The Canadian University Survey Consortium’s 2011 results

The annual CUSC survey measures student satisfaction. In 2011, a questionnaire was issued to a random sample of approximately 1,000 undergraduates at each of 25 participating schools. In total, more than 8,500 students responded to questions about everything from academics to support services. Here are the results you’ll want to see if you’re considering one of these schools.

HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH THE AVERAGE SIZE OF YOUR CLASSES?

School	Very Satisfied (%)	Satisfied (%)
Redeemer	82	18
Mount Royal	80	20
Concordia (Edmonton)	78	21
King’s (Edmonton)	77	22
Trinity Western	74	25
Grant MacEwan	70	30
Nipissing	62	36
Winnipeg	59	38
Fraser Valley	55	42
UNBC	52	44
Brandon	51	46
St. Francis Xavier	49	48
Cape Breton	48	47
Lethbridge	41	56
UNB (Saint John)	35	59
UNB (Fredericton)	33	58
Dalhousie	32	58
Wilfrid Laurier	32	57
Regina	24	67
Simon Fraser	20	65
York	18	63
Manitoba	17	67
Saskatchewan	16	69
Athabasca*	N/A	NA
Ryerson	Did not release	Did not release

*Since Athabasca is an online school, the class size question is not applicable.

MOST OF MY PROFESSORS ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLASS DISCUSSIONS.

School	Agree Strongly (%)	Agree (%)
King’s (Edmonton)	68	32
Redeemer	62	37
Trinity Western	60	39
Mount Royal	54	44
Concordia (Edmonton)	47	50
Winnipeg	46	48
Nipissing	44	52
Cape Breton	43	50
Grant MacEwan	43	52
Fraser Valley	41	55
UNBC	41	53
Brandon	40	55
Lethbridge	38	57
St. Francis Xavier	37	56
Regina	33	59
UNB (Saint John)	30	55
Saskatchewan	30	62
Dalhousie	29	61
Simon Fraser	29	58
York	29	55
UNB (Fredericton)	27	63
Manitoba	22	69
Wilfrid Laurier	17	76
Athabasca	16	59
Ryerson	Did not release	Did not release

AT THIS UNIVERSITY, PROFESSORS TREAT STUDENTS AS INDIVIDUALS, NOT JUST NUMBERS.

School	Agree Strongly (%)	Agree (%)
King’s (Edmonton)	82	18
Redeemer	78	22
Trinity Western	71	28
Concordia (Edmonton)	62	35
Mount Royal	55	41
Grant MacEwan	46	47
Nipissing	46	49
Fraser Valley	43	52
Winnipeg	43	48
Cape Breton	42	49
Brandon	38	56
UNBC	37	52
Lethbridge	33	58
St. Francis Xavier	33	59
UNB (Saint John)	26	59
UNB (Fredericton)	24	55
Wilfrid Laurier	24	60
Dalhousie	21	60
Athabasca	20	62
Regina	17	65
Saskatchewan	17	61
York	16	45
Manitoba	15	69
Simon Fraser	14	61
Ryerson	Did not release	Did not release

MOST OF MY PROFESSORS ARE REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE OF CLASS TO HELP STUDENTS.

School	Agree Strongly (%)	Agree (%)
King’s (Edmonton)	66	34
Redeemer	61	38
Trinity Western	48	50
Concordia (Edmonton)	43	53
Cape Breton	40	55
Mount Royal	40	55
Nipissing	39	57
Winnipeg	37	58
Grant MacEwan	36	60
UNBC	35	59
Lethbridge	34	61
St. Francis Xavier	33	62
Brandon	31	64
Fraser Valley	30	64
UNB (Fredericton)	28	62
Dalhousie	27	65
UNB (Saint John)	27	67
Saskatchewan	23	72
Simon Fraser	23	66
Regina	22	69
Wilfrid Laurier	22	68
Athabasca	20	61
Manitoba	17	74
York	14	65
Ryerson	Did not release	Did not release

MY LEARNING EXPERIENCES AT THIS UNIVERSITY HAVE BEEN INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING.

School	Very Satisfied (%)	Satisfied (%)
King’s (Edmonton)	64	35
Trinity Western	57	40
Redeemer	55	44
Concordia (Edmonton)	46	49
Mount Royal	43	54
Grant MacEwan	40	54
Lethbridge	34	60
UNBC	34	58
Winnipeg	34	59
Fraser Valley	32	62
Athabasca	30	62
Brandon	30	63
Cape Breton	30	60
Nipissing	30	65
St. Francis Xavier	29	65
UNB (Fredericton)	27	64
Dalhousie	25	66
Wilfrid Laurier	25	66
Manitoba	24	69
Regina	24	67
Saskatchewan	24	69
UNB (Saint John)	23	65
Simon Fraser	20	66
York	16	66
Ryerson	Did not release	Did not release