graduation.
3. Percent of year 1 students in bachelors or first professional degree programs
in 2000 who subsequently received a degree between 2001 and 2007 in
any program of study.
SOURCES: Ontario Graduate Survey 2006. System average from publication. Degree completion from USIS/UAR StatsCan, Degrees Awarded Data
