Agriculture & EnvironmentDegree program✓ Listed officially

Environment & Society

at McMaster University · Hamilton, Ontario · On the official programs page ↗

Program score

Data transparencyStrong

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

Value scoreB-

Quality adjusted for the school's cost. 67/100 · see how McMaster University compares

How this program ranks

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Among Canadian universities offering Agriculture & Environment, Environment & Society at McMaster University ranks #74 of 139 on our program score: verified school-wide outcomes (40%), recognized strength in Agriculture & Environment (25%), data transparency (20%) and value (15%). Here's exactly how its 72/100 was reached:

How we calculated this 72/100: the real numbers72/100

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

Verified school-wide outcomes
82/100: McMaster University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)
× 40% → 32 pts
32 pts
Recognised strength in Agriculture & Environment
55/100: Agriculture & Environment is offered but not a flagged strength (floors at 55)
× 25% → 14 pts
14 pts
Program data transparency
79/100: this program's transparency score (below)
× 20% → 16 pts
16 pts
Value
67/100: quality adjusted for McMaster University's cost
× 15% → 10 pts
10 pts

Program score72/100

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 Agriculture & Environment programs

1
Applied BiologyUniversity of British Columbia
A
2
Bachelor of Indigenous Land StewardshipUniversity of British Columbia
A
3
Bachelor of Urban ForestryUniversity of British Columbia
A
4
Environment and SocietyUniversity of British Columbia
A
5
Environment and SustainabilityUniversity of British Columbia
A

Transparency

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The one program-level signal we can verify today is whether this program is listed on McMaster University's official programs page. The rest is McMaster 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 academiccalendars.romcmaster.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

Backs facts with verified official linksSchool-level

2 verified source links

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 academiccalendars.romcmaster.ca
Sourceofficial source ↗
McMaster 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)

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We don't yet publish program-level outcomes, so Environment & Society inherits McMaster University's verified school-wide figures. These are what feed its program score, never a per-program number we can't source.

Graduation rate

83.1%

Graduate employment

95.7%

First-year retention

92%

How we calculated this 82/100: the real numbers82/100

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

First-year retention
92%: first-year retention
scaled within the 80-95% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 80/100, weighted 30%
24 pts
“92% of Undergraduates continued to 2nd year”
Extracted fromMcMaster University Office of Institutional Research & Analysis, Quick Facts 2023-24 ↗· as of 2023-24
Graduation rate
83.1%: graduation rate
scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 75/100, weighted 35%
26 pts
“OUGS all-institutions table — McMaster 1.10% 83.10% 86.60% 95.70% — Graduation Rate 83.1%”
Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23
Graduate employment
95.7%: graduate employment
scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 91/100, weighted 35%
32 pts
“OUGS all-institutions table — McMaster 1.10% 83.10% 86.60% 95.70% — Graduate Employment Rate (2 Years) 95.7%”
Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23

Outcome score82/100

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.

Program facts

Field: Agriculture & Environment
Credential: Degree program
School: McMaster University
Domestic tuition: $7,000/yr
Avg. entering grade: 86-96%
Existence: academiccalendars.romcmaster.ca ↗

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

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