Therapeutic Recreation

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   83/100: Western University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 33 pts

   33 pts
2. Recognised strength in Health Sciences

   100/100: Western University is recognized for Health Sciences

   × 25% → 25 pts

   25 pts
3. Program data transparency

   93/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 19 pts

   19 pts
4. Value

   73/100: 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

   90/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 63 pts

   63 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

   92.6%: first-year retention

   scaled within the 80-95% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 84/100, weighted 30%

   25 pts

   “One of Canada's highest first to second year retention rate at 92.6% (2023-24)”

   Extracted fromWestern University, Facts & Figures ↗· 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 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
3. 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

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.