For many years, students looking to pursue a post-secondary education in Canada have relied on University Rankings to help make their decision about where to study a little easier.
Earlier this week we took a look at the top schools by reputation. Today we鈥檒l explore:
- Top medical doctoral schools
- Top comprehensive schools
- Top primarily undergraduate schools
- Top universities by student satisfaction
星空影视Partner Schools
惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚 Top Universities by Student Satisfaction, Top Comprehensive Schools, and Top Primarily Undergraduate Schools lists include an incredible 28 Canadian 星空影视partner schools! We consider ourselves fortunate to work with each of our partner schools on our shared mission to educate the world.
* Denotes a tie
- Acadia University (Primarily Undergraduate #3, Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #5)
- Bishop鈥檚 University (Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #1, Primarily Undergraduate #7)
- Brock University (Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #2, Comprehensive #13)
- Cape Breton University (Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #6, Primarily Undergraduate #19)
- Lakehead University (Primarily Undergraduate #8*, Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #16*)
- Laurentian University (Primarily Undergraduate #12, Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #19)
- McGill University (Medical Doctoral #1, Student Satisfaction鈥揗edical Doctoral #8*)
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (Comprehensive #9, Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #14)
- Mount Allison University (Primarily Undergraduate #1, Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #2)
- Mount Saint Vincent University (Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #14, Primarily Undergraduate #18)
- Ontario Tech University (Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #10, Primarily Undergraduate #11)
- Queen鈥檚 University (Medical Doctoral #5, Student Satisfaction鈥揗edical Doctoral #3)
- Ryerson University (Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #10, Comprehensive #12)
- St. Thomas University (Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #11, Primarily Undergraduate #14)
- Trent University (Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #7, Primarily Undergraduate #8*)
- University of Guelph (Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #1, Comprehensive #4)
- University of Lethbridge (Primarily Undergraduate #2, Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #8)
- University of New Brunswick (Comprehensive #6*, Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #7)
- University of Northern British Columbia (Primarily Undergraduate #5, Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #9)
- University of Prince Edward Island (Primarily Undergraduate #10, Student Satisfaction鈥揚rimarily Undergraduate #12)
- University of Regina (Comprehensive #15, Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #15)
- University of Saskatchewan (Student Satisfaction鈥揗edical Doctoral #6, Medical Doctoral #14*)
- University of Victoria (Comprehensive #2*, Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #8)
- University of Waterloo (Comprehensive #2*, Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #6)
- University of Windsor (Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #9, Comprehensive #14)
- Western University (Medical Doctoral #8, Student Satisfaction鈥揗edical Doctoral #10)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #5, Comprehensive #8)
- York University (Comprehensive #6*, Student Satisfaction鈥揅omprehensive #13)
Canada鈥檚 Top Medical Doctoral Schools 2021
惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚 defines a medical doctoral school as a university with 鈥渁 broad range of Ph.D. programs and research, as well as medical schools.鈥�
| Overall Ranking | University | Last Year | Student Satisfaction |
Reputational Survey
|
| 1 | McGill University | 1 | 8* | 3 |
| 2 | University of Toronto | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | University of British Columbia | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | McMaster University | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Queen’s University | 5* | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | University of Alberta | 5* | 11 | 5 |
| 7 | Dalhousie University | 8 | 8* | 10 |
| 8* | University of Calgary | 9 | 14 | 9 |
| 8* | University of Ottawa | 11 | 15 | 12 |
| 8* | Western University | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| 11* | Laval University | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| 11* | Universit茅 de Montr茅al | 10 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | Universit茅 de Sherbrooke | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| 14* | University of Manitoba | 14 | 12 | 15 |
| 14* | University of Saskatchewan | 15 | 6 | 14 |
Canada鈥檚 Top Comprehensive Schools 2021
A comprehensive school is a university with a 鈥渟ignificant amount of research activity and a wide range of programs at the undergraduate and graduate level, including professional degrees.鈥�
| Overall Ranking | University | Last Year | Student Satisfaction |
Reputational Survey
|
| 1 | Simon Fraser University | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 2* | University of Victoria | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| 2* | University of Waterloo | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | University of Guelph | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Carleton University | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 6* | University of New Brunswick | *8 | 7 | 12 |
| 6* | York University | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| 8 | Wilfrid Laurier University | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Memorial University of Newfoundland | 8* | 14 | 8 |
| 10* | Concordia University | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| 10* | Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al | 11* | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Ryerson University | 11* | 10 | 5 |
| 13 | Brock University | 14* | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | University of Windsor | 13 | 9 | 15 |
| 15 | University of Regina | 14* | 15 | 14 |
Canada鈥檚 Top Primarily Undergraduate Schools 2021
The third type of institution, primarily undergraduate, is a university 鈥渓argely focused on undergraduate education, with relatively fewer graduate programs and graduate students.鈥�
| Overall Ranking | University | Last Year | Student Satisfaction |
Reputational Survey
|
| 1 | Mount Allison University | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | University of Lethbridge | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | Acadia University | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Saint Mary’s University | 6* | 16* | 5 |
| 5 | University of Northern British Columbia | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | St. Francis Xavier University | 6* | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Bishop’s University | 8* | 1 | 8 |
| 8* | Lakehead University | 8* | 16* | 9 |
| 8* | Trent University | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | University of Prince Edward Island | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| 11 | Ontario Tech University | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| 12 | Laurentian University | 12 | 19 | 15 |
| 13 | Universit茅 de Moncton | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | St. Thomas University | 13 | 11 | 17 |
| 15 | Nipissing University | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 16 | The University of Winnipeg | 15 | 15 | 12 |
| 17 | Brandon University | 18* | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | Mount Saint Vincent University | 17 | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Cape Breton University | 18* | 6 | 16 |
Canada’s Top Universities by Student Satisfaction 2021
To determine the Top Universities by Student Satisfaction, 惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚 surveyed nearly 14,000 students across Canada on a variety of questions, including:
- Professors and staff
- Residence life
- Extracurricular activities
- Experiential education, e.g., Co-Op
- Mental health services
- On-campus sexual assault prevention
- Indigenous histories, cultures, and languages visibility
惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚 ranks the best universities by student satisfaction across the three categories of institutions previously defined: medical doctoral, comprehensive, and primarily undergraduate.
Medical Doctoral
| Ranking | University |
| 1 | Universit茅 de Sherbrooke |
| 2 | Laval University |
| 3 | Queen’s University |
| 4 | Universit茅 de Montr茅al |
| 5 | McMaster University |
| 6 | University of Saskatchewan |
| 7 | The University of British Columbia |
| 8* | Dalhousie University |
| 8* | McGill University |
| 10 | Western University |
| 11 | University of Alberta |
| 12 | University of Manitoba |
| 13 | University of Toronto |
| 14 | University of Calgary |
| 15 | University of Ottawa |
Comprehensive
| Ranking | University |
| 1 | University of Guelph |
| 2 | Brock University |
| 3 | Carleton University |
| 4 | Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al |
| 5 | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| 6 | University of Waterloo |
| 7 | University of New Brunswick |
| 8 | University of Victoria |
| 9 | University of Windsor |
| 10 | Ryerson University |
| 11 | Concordia University |
| 12 | Simon Fraser University |
| 13 | York University |
| 14 | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| 15 | University of Regina |
Primarily Undergraduate
| Ranking | University |
| 1 | Bishop’s University |
| 2 | Mount Allison University |
| 3 | Nipissing University |
| 4 | St. Francis Xavier University |
| 5 | Acadia University |
| 6 | Cape Breton University |
| 7 | Trent University |
| 8 | University of Lethbridge |
| 9 | University of Northern British Columbia |
| 10 | Ontario Tech University |
| 11 | St. Thomas University |
| 12 | University of Prince Edward Island |
| 13 | Universit茅 de Moncton |
| 14 | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| 15 | The University of Winnipeg |
| 16* | Lakehead University |
| 16* | Saint Mary’s University |
| 18 | Brandon University |
| 19 | Laurentian University |
Join us tomorrow for the final installment of the 惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚 University Rankings 2021, as we explore top schools by program, including biology, business, computer science, education, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, nursing, and psychology!
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