Retail Management

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   60/100: Toronto Metropolitan University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 25 pts

   25 pts
2. Recognised strength in Business

   100/100: Toronto Metropolitan University is recognized for Business

   × 25% → 25 pts

   25 pts
3. Program data transparency

   86/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 17 pts

   17 pts
4. Value

   62/100: quality adjusted for Toronto Metropolitan University's cost

   × 15% → 9 pts

   9 pts

+5 pts: paid co-op, which genuinely differentiates Business 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 torontomu.ca

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

   80/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 56 pts

   56 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

   89.8%: first-year retention

   scaled within the 80-95% range across the 15 peers that publish it → 65/100, weighted 30%

   20 pts

   “89.8% of students … in first year … Fall 2024 were registered one year later in Fall 2025”

   Extracted fromTMU Senate Progress Indicators, January 2026 (Indicator 5k, CSRDE) ↗· as of 2025
2. Graduation rate

   75.3%: graduation rate

   scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 47/100, weighted 35%

   17 pts

   “OUGS all-institutions table — Toronto Metropolitan University 1.50% 75.30% 80.40% 93.20% — Graduation Rate 75.3%”

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

   93.2%: graduate employment

   scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 67/100, weighted 35%

   23 pts

   “OUGS all-institutions table — Toronto Metropolitan University 1.50% 75.30% 80.40% 93.20% — Graduate Employment Rate (2 Years) 93.2%”

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

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.