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University in September; an exciting and busy time indeed! Ontario has many options.  Take a look below at all the university campuses in Ontario to see where you're sending your kids, and how each school compares.

Did you go to a bustling, urban campus with a city-sized student population, or a spacious, northern campus with a more intimate education experience?  How did the school's geography affect your studies, social life, and overall experience? Leave comments below.

Algoma University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 77.5%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 1,082
Number of Instructors:116
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (56), Business & Commerce (45), Humanities (23)

Sault Ste. Marie

Brock University
Average Grade Entering First Year:  81.2%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 14,635
Number of Instructors: 598
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Education (793), Social Sciences (778), Business & Commerce (594)

St. Catharines

Carleton University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 81.5%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 19,620
Number of Instructors: 877
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (1,374), Humanities (633), Engineering (505)

Ottawa

University Of Guelph
Average Grade Entering First Year: 83.1%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 17,769
Number of Instructors: 753
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (1,112), Business & Commerce (812), Agriculture & Biological Science (767)

Guelph

 

Lakehead University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 79.6%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 6,294
Number of Instructors: 323
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Education (854), Social Sciences (348), Engineering (225)

Thunder Bay

Laurentian University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 80.7%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 6,261
Number of Instructors: 408
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (566), Business & Commerce (534), Education (288)

Sudbury

 
McMaster University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 86.9%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 21,589
Number of Instructors: 944
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (1,163), Engineering (743), Humanities (494)

Hamilton

 
Nipissing University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 80.6%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 3,387
Number of Instructors:192
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Education (953), Social Sciences (293), Business & Commerce (208)

North Bay

 
OCAD University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 81.6%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 3,437
Number of Instructors: 258
Top Undergrad Degree Conferred: Fine & Applied Arts (653)

Toronto

University Of Ottawa
Average Grade Entering First Year: 83.6%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 28,341
Number of Instructors: 1,238
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (1,570), Education (1,270), Humanities (764)

Ottawa

Queen’s University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 89.2%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 16,556
Number of Instructors: 768
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Pharmacy (794), Computer Science (689), Dentistry (642)

Kingston

Ryerson University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 83.3%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 21,411
Number of Instructors: 1,356
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Business & Commerce (1,547), Social Sciences (1,203), Nursing (742)

Toronto

University Of Toronto
Average Grade Entering First Year: 85.6%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 56,946
Number of Instructors: 2,633
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (2,697), Humanities (1,695), Business & Commerce (1,317)

Toronto

Trent University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 80.9%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 6,426
Number of Instructors: 307
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (572), Humanities (287), Education (284)

Peterborough

University Of Ontario Institute of Technology
Average Grade Entering First Year: 79.0%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 8,589
Number of Instructors: 266
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (261), Business & Commerce (257), Engineering (239)

Oshawa

University Of Waterloo
Average Grade Entering First Year: 88.5%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 28,604
Number of Instructors: 1,168
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Science (1,248), Engineering (1,083), Mathematics (623)

Waterloo

University Of Western Ontario
Average Grade Entering First Year: 89.3%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 22,296
Number of Instructors: 1,302
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Business & Commerce (1,089), Medicine (732), Social Sciences (705)

London

Wilfrid Laurier University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 82.6%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 15,334
Number of Instructors: 571
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (1,248), Business & Commerce (740), Humanities (518)

Waterloo

University Of Windsor
Average Grade Entering First Year: 81.1%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 11,667
Number of Instructors: 479
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (726), Education (559), Business & Commerce (355)

Windsor

York University
Average Grade Entering First Year: 81.6%
Number of Full Time Undergrad Students: 40,288
Number of Instructors: 1,498
Top Undergrad Degrees Conferred: Social Sciences (3,793), Humanities (1,427), Business & Commerce (1,358)

Toronto

* All statistics come from CUDO Archives, 2014


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