Social SciencesDegree programRecognized strength✓ Listed officially

Public Affairs and Policy Management

at Carleton University · Ottawa, Ontario · On the official programs page ↗

B-

Program score

Data transparencyStrong

How well this program's existence and the school's data are sourced. 79/100

Value scoreC-

Quality adjusted for the school's cost. 42/100 · see how Carleton University compares

Admission

Estimate

80-82%Competitive range (varies by stream/year)

The school publishes a band, not one number. See the source for the official ranges.

Prerequisites: No specific prerequisites

Carleton publishes a minimum cut-off range for the BPAPM, not a single admission average. The band applies to both the overall and the prerequisite average.

Admission to Public Affairs and Policy Management depends on more than grades. Confirm current requirements on the official program page.

How this program ranks

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Among Canadian universities offering Social Sciences, Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University ranks #184 of 387 on our program score: verified school-wide outcomes (40%), recognized strength in Social Sciences (25%), data transparency (20%) and value (15%). Here's exactly how its 64/100 was reached:

How we calculated this 64/100: the real numbers64/100

Verified school-wide outcomes 40% · recognized strength in Social Sciences 25% · data transparency 20% · value 15%.

Verified school-wide outcomes
43/100: Carleton University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)
× 40% → 17 pts
17 pts
Recognised strength in Social Sciences
100/100: Carleton University is recognized for Social Sciences
× 25% → 25 pts
25 pts
Program data transparency
79/100: this program's transparency score (below)
× 20% → 16 pts
16 pts
Value
42/100: quality adjusted for Carleton University's cost
× 15% → 6 pts
6 pts

Program score64/100

We don't yet publish verified program-LEVEL outcomes, so this program inherits its school's verified figures, labelled as such: never a per-program number we can't source.

Compared with other Social Sciences programs

1
Applied EconomicsQueen's University
B+
2
Cognitive ScienceQueen's University
B+
3
EconomicsQueen's University
B+
4
Employment RelationsQueen's University
B+
5
Gender StudiesQueen's University
B+

Transparency

Compare schools on transparency

The one program-level signal we can verify today is whether this program is listed on Carleton University's official programs page. The rest is Carleton University's own data transparency, inherited and labelled; we don't yet have verified per-program stats.

Program listed on the school's official programs pageThis program

Existence confirmed on admissions.carleton.ca

source ↗1/1

Publishes student outcomesSchool-level

3 of 3 outcome metrics sourced · 2 via official government dataset

source ↗2/2

Keeps published data currentSchool-level

latest figure as of 2023

source ↗1/2

Sources its competitive entry averageSchool-level

publishes no admitted average. Our entering grade is an editorial estimate, not sourced

0/1

Maintains reachable official linksSchool-level

2 reachable official links; value verification is scored separately

source ↗2/2

How we calculated this 79/100: the real numbers79/100

30% (listed on the school's official programs page) + 70% (the school's own data-transparency score).

Program listed on an official pageThis program
Yes: existence confirmed on the school's official programs page (1/1)
× 30% → 30 pts
30 pts
Existence confirmed on admissions.carleton.ca
Sourceofficial source ↗
Carleton University's data-transparency scoreSchool-level
70/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)
× 70% → 49 pts
49 pts

Program transparency79/100

The one genuinely program-level signal we can verify today is whether the program is listed officially. The rest is the school's transparency, inherited and labelled.

Outcomes (school-wide)

Compare on graduate employment

We don't yet publish program-level outcomes, so Public Affairs and Policy Management inherits Carleton University's verified school-wide figures. These are what feed its program score, never a per-program number we can't source.

Graduation rate

68.7%

First-year retention

83%

Graduate employment

94.9%

How we calculated this 43/100: the real numbers43/100

Each verified outcome is scored 0-100 against the range its peers actually publish, then blended by weight.

First-year retention
83%: first-year retention
scaled within the 80-95% range across the 15 peers that publish it → 20/100, weighted 30%
6 pts
“the two-year retention rate remains amongst historic highs at 83%”
Extracted fromCarleton University Students & Enrolment 2023-2024 Annual Report ↗· as of 2023
Graduation rate
68.7%: graduation rate
scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 23/100, weighted 35%
8 pts
“OUGS all-institutions table — Carleton 3.10% 68.70% 85.90% 94.90% — Graduation Rate 68.7%”
Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23
Graduate employment
94.9%: graduate employment
scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 83/100, weighted 35%
29 pts
“OUGS all-institutions table — Carleton 3.10% 68.70% 85.90% 94.90% — Graduate Employment Rate (2 Years) 94.9%”
Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23

Outcome score43/100

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.

Program facts

Field: Social Sciences
Credential: Degree program
School: Carleton University
Domestic tuition: ~$7,100 est./yr
Avg. entering grade: 70-85%
Existence: admissions.carleton.ca ↗

Per-program stats are honestly Unverified until a program-level figure is sourced. Data as of June 2026.

Full school profile

Public Affairs and Policy Management is one program at Carleton University. See the school's grades, verified outcomes, transparency and every other program.

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Program facts

Per-program stats are honestly Unverified until a program-level figure is sourced. Data as of June 2026.