Canada’s best Primarily Undergraduate universities: Rankings 2020

Top four schools hold their positions, with Mount Allison at No. 1. Universities in the Primarily Undergraduate category are largely focused on undergraduate education, with relatively fewer graduate programs and graduate students.

MORE RANKINGS:

• Canada’s Top Medical Doctoral Schools 2020
• Canada’s top Comprehensive Schools 2020

---

Canada’s Top Primarily Undergraduate Schools 2020

Overall Ranking	School	Last Year	Student Awards	Student/ Faculty Ratio	Student Satisfaction	Faculty Awards	Social Sciences & Humanities Grants	Medical/ Science Grants	Citations	Total Research Dollars	Operating Budget	Library Expenses	Library Acquisitions	Scholarships & Bursaries	Student Services	Reputational Survey
1	Mount Allison	[1]	*4	4	1	1	11	*2	10	9	4	1	17	*3	14	1
2	UNBC	[2]	1	2	5	12	*7	8	4	4	1	*11	9	15	*10	6
3	Trent	[3]	*7	18	8	*2	4	*2	7	8	17	*16	19	1	3	4
4	Acadia	[*4]	6	8	4	*7	19	11	11	10	13	*7	*15	5	*5	3
5	Lethbridge	[6]	*4	7	10	13	9	1	15	7	6	*7	3	18	4	7
*6	St. Francis Xavier	[*4]	*11	9	7	4	5	13	1	12	11	*14	2	6	15	2
*6	Saint Mary's	[7]	2	16	15	*5	12	6	5	13	12	*5	5	7	*5	8
*8	Bishop's	[12]	*14	13	2	*2	13	12	14	18	8	3	*15	*8	8	10
*8	Lakehead	[8]	9	15	*17	*7	6	10	3	2	10	13	4	*3	*12	12
10	Ontario Tech	[*9]	*14	19	14	*14	1	4	2	3	19	19	1	12	9	5
11	UPEI	*[9]	3	5	12	9	18	16	6	5	7	*16	6	13	19	11
12	Laurentian	[11]	10	10	19	*5	*15	9	9	1	5	*14	7	*10	*10	15
13	St. Thomas	[14]	17	11	6	*14	10	N/A	N/A	19	2	4	8	2	7	17
14	Moncton	[13]	*7	1	16	10	17	15	13	14	3	*7	14	*8	18	14
15	Winnipeg	[15]	*11	17	13	*14	2	5	8	11	18	10	12	17	*12	9
16	Nipissing	[16]	16	14	3	*14	14	14	16	17	9	*16	13	*10	1	19
17	Mount Saint Vincent	[17]	*11	12	9	*14	*15	7	18	15	14	*5	11	16	17	13
*18	Brandon	[18]	*18	3	*17	*14	*7	17	17	16	15	2	10	14	2	18
*18	Cape Breton	[19]	*18	6	11	11	3	18	12	6	16	*11	18	19	16	16

* indicates a tie.