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MathematicsDegree programRecognized strength✓ Listed officially

Statistics

at University of Waterloo · Waterloo, Ontario · On the official programs page ↗

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Program score
Data transparencyPartial

How well this program's existence and the school's data are sourced. 60/100

Value scoreB+

Quality adjusted for the school's cost. 77/100 · see how University of Waterloo compares

How this program ranks

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Among Canadian universities offering Mathematics, Statistics at University of Waterloo ranks #4 of 93 on our program score: verified school-wide outcomes (40%), recognized strength in Mathematics(25%), data transparency (20%) and value (15%). Here's exactly how its 83/100 was reached:

How we calculated this 83/100: the real numbers83/100

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

  1. Verified school-wide outcomes
    86/100: University of Waterloo's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)
    × 40% → 34 pts
    34 pts
  2. Recognised strength in Mathematics
    100/100: University of Waterloo is recognized for Mathematics
    × 25% → 25 pts
    25 pts
  3. Program data transparency
    60/100: this program's transparency score (below)
    × 20% → 12 pts
    12 pts
  4. Value
    77/100: quality adjusted for University of Waterloo's cost
    × 15% → 12 pts
    12 pts
Program score83/100

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.

Compared with other Mathematics programs

Transparency

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The one program-level signal we can verify today is whether this program is listed on University of Waterloo's official programs page. The rest is University of Waterloo's own data transparency, inherited and labelled; we don't yet have verified per-program stats.

Program listed on the school's official programs pageThis program
Existence confirmed on uwaterloo.ca
source ↗1/1
Publishes student outcomesSchool-level
2 of 3 outcome metrics sourced · 2 via official government dataset
dataset ↗1/2
Keeps published data currentSchool-level
latest figure as of 2022
dataset ↗0/2
Sources its competitive entry averageSchool-level
publishes no admitted average. Our entering grade is an editorial estimate, not sourced
0/1
Maintains reachable official linksSchool-level
2 reachable official links; value verification is scored separately
source ↗2/2
How we calculated this 60/100: the real numbers60/100

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
    43/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)
    × 70% → 30 pts
    30 pts
Program transparency60/100

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.

Outcomes (school-wide)

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We don't yet publish program-level outcomes, so Statistics inherits University of Waterloo's verified school-widefigures. These are what feed its program score, never a per-program number we can't source.

Graduation rate
83.5%
Graduate employment
96.3%
First-year retention
94.1%
How we calculated this 86/100: the real numbers86/100

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 Waterloo publishes.

  1. Graduation rate
    83.5%: graduation rate
    scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 77/100, weighted 50%
    38 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
  2. Graduate employment
    96.3%: graduate employment
    scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 96/100, weighted 50%
    48 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
Outcome score86/100

Scored on 2 of 3 outcome metrics: the rest aren't published with a verifiable source, so they're left out rather than estimated.

Program facts

Field
Mathematics
Credential
Degree program
School
University of Waterloo
Domestic tuition
~$7,400 est./yr
Avg. entering grade
~90% est.
Existence
uwaterloo.ca ↗

Per-program stats are honestly Unverified until a program-level figure is sourced. Data as of June 2026.

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