Astronomy

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   88/100: University of British Columbia's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 35 pts

   35 pts
2. Recognised strength in Natural Sciences

   100/100: University of British Columbia is recognized for Natural Sciences

   × 25% → 25 pts

   25 pts
3. Program data transparency

   81/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 16 pts

   16 pts
4. Value

   92/100: quality adjusted for University of British Columbia's cost

   × 15% → 14 pts

   14 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 vancouver.calendar.ubc.ca

   Sourceofficial source ↗
2. University of British Columbia's data-transparency scoreSchool-level

   73/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 51 pts

   51 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 University of British Columbia publishes.

1. First-year retention

   95%: first-year retention

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

   46 pts

   “95% of the 2023/24 cohort of first-year undergraduate students were retained into 2024/25 (UBC Vancouver)”

   Extracted fromUBC Planning, Analytics & Institutional Research, Annual Enrolment Report 2024/25 ↗· as of 2023-24
2. Graduation rate

   84%: graduation rate

   scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 78/100, weighted 54%

   42 pts

   “84% of UBC Vancouver students [2018/19 cohort] completed their programs within six years”

   Extracted fromUBC Planning, Analytics & Institutional Research, Annual Enrolment Report 2024/25 ↗· as of 2018-19 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.