Carleton University Institutional Statistics Performance Indicator Information

Strategic Goals and Provincial Performance Indicators 1999/00

Carleton Strategic Goals:

• First Year Retention Rate (Summary)
  
• First Year Retention Rate
  
• First Year Retention Rate - after two years (Summary)
  
• First Year Retention Rate - after two years
  

Provincial Performance Indicators:

Graduation and default rates have been calculated by the Ministry of Education using existing data sources while employment rate data was collected through a graduate survey conducted by Ontario universities.

Methodology used to calculate indicators.


1. Graduate Employment Rates (for 1997 Graduates)

• Using Ministry of Education Categories
  
• Using Carleton Degree Program
  

• The data reflect a survey of 1997 Carleton graduates and indicate whether or not they were employed six months and two years after graduation.
  
  
• University graduates are doing exceptionally well in today's job market and have the highest rates of employment across any category of educational attainment.
  
  
• A university degree gives students skills that are relevant to the job market. Of those Carleton graduates working full-time after two years in 1999, 70% reported that they had jobs that were related to the skills acquired at university. For the high technology programs, this figure is 100%.
  

• Using Ministry of Education categories
  

• The 1999 default rates are based on those students who held Ontario Student Loans in 1996/97 and completed or exited programs that year and who defaulted on repayment obligations as of July 1999.
  
  
• The default rates for universities are lower than all other types of post secondary institutions in the province.
  
  
• The default rate for loans at Carleton is over 1/3 lower than last year.
  
  
• Carleton rates reflect the fact that the university had a higher than average number of part-time and non-degree students whose default rates are higher than full-time students. Reasons could be that these students decided not to pursue full-time study and dropped out of university. Part-time and non-degree students are no longer eligible for OSAP.
  
  
• All students are experiencing an increasing debt burden. In 1995, the average debt on graduation was $13,300. Today the average is $25,000. Carleton University has significantly increased its financial assistance for students through scholarships and bursaries.
  

• Using Ministry of Education Categories
  
• Using Carleton Degree Program
  

• The data measure the percentage of undergraduate students who enrolled in first-year (full-time) in the Fall of 1991 who graduated from Carleton by 1998.
  
  
• The data reflect the "Old Carleton". In the early 1990s, Carleton had a policy of open admissions to its BA program, providing students who met the minimum provincial requirements (60%) with the opportunity to study at university. Low entrance averages increases the likelihood of not completing a degree, but those who did graduate have an excellent degree. (see employment data) In the "New Carleton," admission averages have risen to almost 80% and more than a third of Carleton's first year class receive academic scholarships.
  
  
• Data also reflect the fact that the university had the most challenging continuation policies in the province. The "Old Carleton" was "easy to get in, but hard to get out."
  

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