Feature
by Maclean's
October 12, 2023

Canada’s Best Universities 2024: Graduation Rates

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

(Photograph courtesy of the University of Guelph)

These numbers show the percentage of full-time, first-year students in the fall of 2013 who graduated by 2020.

UniversityPer cent
Winnipeg42.5%
Brandon42.9%
St. Thomas50.9%
Mount Saint Vincent54.8%
UNBC55.7%
Moncton57.8%
Saint Mary's58.0%
Cape Breton58.3%
Regina58.7%
New Brunswick61.0%
Mount Allison63.4%
Victoria64.8%
Acadia65.3%
Saskatchewan65.5%
Ontario Tech65.5%
Manitoba66.8%
York67.2%
Memorial67.6%
Carleton68.7%
Laurentian69.6%
Trent69.8%
Simon Fraser70.0%
Dalhousie70.1%
Brock70.2%
Bishop's71.2%
Concordia71.8%
Windsor74.0%
Wilfrid Laurier74.2%
Nipissing74.9%
St. Francis Xavier75.3%
Toronto Metropolitan75.3%
Ottawa75.4%
UQAM75.4%
UPEI75.4%
Lakehead76.1%
Lethbridge76.1%
Alberta79.6%
UBC 80.1%
Montréal80.2%
Toronto81.5%
Guelph82.7%
Calgary83.4%
McMaster83.5%
Waterloo83.8%
McGill84.8%
Laval85.8%
Western86.4%
Sherbrooke89.2%
Queen's90.0%

*Algoma did not provide a number.