Cognitive Science

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   31/100: Simon Fraser University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 13 pts

   13 pts
2. Recognised strength in Social Sciences

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

   × 25% → 14 pts

   14 pts
3. Program data transparency

   67/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 13 pts

   13 pts
4. Value

   49/100: quality adjusted for Simon Fraser University's cost

   × 15% → 7 pts

   7 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 sfu.ca

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

   53/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 37 pts

   37 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 Simon Fraser University publishes.

1. First-year retention

   86%: first-year retention

   scaled within the 80-95% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 40/100, weighted 46%

   18 pts

   “2023/24 cohort, Yr 2: Still Here 86%”

   Extracted fromSFU Institutional Research & Planning, Undergraduate Retention Report ↗· as of 2023-24
2. Graduation rate

   69%: graduation rate

   scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 24/100, weighted 54%

   13 pts

   “2019/20 cohort, Yr 6: Graduated 69%”

   Extracted fromSFU Institutional Research & Planning, Undergraduate Retention Report ↗· as of 2019-20 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.