Geography and Environment

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   58/100: Western University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 22 pts

   22 pts
2. Recognised strength in Social Sciences

   55/100: Social Sciences is offered but not a flagged strength (floors at 55)

   × 25% → 14 pts

   14 pts
3. Program data transparency

   74/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 15 pts

   15 pts
4. Value

   70/100: quality adjusted for Western University's cost

   × 15% → 11 pts

   11 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 westerncalendar.uwo.ca

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

   63/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 44 pts

   44 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. Western University publishes 2 of 3 verified metrics; missing metrics earn zero rather than increasing the weight of the available ones.

1. Graduation rate

   84%: graduation rate

   scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 78/100, weighted 35%

   27 pts

   “OUGS all-institutions table — Western 1.20% 84.00% 88.80% 95.40% — Graduation Rate 84%”

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

   95.4%: graduate employment

   scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 88/100, weighted 35%

   31 pts

   “OUGS all-institutions table — Western 1.20% 84.00% 88.80% 95.40% — Graduate Employment Rate (2 Years) 95.4%”

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

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