2007-2008 CUDO

Section K. Other useful information

K1. Academic Plans

Academic plans can be located at http://www.mcmaster.ca/newsevents/acadplan.htm.

K2. Key Performance Indicators, Employment Rate of 2005 Graduates in Undergraduate Programs

Class sections:

Program	Employment Rate 2 years	Employment Rate 6 months
Agriculture & Biological Science	90.63	92.59
Business & Commerce	96.55	96.43
Computer Science	100.00	87.50
Engineering	94.57	89.01
Fine & Applied Arts	100.00	100.00
Humanities	96.83	94.23
Kinesiology, Recreation & Physical Education	100.00	100.00
Mathematics	100.00	100.00
Medicine and Related Programs	100.00	100.00
Nursing	100.00	98.48
Other Arts & Science	91.67	87.50
Other Health Professions	100.00	100.00
Physical Science	100.00	75.00
Social Science	94.35	96.23
Theology	100.00	100.00

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.

Source: MTCU and Institutions

K2A. Key Performance Indicators, Degree Completion Rate for Undergraduate Cohort, Fall 1999

Program	Graduation Rate
Business & Commerce	83.5%
Engineering	79.7%
Fine & Applied Arts	81.3%
Kinesiology, Recreation & Phys. Education	91.7%
Medicine and Related Programs	99.0%
Nursing	88.4%
Other Arts & Science	78.2%
Therapy & Rehabilitation	97.2%

Total new full-time year one undergraduate students enrolled in fall 1998	3159
Total students reported above who graduated by 2005	2540

Graduation Rates: The MTCU 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, Year One undergraduate students on the official Fall 1998 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 during the most current seven year period (1999 to 2005).

Graduation Rates for Agricultural and Biological Science, Computer Science, Humanities, Mathematics, Other Health Professions, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Theology are included in Other Arts & Science.

Link to McMaster's Graduation, Employment, and OSAP Performance Indicators:

www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/opr/reports_documents/main/reports_documents/OSAP.html

K3. Retention Rates, 2006

Year 1 to Year 2 Retention Rate (%): 87.2%

Retention rate: Report the percentage of first-time, full-time first year students in a given fall term who returned to the institution in the next fall term.

Source: Institutional CSRDE submission