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Which universities get top marks for going the distance with their students? In this output measure, consulting statisticians from McDougall Scientific Ltd. juxtaposed two sets of figures and identified those universities with the greatest difference between the two. The first set includes measures related to the incoming student: average entering grade and the proportion of students entering with averages of 75 per cent or higher. The second examines one measure of student satisfaction-the percentage of first-year students who return in second year-and two measures of student achievement: the
proportion of students who graduate within a reasonable time frame and who win student awards.
TOP 25
1 Lakehead
2 Trent_
3 Windsor
4 Saint Mary’s
5 Laurentian
6 Acadia
7 Ottawa
8 Wilfrid Laurier
9 York
10 New Brunswick
11 Toronto
*12 Manitoba
12 Ryerson
14
Nipissing
15
Brock
16
Moncton
17
Memorial
*18 UPEI
“18 Waterloo
20 Carleton
*21 McMaster
*21 Queen’s
*23 Guelph
*23 Lethbridge 25 McGill
‘Indicates a tie.
THE MACLEAN S DIRECTORY | Every university in the Maclean’s survey has a unique history, a distinct mission—and its own particular strengths. The student numbers below refer to the 2004-2005 academic year.
UNIVERSITY LOCATION AND FULL-TIME PART-TIME
FOUNDING DATE STUDENTS STUDENTS
ACADIA Wolfville, N.S. (1838) 3,679 346
ALBERTA Edmonton, Alta. (1908) 30,605 4,012
BISHOP’S Lennoxville, Que. (1843) 2,191 606
brandon_Brandon, Man. (1899)_2,299 1,087
BRITISH Vancouver, B.C. 29,573 12,759
COLUMBIA (UBC) (1908)
BROCK St. Catharines, Ont. (1964) 13,090 3,507
CALGARY Calgary, Alta. (1966) 23,414 4,514
CAPE BRETON Sydney, N.S. (1974) 2,588 798
CARLETON Ottawa, Ont. (1942) 18,720 4,865
CONCORDIA Montreal, Que. (1974) 19,024 11,870
DALHOUSIE Halifax, N.S. (1818) 13,514 2,300
GUELPH Guelph, Ont. (1964) 16,653 1,565
LAKEHEAD Thunder Bay, Ont. (1965) 6,123 1,456
LAURENTIAN Sudbury, Ont. (1960) 5,939 2,270
LAVAL Quebec City, Que. (1663) 25,552 11,680
LETHBRIDGE Lethbridge, Alta. (1967) 6,847 903
MANITOBA Winnipeg, Man. (1877) 20,335 7,227
MCGILL Montreal, Que. (1821) 25,552 5,132
MCMASTER Hamilton, Ont. (1887) 19,264 3,505
MEMORIAL St. John’s and Corner 14,275 3,057
Brook, Nfld. (1925)
MONCTON Moncton, Edmundston 5,116 1,284
and Shippagan, N.B. (1963)
MONTRÉAL Montreal, Que. (1878) 37,019 18,131
MOUNT ALLISON Sackville, N.B. (1839) 2,082 730
MOUNT SAINT Halifax, N.S. (1873) 2,384 2,208
VINCENT
UNIVERSITY LOCATION AND FULL-TIME PART-TIME
FOUNDING DATE STUDENTS STUDENTS
NEW BRUNSWICK Fredericton and 10,609 2,256
(UNB) Saint John, N.B. (1785)
NIPISSING North Bay, Ont. (1992) 3,071 2,835
NORTHERN BRITISH Prince George, B.C. 2,539 1,125
COLUMBIA (UNBC) (1994)
OTTAWA Ottawa, Ont. (1848) 24,975 6,464
PRINCE EDWARD Charlottetown, P.E.I. 3,454 645
ISLAND (UPEI) (1804)
QUEEN'S Kingston, Ont. (1841) 16,743 3,648
SAINT MARY’S Halifax, N.S. (1802) 6,251 2,208
ST. THOMAS Fredericton, N.B. (1910) 2,893 341
SASKATCHEWAN Saskatoon, Sask. (1907) 15,407 3,504
SHERBROOKE Sherbrooke, Que. (1954) 12,255 7,986
SIMON FRASER Burnaby, B.C. (1963) 12,960 9,746
TORONTO Toronto, Ont. (1827) 59,870 8,958
TRENT Peterborough, Ont. (1963) 6,275 1,513
VICTORIA Victoria, B.C. (1963) 12,476 5,844
WATERLOO Waterloo, Ont. (1957) 23,185 2,660
WESTERN London, Ont.
ONTARIO (1878) 28,529 4,379
WILFRID LAURIER Waterloo, Ont. (1911) 10,864 2,286
WINDSOR Windsor, Ont. (1857) 13,215 3,297
WINNIPEG Winnipeg, Man. (1871) 4,305 4,945
YORK Toronto, Ont. (1959) 40,299 9,197