Teaching English as a Second Language

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   99/100: Queen's University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 39 pts

   39 pts
2. Recognised strength in Education

   55/100: Education is offered but not a flagged strength (floors at 55)

   × 25% → 14 pts

   14 pts
3. Program data transparency

   79/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 16 pts

   16 pts
4. Value

   74/100: quality adjusted for Queen's University's cost

   × 15% → 11 pts

   11 pts

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 queensu.ca

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

   70/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 49 pts

   49 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. First-year retention

   94.3%: first-year retention

   scaled within the 80-95% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 95/100, weighted 30%

   29 pts

   “Year 1–2 Retention Rates 2024 (2023 cohort) 94.3%”

   Extracted fromQueen's University 2025-26 Enrolment Report (CSRDE) ↗· as of 2024
2. Graduation rate

   90%: graduation rate

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

   35 pts

   “OUGS all-institutions table — Queens 0.80% 90.00% 92.90% 96.70% — Graduation Rate 90%”

   Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23
3. Graduate employment

   96.7%: graduate employment

   scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 100/100, weighted 35%

   35 pts

   “OUGS all-institutions table — Queens 0.80% 90.00% 92.90% 96.70% — Graduate Employment Rate (2 Years) 96.7%”

   Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.