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Retention Rate by University
Maclean’s tracks how many first-year students return to a university in the second year. These numbers show the percentage of full-time, first-year students enrolled in the fall of 2022 who returned to the university the following year. Many factors can affect a student’s choice not to return, but on the whole, retention reflects a university’s success in keeping its students on track.
| University | Per cent |
|---|---|
| Calgary | 95.0 |
| McGill | 94.5 |
| Queen's | 94.2 |
| Waterloo | 93.6 |
| Alberta | 93.0 |
| Toronto | 92.7 |
| Western | 92.5 |
| Sherbrooke | 92.3 |
| McMaster | 92.2 |
| UBC | 91.8 |
| Guelph | 91.6 |
| Laval | 91.6 |
| Carleton | 91.4 |
| Manitoba | 89.7 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 89.7 |
| Brock | 89.1 |
| York | 87.6 |
| Concordia | 87.5 |
| UPEI | 87.3 |
| Ottawa | 87.0 |
| Montréal | 86.8 |
| Mount Allison | 86.6 |
| Victoria | 86.0 |
| Saskatchewan | 85.9 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 85.9 |
| Dalhousie | 85.8 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 85.8 |
| Windsor | 85.7 |
| Simon Fraser | 85.6 |
| Laurentian | 85.5 |
| Regina | 85.5 |
| UQAM | 85.2 |
| Bishop's | 84.2 |
| Ontario Tech | 83.6 |
| UNBC | 83.2 |
| Lakehead | 83.1 |
| Nipissing | 82.4 |
| New Brunswick | 82.3 |
| Cape Breton | 82.1 |
| Trent | 81.3 |
| Acadia | 80.3 |
| Lethbridge | 80.1 |
| Moncton | 80.0 |
| Saint Mary's | 77.7 |
| St. Thomas | 77.7 |
| Winnipeg | 76.6 |
| Brandon | 74.7 |
| Algoma | 73.8 |
| Memorial | 73.3 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 68.9 |