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Conestoga College

Kitchener, Ontario · Founded 1967 · Official site ↗

B
Overall grade

Editorial standing

C-

Reputation & academic strength (100% editorial · no reviews yet). 43/100

Data transparency

Partial

How openly it publishes & sources its data. 44/100 · 1/3 signals

Compare to peersSee the rubric ↓

Report card

Methodology v2.3 →

Our own grades, computed from objective public data, relative to other colleges. This is the school's overall quality. Click any row to see how Conestoga College compares on that attribute.

Our method
AcademicsAcademic selectivity and strength of the entering class / program depth.COutcomesHow students fare: retention, graduation and graduate employment.A-ValueCost to attend relative to peers (lower domestic tuition scores higher).A+BreadthRange of broad program areas offered.CCampus & CommunityScale of campus life and residence availability.C-

Verified student outcomes

Outcome score 87/100

Published by the institution or government and linked to the official source. These are what drive our outcome-based rankings. The exact calculation that produced the 87/100 score is shown below.

Graduate employment
6 months after graduation · Ontario College KPI, graduate employment (2021-22 graduates) · as of 2022-23
90%Government of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗
Graduation rate
Ontario College KPI graduation rate (graduated by 2021-22) · as of 2022-23
72.9%Government of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗
Graduate satisfaction
Ontario College KPI, graduate satisfaction (very satisfied / satisfied) · as of 2022-23
80.7%Government of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗
How we calculated this 87/100: the real numbers87/100

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

  1. Graduate employment
    90%: graduate employment
    scaled within the 78-90% range across the 9 peers that publish it → 100/100, weighted 55%
    55 pts
    “Conestoga 72.9 90.0 80.7 — graduate employment 90%”
    Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗· as of 2022-23
  2. Graduation rate
    72.9%: graduation rate
    scaled within the 61.2-74% range across the 8 peers that publish it → 91/100, weighted 25%
    23 pts
    “Conestoga 72.9 90.0 80.7 — graduation rate 72.9%”
    Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗· as of 2022-23
  3. Graduate satisfaction
    80.7%: graduate satisfaction
    scaled within the 71.7-90.7% range across the 9 peers that publish it → 47/100, weighted 20%
    9 pts
    “Conestoga 72.9 90.0 80.7 — graduate satisfaction 80.7%”
    Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario / Colleges Ontario, Key Performance Indicators (2022-23 reporting year; 2021-22 graduates) ↗· as of 2022-23
Outcome score87/100

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.

Want the cohort-wide method behind these weights? See the full methodology.

Transparency

Partial · 44/100

How openly Conestoga College publishes the data families need, keeps it current, and links it to an official source. We score whether the data exists, not the results themselves. Each signal's source and its share of the 44/100 are shown below.

Publishes student outcomes
3 of 3 outcome metrics sourced
source ↗44 pts2/2
Keeps published data current
latest figure as of 2022
source ↗0 pts0/2
Backs facts with verified official links
0 verified source links
0 pts0/2
How we calculated this 44/100: the real numbers44/100

Each signal can earn a share of 100 points equal to its weight; a partly-met signal earns proportionally less. The points below add up to the score.

  1. Publishes student outcomes
    3 of 3 outcome metrics sourced
    2/2 earned → 44 of 44 pts
    44 pts / 44

    3 of 3 outcome metrics sourced

    Sourceofficial source ↗
  2. Keeps published data current
    latest figure as of 2022
    0/2 earned → 0 of 25 pts
    0 pts / 25

    latest figure as of 2022

    Sourceofficial source ↗
  3. Backs facts with verified official links
    0 verified source links
    0/2 earned → 0 of 31 pts
    0 pts / 31
Transparency score44/100

We score whether the data EXISTS and is sourced, not the results themselves. A school is never penalized here for a low outcome, only for not publishing one.

v1 scores objective, automatically-checkable signals. Editorial clarity assessments (admission rubric, website, policies), grounded in Conestoga College's own pages and human-reviewed before publishing, are being added.

Overview

Editorial

A fast-growing polytechnic in the Waterloo region with a strong applied-engineering, trades and health focus and extensive co-op. Tightly connected to the local advanced-manufacturing and tech economy.

Recognized program strengths

EngineeringBusinessHealth SciencesTrades & Technology

Derived from Conestoga College's own published flagship/known-for programs. Used to weight our program-specific rankings.

Programs

272 programs · 17 fields

Conestoga College offers programs across 17 fields, listed below at the program level. All 272 are confirmed on Conestoga College's official programs page. Program outcomes roll up into the verified school-level figures above. We don't yet have verified program-level stats for these, so we mark each Unverified rather than show an estimate.

Agriculture & Environment10 listedSchools strong in Agriculture & Environment →
Architecture6 listedSchools strong in Architecture →
Arts & Humanities3 listedSchools strong in Arts & Humanities →
Business38 listedSchools strong in Business →
Computer Science36 listedSchools strong in Computer Science →
Education7 listedSchools strong in Education →
Engineering24 listedSchools strong in Engineering →
Fine & Performing Arts13 listedSchools strong in Fine & Performing Arts →
Health Sciences32 listedSchools strong in Health Sciences →
Hospitality & Tourism13 listedSchools strong in Hospitality & Tourism →
Law3 listedSchools strong in Law →
Media & Communications14 listedSchools strong in Media & Communications →
Natural Sciences3 listedSchools strong in Natural Sciences →
Nursing4 listedSchools strong in Nursing →
Other1 listedSchools strong in Other →
Social Sciences20 listedSchools strong in Social Sciences →
Trades & Technology45 listedSchools strong in Trades & Technology →

Program list compiled from Conestoga College's published program areas and flagship programs. We verify outcomes program-by-program; until a program is verified its stats show Unverified.

Sources & citations

We cite every figure on this page. 4 of 4 stats currently link to a verified official source; the rest are marked Unverified until we confirm them against an official page. We never invent a citation to fill the gap.

  • Sourced. Backed by an official page we have verified: the figure appears on that page; follow the link to see it.
  • Official dataset. From an official government dataset whose per-institution figures are only available through an interactive lookup tool. The number isn't printed on a single page, so we link the dataset and state its name and year.
  • Estimate. Our editorial estimate. The school doesn't publish a single admission average, so treat this as approximate (competitive programs often run higher).
  • Computed by us. A value we calculate under our published, versioned methodology.
  • Editorial. Our own written summary. Confirm specifics on the school's official site.
  • Public info. A stable, publicly-known descriptor (campus type, residence, co-op, founding year), not a contestable statistic.
  • Unverified. A figure we state but haven't yet confirmed on an official page. We never fabricate a citation to fill the gap.
Data freshnessLast checked July 3, 2026

An automated checker re-verifies every official source on this page on a daily schedule. If a source page moves, breaks, or changes, it's flagged and the figure is held out of our rankings until it's re-confirmed against the official page. Most recent run for Conestoga College: July 3, 2026. How we keep this current →

Data as of June 2026. Verified official pages are listed in the sidebar. Our citation policy → · Our accuracy log →

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Key stats

Avg. entering grade
Open admissionUnverified
Selectivity
OpenOur method
Domestic tuition
$4,200/yrconestogac.on.ca ↗
International tuition
$16,000/yrconestogac.on.ca ↗
Total enrollment
11,072ocls.ca ↗
Campus setting
suburbanPublic info
On-campus residence
YesPublic info
Co-op
YesPublic info

Data as of June 2026. Verified student outcomes (with their official source and the year each refers to) are in the “Verified student outcomes” section. Other figures here are public and cited where confirmed.

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How Conestoga College ranks

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Official sources

Unverified

We haven't wired this school to a verified admissions page yet, so confirm requirements directly with the school: official site ↗.

Compiled from public/official sources (institution website, government open data, Statistics Canada). Figures indicative for v1.