Canada’s Best Universities 2023: Proportion who Graduate

Maclean’s tracks undergraduate students to determine if they received a degree within seven years

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(Photo courtesy of Bonnie Findley/University of Ottawa)

These numbers show the percentage of full-time, first-year students in the fall of 2012 who graduated by 2019.

UniversityUniversityPer cent
Queen's89.2
Sherbrooke88.2
Western87.1
Laval85.7
McGill84.6
Calgary83.0
Waterloo82.4
McMaster81.5
Guelph81.0
Toronto80.8
Montréal79.9
UBC78.0
Alberta77.2
UQAM76.9
Ottawa75.0
Toronto Metropolitan75.0
Wilfrid Laurier74.6
Lethbridge73.9
Lakehead73.8
Windsor73.5
St. Francis Xavier72.9
Bishop's72.1
Laurentian71.1
Nipissing71.0
UPEI70.8
Brock70.2
Concordia69.9
Acadia69.5
Simon Fraser69.1
Carleton69.0
Dalhousie68.7
Trent68.4
York68.4
Saskatchewan67.1
Ontario Tech66.0
Memorial65.5
Mount Allison65.2
Manitoba64.9
New Brunswick63.0
Victoria62.4
UNBC61.1
Cape Breton58.9
Regina58.5
Moncton58.4
St. Thomas54.9
Saint Mary's54.2
Mount Saint Vincent53.6
Brandon46.1
Winnipeg44.7

More on Canada’s best universities:

Average entering grade
Grade distribution
Student retention
Average class size
Faculty with highest degree in their field