at University of Alberta · Edmonton, Alberta · On the official programs page ↗
How well this program's existence and the school's data are sourced. 60/100
Quality adjusted for the school's cost. 66/100 · see how University of Alberta compares
The school publishes one entering average for the whole faculty, not per program. This program's own average may sit above or below it; see the note below.
The school publishes a band, not one number. See the source for the official ranges.
The University of Alberta publishes a Nursing admission-average band ('Mid 80s to low 90s'), not a single figure. The % shown is our midpoint of that band.
Admission to Nursing depends on more than grades. Confirm current requirements on the official program page.
Among Canadian universities offering Nursing, Nursing at University of Alberta ranks #7 of 18 on our program score: verified school-wide outcomes (40%), recognized strength in Nursing (25%), data transparency (20%) and value (15%). Here's exactly how its 58/100 was reached:
Verified school-wide outcomes 40% · recognized strength in Nursing 25% · data transparency 20% · value 15%.
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.
The one program-level signal we can verify today is whether this program is listed on University of Alberta's official programs page. The rest is University of Alberta's own data transparency, inherited and labelled; we don't yet have verified per-program stats.
30% (listed on the school's official programs page) + 70% (the school's own data-transparency score).
Existence confirmed on calendar.ualberta.ca
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.
We don't yet publish program-level outcomes, so Nursing inherits University of Alberta's verified school-wide figures. These are what feed its program score, never a per-program number we can't source.
Each verified outcome is scored 0-100 against the range its peers actually publish, then blended by weight. University of Alberta publishes 2 of 3 verified metrics; missing metrics earn zero rather than increasing the weight of the available ones.
“Completion rates increased slightly to 81.9 per cent in 2022-23”
“96% of U of A students are employed two years post-graduation”
Scored on 2 of 3 outcome metrics: the rest aren't published with a verifiable source, so they earn zero rather than being estimated.
Per-program stats are honestly Unverified until a program-level figure is sourced. Data as of June 2026.
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