Journalism

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   44/100: Concordia University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 17 pts

   17 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

   60/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 12 pts

   12 pts
4. Value

   52/100: quality adjusted for Concordia University'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 concordia.ca

   Sourceofficial source ↗
2. Concordia University's data-transparency scoreSchool-level

   43/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 30 pts

   30 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 and renormalised over the 2 of 3 metrics Concordia University publishes.

1. First-year retention

   88%: first-year retention

   scaled within the 80-95% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 53/100, weighted 46%

   24 pts

   “Retention past first year: 88%”

   Extracted fromConcordia University Fast Facts 2019-2020 ↗· as of 2019
2. Graduation rate

   72.1%: graduation rate

   scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 35/100, weighted 54%

   20 pts

   “Concordia … 72,1 % (cohorte 2012, suivi sur 6 ans)”

   Extracted fromMinistère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur du Québec, Taux d'obtention d'un diplôme universitaire (2019) ↗· as of 2012 cohort

Scored on 2 of 3 outcome metrics: the rest aren't published with a verifiable source, so they're left out rather than estimated.