Canadian University Survey Consortium: What students really think
The Canadian University Survey Consortium (CUSC) survey is an annual survey with a focus on student satisfaction. In 2014, 28 institutions took part, administering an online questionnaire to a random sample of middle-years students at each school. More than 22,500 students responded for an overall response rate of 30 per cent. Below are four questions that reflect how students feel about their professors and how comfortable they feel at their university. Responses are ordered according to the percentage who chose the highest level of satisfaction, “Strongly Agree.”
See also: National Survey of Student Engagement: A truer measure of quality
Generally, I am satisfied with the quality of teaching I have received.
Generally, I am satisfied with the quality of teaching I have received
| Strongly Agree (%) | Agree (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Mennonite University | 58 | 36 |
| Trinity Western | 58 | 34 |
| King's (Edmonton) | 56 | 42 |
| Redeemer | 43 | 43 |
| Concordia (Edmonton) | 35 | 55 |
| Mount Royal | 30 | 61 |
| Nipissing | 28 | 64 |
| MacEwan | 27 | 65 |
| Fraser Valley | 24 | 66 |
| Winnipeg | 24 | 65 |
| UNB (Saint John) | 22 | 68 |
| Victoria | 21 | 66 |
| Athabasca | 20 | 66 |
| McGill | 20 | 61 |
| Moncton | 20 | 70 |
| Lethbridge | 19 | 71 |
| UNBC | 19 | 69 |
| UBC (Vancouver) | 18 | 67 |
| Dalhousie | 18 | 69 |
| UNB (Fredericton) | 18 | 66 |
| Thompson Rivers | 18 | 66 |
| UBC (Okanagan) | 17 | 67 |
| Carleton | 17 | 68 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 17 | 74 |
| McMaster | 16 | 69 |
| Saskatchewan | 12 | 77 |
| Regina | 11 | 73 |
| Simon Fraser | 11 | 72 |
I feel as if I belong at this university.
I feel as if I belong at this university
| Strongly Agree (%) | Agree (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| King's (Edmonton) | 54 | 38 |
| Redeemer | 43 | 43 |
| Trinity Western | 43 | 42 |
| Canadian Mennonite University | 41 | 46 |
| Nipissing | 28 | 62 |
| Mount Royal | 26 | 61 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 26 | 58 |
| McMaster | 23 | 59 |
| Concordia (Edmonton) | 21 | 60 |
| MacEwan | 21 | 62 |
| Carleton | 19 | 62 |
| Dalhousie | 19 | 60 |
| UNBC | 19 | 65 |
| McGill | 18 | 60 |
| Victoria | 18 | 66 |
| Athabasca | 17 | 66 |
| UBC (Vancouver) | 17 | 62 |
| Fraser Valley | 17 | 66 |
| Lethbridge | 17 | 65 |
| UBC (Okanagan) | 16 | 65 |
| UNB (Fredericton) | 16 | 65 |
| UNB (Saint John) | 16 | 65 |
| Thompson Rivers | 15 | 66 |
| Regina | 14 | 64 |
| Winnipeg | 14 | 68 |
| Moncton | 13 | 62 |
| Saskatchewan | 13 | 70 |
| Simon Fraser | 11 | 64 |
Most of my professors treat students as individuals, not just numbers.
Profs Know Name
| Strongly Agree (%) | Agree (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Mennonite University | 81 | 19 |
| Concordia (Edmonton) | 71 | 26 |
| King's (Edmonton) | 71 | 29 |
| Trinity Western | 68 | 30 |
| Redeemer | 61 | 38 |
| Nipissing | 46 | 47 |
| Mount Royal | 43 | 52 |
| Fraser Valley | 38 | 57 |
| MacEwan | 38 | 55 |
| Moncton | 34 | 54 |
| Winnipeg | 29 | 59 |
| UNB (Saint John) | 28 | 58 |
| UNB (Fredericton) | 27 | 59 |
| UNBC | 27 | 60 |
| Lethbridge | 26 | 62 |
| Thompson Rivers | 26 | 62 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 23 | 63 |
| Dalhousie | 22 | 59 |
| UBC (Okanagan) | 20 | 65 |
| Carleton | 17 | 61 |
| Regina | 17 | 66 |
| UBC (Vancouver) | 15 | 66 |
| McMaster | 15 | 64 |
| Victoria | 15 | 66 |
| Saskatchewan | 14 | 70 |
| Simon Fraser | 14 | 64 |
| McGill | 13 | 58 |
| Athabasca | 8 | 72 |
Most of my professors are intellectually stimulating in their teaching.
MOST OF MY PROFESSORS ARE INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING IN THEIR TEACHING
| Strongly Agree (%) | Agree (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Concordia (Edmonton) | 57 | 31 |
| Canadian Mennonite University | 41 | 57 |
| Trinity Western | 39 | 55 |
| King's (Edmonton) | 35 | 63 |
| Lethbridge | 23 | 65 |
| Redeemer | 23 | 68 |
| Mount Royal | 22 | 65 |
| UNB (Saint John) | 22 | 61 |
| Nipissing | 22 | 65 |
| Winnipeg | 20 | 65 |
| MacEwan | 19 | 68 |
| Moncton | 19 | 61 |
| Fraser Valley | 18 | 67 |
| Dalhousie | 17 | 65 |
| UNB (Fredericton) | 16 | 63 |
| Thompson Rivers | 16 | 63 |
| Victoria | 16 | 65 |
| UBC (Okanagan) | 15 | 62 |
| UBC (Vancouver) | 15 | 65 |
| McGill | 15 | 61 |
| UNBC | 15 | 65 |
| Carleton | 14 | 62 |
| McMaster | 14 | 63 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | 65 |
| Regina | 13 | 64 |
| Simon Fraser | 13 | 64 |
| Saskatchewan | 10 | 71 |
| Athabasca | 9 | 64 |
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