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PrintGraduation, Employment 2010
- McMaster
- Program Total
- System Total
Graduation, Employment and OSAP Loan Default Rates:
McMaster University
2010| Program | Graduation1 | Employment Rate2 | Default3 | |
| Rate | 6 months | 2 years | Rate | |
| Medicine | 99.2% | 5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Business & Comm | 86.0% | 95.2% | 97.1% | 2.0% |
| Engineering | 79.7% | 87.4% | 94.5% | 1.3% |
| Fine Arts | 60.9% | 79.9% | 100.0% | 7.1% |
| Nursing | 90.8% | 98.3% | 100.0% | 2.6% |
| Kin/Rec/PhysEd | 93.6% | 97.4% | 100.0% | 5.4% |
| Theology | 5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Therapy & Rehab | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.4% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 91.5% | 93.7% | 3.4% |
| Humanities | 5 | 93.0% | 92.3% | 3.8% |
| Other Arts & Sci | 75.5% | 88.9% | 92.3% | 10.2% |
| Agriculture & Bio Sci | 5 | 88.2% | 93.9% | 2.7% |
| Computer Sci | 5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Mathematics | 81.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5.3% |
| Other Health Prof | 97.7% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1.3% |
| Physical Sci | 5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4.5% |
| Institution Rate | 80.5% | 92.7% | 95.4% | 3.6% |
1. Percent of year 1 students in bachelors or first professional degree programs in 2001 who subsequently received a degree between 2002 and 2008 in any program area.
2. Percentage of 2007 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 months and 2 years after graduation.
3. Reflect the repayment status of students who were issued Ontario Student Loans in the 2006-2007 academic year and did not receive OSAP loans(Canada Student Loan or Ontario Student Loan) in 2007-2008. Typically, these students would have exited or completed their studies in 2007. Includes graduate students.
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.
Key Performance Indicators by Program (Program Total)
2010| 2010 | |||||
| Program | Graduation1 | Employment Rate2 | OSAP3 | ||
| Rate | 6 months | 2 years | Default Rate | ||
| Dentistry | 96.0% | 94.4% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Education | 97.9% | 95.1% | 97.1% | 1.2% | |
| Law | 94.1% | 96.8% | 94.0% | 2.4% | |
| Medicine | 98.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Optometry | 98.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Pharmacy | 97.9% | 98.0% | 98.1% | 0.0% | |
| Vet Medicine | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Forestry | 71.4% | 87.5% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Arch & Landsc Arch | 85.4% | 96.7% | 91.8% | 2.1% | |
| Business & Comm | 79.7% | 95.1% | 96.5% | 3.0% | |
| Engineering | 80.5% | 91.8% | 94.6% | 1.7% | |
| Fine Arts | 71.3% | 92.0% | 92.6% | 4.6% | |
| Food Science | 86.2% | 96.6% | 93.4% | 1.9% | |
| Journalism | 79.6% | 84.5% | 93.2% | 4.4% | |
| Nursing | 87.2% | 98.9% | 99.6% | 3.1% | |
| Kin/Rec/PhysEd | 81.3% | 93.6% | 97.2% | 3.8% | |
| Theology | 77.2% | 66.7% | 100.0% | 4.4% | |
| Therapy & Rehab | 83.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.3% | |
| Social Sciences | 73.5% | 92.4% | 94.2% | 4.9% | |
| Humanities | 74.6% | 92.4% | 93.4% | 5.4% | |
| Other Arts & Science | 72.6% | 93.9% | 96.0% | 7.0% | |
| Agriculture & Bio Sci | 78.9% | 90.7% | 91.8% | 2.7% | |
| Computer Science | 70.0% | 92.7% | 97.0% | 2.5% | |
| Mathematics | 77.3% | 94.7% | 95.6% | 2.6% | |
| Other Health Prof | 85.1% | 91.7% | 95.7% | 2.6% | |
| Physical Science | 74.7% | 86.3% | 93.1% | 5.7% | |
| Program Rate | 79.0% | 93.6% | 95.2% | 4.0% | |
2. Percentage of 2007 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 months and two years after graduation.
3. Reflect the repayment status of students who were issued Ontario Studnet Loans in the 2006-2007 academic year and completed or exited their studies in 2007-2008. Includes graduate Student.
Key Performance Indicators by Institution (System Total)
2010| University | Graduation Rate 1 | Employment Rate 2 | |
| 6 months | 2 years | ||
| Brock | 80.6% | 93.2% | 95.3% |
| Carleton | 69.8% | 90.8% | 93.7% |
| Guelph | 79.2% | 94.8% | 94.2% |
| Lakehead | 81.6% | 94.8% | 96.0% |
| Laurentian | 72.3% | 95.8% | 95.9% |
| Algoma | 54.8% | 93.3% | 87.9% |
| Hearst | 70.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| McMaster | 80.5% | 92.7% | 95.4% |
| Nipissing | 90.8% | 96.9% | 97.0% |
| OCAD | 62.0% | 93.9% | 91.2% |
| Ottawa | 80.4% | 95.6% | 96.5% |
| Queen's | 91.2% | 95.4% | 96.6% |
| Ryerson | 75.5% | 92.9% | 95.2% |
| Toronto | 80.7% | 92.4% | 94.2% |
| Trent | 73.4% | 92.9% | 94.5% |
| UOIT | 4 | 94.2% | 98.5% |
| Waterloo | 81.3% | 93.8% | 95.9% |
| Western | 81.3% | 94.8% | 96.0% |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 79.0% | 95.3% | 95.5% |
| Windsor | 71.4% | 92.2% | 94.1% |
| York | 73.9% | 92.2% | 95.0% |
| System Total Rate | 79.0% | 93.6% | 95.2% |
1. Percent of year 1 students in bachelors or first professional degree programs in 2001 who subsequently received a degree between 2002 and 2008 in any program area.
2. Percentage of 2007 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 months and 2 years after graduation.
3. Reflect the repayment status of students who were issued Ontario Student Loans in the 2006-2007 academic year and completed or exited their studies in 2007-2008. Includes graduate students.
4. Data not available/not reported.
SOURCES: Ontario Graduate Survey 2006. System average from publication. Degree completion from USIS/UAR StatsCan, Degrees Awarded Data
