Political Science

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

1. Verified school-wide outcomes

   45/100: York University's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)

   × 40% → 18 pts

   18 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

   72/100: this program's transparency score (below)

   × 20% → 14 pts

   14 pts
4. Value

   55/100: quality adjusted for York University's cost

   × 15% → 8 pts

   8 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 futurestudents.yorku.ca

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

   60/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)

   × 70% → 42 pts

   42 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

   88.5%: first-year retention

   scaled within the 80-95% range across the 15 peers that publish it → 57/100, weighted 30%

   17 pts

   “Undergraduate Retention Rate: Domestic current year 88.5%; International current year 88.5%”

   Extracted fromYork University OIPA, Measuring Success 2023-24 Year-End Report ↗· as of 2022-23
2. Graduation rate

   67.2%: graduation rate

   scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 18/100, weighted 35%

   6 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
3. Graduate employment

   92.7%: graduate employment

   scaled within the 86-96.7% range across the 14 peers that publish it → 63/100, weighted 35%

   22 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

All 3 outcome metrics are verified to an official source.