BusinessDegree programRecognized strength✓ Listed officially

Commerce

at York University · Toronto, Ontario · On the official programs page ↗

B-

Program score

Data transparencyPartial

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

Value scoreC

Quality adjusted for the school's cost. 53/100 · see how York University compares

Admission

Estimate

80-83%Competitive range (varies by stream/year)

The school publishes a band, not one number. See the source for the official ranges.

Prerequisites: OSSD; ENG4U; MHF4U; and four additional 4U or M courses.

Distinct from Schulich's BBA (see Business Administration). York publishes a qualitative band ('low 80s'), not a single figure; the % shown is our midpoint.

Admission to Commerce depends on more than grades. Confirm current requirements on the official program page.

How this program ranks

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Among Canadian universities offering Business, Commerce at York University ranks #97 of 182 on our program score: verified school-wide outcomes (40%), recognized strength in Business(25%), data transparency (20%) and value (15%). Here's exactly how its 66/100 was reached:

How we calculated this 66/100: the real numbers66/100

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

Verified school-wide outcomes
40/100: York University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)
× 40% → 16 pts
16 pts
Recognised strength in Business
100/100: York University is recognized for Business
× 25% → 25 pts
25 pts
Program data transparency
60/100: this program's transparency score (below)
× 20% → 12 pts
12 pts
Value
53/100: quality adjusted for York University's cost
× 15% → 8 pts
8 pts

+5 pts: paid co-op, which genuinely differentiates Business programs.

Program score66/100

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 Business programs

1
AccountingUniversity of British Columbia
A+
2
Business and Computer ScienceUniversity of British Columbia
A+
3
Business Technology ManagementUniversity of British Columbia
A+
4
EntrepreneurshipUniversity of British Columbia
A+
5
FinanceUniversity of British Columbia
A+

Transparency

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The one program-level signal we can verify today is whether this program is listed on York University's official programs page. The rest is York University'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 futurestudents.yorku.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).

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 futurestudents.yorku.ca
Sourceofficial source ↗
York University'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 Commerce inherits York University's verified school-widefigures. These are what feed its program score, never a per-program number we can't source.

Graduation rate

67.2%

First-year retention

88.5%

Graduate employment

92.7%

How we calculated this 40/100: the real numbers40/100

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 York University publishes.

Graduation rate
67.2%: graduation rate
scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 18/100, weighted 50%
8 pts
“OUGS all-institutions table — York 2.80% 67.20% 82.30% 92.70% — Graduation Rate 67.2%”
Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23
Graduate employment
92.7%: graduate employment
scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 63/100, weighted 50%
32 pts
“OUGS all-institutions table — York 2.80% 67.20% 82.30% 92.70% — Graduate Employment Rate (2 Years) 92.7%”
Extracted fromGovernment of Ontario · dataset ↗· as of 2022-23

Outcome score40/100

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: Business
Credential: Degree program
School: York University
Domestic tuition: ~$7,200 est./yr
Avg. entering grade: 70-92%
Existence: futurestudents.yorku.ca ↗

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

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