Environmental Engineering

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   90/100: University of Waterloo's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 36 pts

   36 pts
2. Recognised strength in Engineering

   100/100: University of Waterloo is recognized for Engineering

   × 25% → 25 pts

   25 pts
3. Program data transparency

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

   × 20% → 16 pts

   16 pts
4. Value

   79/100: quality adjusted for University of Waterloo's cost

   × 15% → 12 pts

   12 pts

+5 pts: paid co-op, which genuinely differentiates Engineering 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 uwaterloo.ca

   Sourceofficial source ↗
2. University of Waterloo'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

   95%: first-year retention

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

   30 pts

   “Most recent data available: 2024 Cohort. Waterloo, 2024: 95.0%”

   Extracted fromUniversity of Waterloo, Institutional Analysis & Planning (Performance Indicators) ↗· as of 2024
2. Graduation rate

   83.5%: graduation rate

   scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 77/100, weighted 35%

   26 pts

   “OUGS all-institutions table — Waterloo 0.80% 83.50% 87.10% 96.30% — Graduation Rate 83.5%”

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

   96.3%: graduate employment

   scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 96/100, weighted 35%

   34 pts

   “OUGS all-institutions table — Waterloo 0.80% 83.50% 87.10% 96.30% — Graduate Employment Rate (2 Years) 96.3%”

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

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.