Contemporary Journalism

Verified school-wide outcomes 40% · recognized strength in Media & Communications 25% · data transparency 20% · value 15%.

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   14/100: Centennial College's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 5 pts

   5 pts
2. Recognised strength in Media & Communications

   55/100: Media & Communications is offered but not a flagged strength (floors at 55)

   × 25% → 14 pts

   14 pts
3. Program data transparency

   61/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 12 pts

   12 pts
4. Value

   51/100: quality adjusted for Centennial College's cost

   × 15% → 8 pts

   8 pts

+5 pts: paid co-op, which genuinely differentiates Media & Communications programs.

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.

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

1. 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 centennialcollege.ca

   Sourceofficial source ↗
2. Centennial College's data-transparency scoreSchool-level

   44/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 31 pts

   31 pts

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.

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

1. Graduate employment

   80.5%: graduate employment

   scaled within the 78-90% range across the 9 peers that publish it → 21/100, weighted 55%

   11 pts

   “Centennial 61.2 80.5 74.5 — graduate employment 80.5%”

   Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗· as of 2022-23
2. Graduation rate

   61.2%: graduation rate

   scaled within the 61.2-74% range across the 8 peers that publish it → 0/100, weighted 25%

   0 pts

   “Centennial 61.2 80.5 74.5 — graduation rate 61.2%”

   Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗· as of 2022-23
3. Graduate satisfaction

   74.5%: graduate satisfaction

   scaled within the 71.7-90.7% range across the 9 peers that publish it → 15/100, weighted 20%

   3 pts

   “Centennial 61.2 80.5 74.5 — graduate satisfaction 74.5%”

   Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗· as of 2022-23

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.