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PrintGraduation, Employment 2011
- McMaster
- Program Total
- System Total
Graduation, Employment and OSAP Loan Default Rates:
McMaster University
2011| Program | Graduation1 | Employment Rate2 | Default3 | |
| Rate | 6 months | 2 years | Rate | |
| Medicine | 99.3% | 5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Business & Comm | 86.8% | 92.1% | 93.9% | 2.7% |
| Engineering | 81.0% | 91.6% | 93.8% | 2.4% |
| Fine Arts | 93.5% | 95.0% | 96.0% | 0.0% |
| Nursing | 92.2% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 0.0% |
| Kin/Rec/PhysEd | 93.9% | 94.4% | 92.9% | 0.0% |
| Theology | 5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Therapy & Rehab | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 90.9% | 89.2% | 3.3% |
| Humanities | 5 | 91.4% | 92.9% | 5.3% |
| Other Arts & Sci | 80.4% | 96.3% | 89.3% | 5.3% |
| Agriculture & Bio Sci | 5 | 83.6% | 88.2% | 0.0% |
| Computer Sci | 5 | 50.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
| Mathematics | 73.5% | 75.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Other Health Prof | 99.0% | 96.0% | 98.1% | 0.0% |
| Physical Sci | 5 | 100.0% | 92.3% | 0.0% |
| Institution Rate | 83.5% | 92.4% | 93.2% | 2.5% |
1. Percent of year 1 students in bachelors or first professional degree programs in 2002 who subsequently received a degree between 2003 and 2009 in any program area.
2. Percentage of 2008 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 Loan or Ontario Student Loan in 2007-2008. Typically, these students would have exited or completed their studies in 2008.Includes graduate students.
4. For employment rate, sample size of four or fewer individuals.
5. Data not available / not reported.
Key Performance Indicators by Program (Program Total)
2011| 2011 | |||||
| Program | Graduation1 | Employment Rate2 | OSAP3 | ||
| Rate | 6 months | 2 years | Default Rate | ||
| Dentistry | 97.7% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Education | 98.1% | 92.6% | 95.8% | 1.1% | |
| Law | 91.8% | 96.8% | 94.4% | 2.9% | |
| Medicine | 98.7% | 100.0% | 99.3% | 0.0% | |
| Optometry | 96.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| Pharmacy | 97.8% | 98.6% | 98.6% | 0.0% | |
| Vet Medicine | 100.0% | 100.0% | 97.6% | 0.0% | |
| Forestry | 62.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5.6% | |
| Arch & Landsc Arch | 88.5% | 91.7% | 96.4% | 0.6% | |
| Business & Comm | 81.0% | 92.6% | 94.9% | 2.4% | |
| Engineering | 81.4% | 91.0% | 94.9% | 2.4% | |
| Fine Arts | 73.5% | 90.8% | 93.5% | 5.3% | |
| Food Science | 80.8% | 93.2% | 93.8% | 3.6% | |
| Journalism | 82.5% | 93.6% | 95.2% | 1.1% | |
| Nursing | 88.6% | 98.4% | 99.0% | 1.9% | |
| Kin/Rec/PhysEd | 81.6% | 94.4% | 93.4% | 3.3% | |
| Theology | 73.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1.6% | |
| Therapy & Rehab | 81.3% | 100.0% | 96.0% | 0.0% | |
| Social Sciences | 73.5% | 89.8% | 92.5% | 5.1% | |
| Humanities | 74.6% | 91.5% | 90.9% | 5.2% | |
| Other Arts & Science | 75.6% | 89.1% | 92.6% | 7.5% | |
| Agriculture & Bio Sci | 77.7% | 86.8% | 89.9% | 2.2% | |
| Computer Science | 71.4% | 91.9% | 95.8% | 2.8% | |
| Mathematics | 78.3% | 87.7% | 91.6% | 2.7% | |
| Other Health Prof | 87.0% | 87.0% | 93.9% | 1.5% | |
| Physical Science | 70.5% | 92.6% | 93.7% | 3.2% | |
| Program Rate | 79.7% | 91.7% | 93.8% | 3.7% | |
2. Percentage of 2008 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 Loan or Ontario Student Loan in 2008-2009. Typically, these students would have exited or completed their studies in 2008-2009. Includes graduate students in these programs.
Key Performance Indicators by Institution (System Total)
2011| University | Graduation Rate 1 | Employment Rate 2 | |
| 6 months | 2 years | ||
| Brock | 80.9% | 92.9% | 94.1% |
| Carleton | 70.6% | 91.0% | 95.4% |
| Guelph | 77.3% | 91.8% | 93.4% |
| Lakehead | 81.5% | 94.3% | 94.5% |
| Laurentian | 70.9% | 96.5% | 96.9% |
| Algoma | 52.8% | 93.8% | 89.5% |
| Hearst | 63.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| McMaster | 83.5% | 92.4% | 93.2% |
| Nipissing | 91.1% | 91.3% | 96.0% |
| OCAD | 65.5% | 89.2% | 90.4% |
| Ottawa | 80.0% | 95.6% | 95.0% |
| Queen's | 90.8% | 93.3% | 96.8% |
| Ryerson | 76.3% | 91.3% | 95.3% |
| Toronto | 82.1% | 88.1% | 91.2% |
| Trent | 70.7% | 94.4% | 92.8% |
| UOIT | 4 | 93.0% | 94.6% |
| Waterloo | 81.0% | 92.5% | 93.7% |
| Western | 84.4% | 91.9% | 94.7% |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 80.1% | 90.8% | 94.4% |
| Windsor | 74.2% | 92.2% | 93.0% |
| York | 73.9% | 89.6% | 91.9% |
| System Total Rate | 79.7% | 91.7% | 93.8% |
1. Percent of year 1 students in bachelors or first professional degree programs in 2002 who subsequently received a degree between 2003 and 2009 in any program area.
2. Percentage of 2008 graduates of bachelors or first professional degree programs who were employed 6 months and 2 years after graduation.
3. These 2010 default rates reflect the repayment status of students who were issued Ontario Loan or Ontario Student Loan in 2007-2008. Typically, these students would have exited or completed their studies in 2008-2009. Includes students from undergraduate and graduate studies.
4. Data not available / not reported.
SOURCES: Ontario Graduate Survey 2006. System average from publication. Degree completion from USIS/UAR StatsCan, Degrees Awarded Data
