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By the Numbers: Faculty Breakdown

The numbers below reflect one-on-one appointments between our Student Success Centre Career Counselling/Career Development staff with students in each Faculty and/or academic area noted below from May 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022.

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1. Bar graph of career appointments by Faculty for 2021 to 2022 totalling 3,199: Science Undergrad (1,105), Social Sciences Undergrad (564), Engineering Undergrad (558), Business Undergrad (215), Humanities Undergrad (191), Health Sciences Undergrad (173), Engineering Grad (83), Interdisciplinary Studies Grad (81), Health Sciences Grad (69), Humanities Grad (40), Arts & Science Grad (35), Social Sciences Grad (35), Science Grad (30), Business Grad (9), Continuing Education Grad (7), Graduate Studies (1).

2. Bar graph of career events attendance by Faculty for 2021 to 2022 totalling 4,978: Science Undergrad (1,669), Engineering Undergrad (1,166), Health Sciences Undergrad (487), Social Sciences Undergrad (477), Business Undergrad (388), Engineering Grad (245), Humanities Undergrad (216), Interdisciplinary Studies (74), Business Grad (56), Health Sciences Grad (55), Arts & Science Grad (44), Interdisciplinary Studies Grad (38), Social Sciences Grad (24), Science Grad (18), Graduate Studies (13), Humanities Grad (7), Divinity (1).

While the SSC takes the leadership role in event planning and delivery, the high-profile Career Fair events are undertaken in strong collaboration with our Faculty Career / Experiential Learning Office partners (e.g. Fall Career Fair; Online Volunteer and Job Fair; and Community Engagement and Volunteer Fair).

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3. Line graph of academic skills appointments by Faculty for 2021-2022 totalling 743: Science Undergrad (250), Social Sciences Undergrad (152), Engineering Undergrad (71), Humanities Undergrad (56), Health Sciences Undergrad (50), Business Undergrad (36), Health Sciences Grad (34), Arts & Science (21), Interdisciplinary Studies Grad (20), Engineering Grad (14), Interdisciplinary Studies Undergrad (13), Social Sciences Grad (10), Science Grad (7), Humanities Grad (5), Divinity (2), Business Grad (2)

4. Line graph of academic skills event attendance by Faculty for 2021-2022 totalling 5,694: Science Undergrad (2,063), Engineering Undergrad (946), Social Sciences Undergrad (650), Business Undergrad (411), Health Sciences Undergrad (410), Humanities Undergrad (389), Engineering Grad (238), Health Sciences Grad (107), Interdisciplinary Studies Grad (94), Social Sciences Grad (92), Arts & Science (72), Humanities Grad (64), Science Grad (63), Graduate Studies (56), Business Grad (21), Interdisciplinary Studies Undergrad (18)

The numbers below reflect one-on-one appointments between our Student Success Centre International Student Services staff (including our two Regulated International Student Immigration Advisors) with students in each Faculty and/or academic area noted below from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022.

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1. Graph of International Student Services Appointments by Faculty for 2021-2022 totalling 1,870: Engineering Undergrad (446), Science Undergrad (402), Business Undergrad (339), Social Sciences Undergrad (269), Engineering Grad (162), Humanities Undergrad (73), Business Grad (49), Health Sciences Grad (38), Interdiscipinary Studies Grad (23), Science Grad (18), Social Sciences - Grad (14), Interdiscipinary Studies Undergrad (14), Humanities Grad (8), Graduate Studies (7), Health Sciences Undergrad (7), Arts & Science (1)

2. Graph of International Student Services Events by Faculty for 2021-2022 totalling 2,998: Engineering Grad (675), Science Undergrad (631), Engineering Undergrad (568), Social Sciences Undergrad (351), Business Undergrad (222), Humanities Undergrad (118), Business Grad (91), Science Grad (76), Health Sciences Undergrad (70), Graduate Studies (56), Interdisciplinary Studies Grad (54), Health Sciences Grad (34), Social Sciences Grad (21), Interdisciplinary Studies Undergrad (13), Humanities Grad (9), Arts & Science (9)

The numbers below reflect top attended academic skills events (both virtual and in-person) and website page views for Student Success Centre.

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3. Line graph of top attended events at the Student Success Centre totalling 3,987: Academic Skills Prep Series: Note-taking in University (562), Academic Skills Prep Series: Being an Online Learner (511), Academic Skills Prep Series: Studying for Success (506), Academic Skills Prep Series: Reading & Writing for Academic Purposes (495), Academic Skills Prep Series: Being a University Learner (480), Academic Skills Prep Series: Mastering Time Management (473), Summer Writing Program: Flex Access (329), Virtual Study Session (266), Grad Student Writing Group (200), Outlines Workshop for Graduate Students (165)

4. Bar graph of Student Success Centre page views showing total and unique for the last five academic years, starting with 2017 to 2018 and going until 2021 to 2022. Totals per year show exponential growth. Numbers are as follows: 2017 to 2018 (167,139 total, 134,720 unique); 2018 to 2019 (178,934 total, 141,434 unique); 2019 to 2020 (189,071 total, 150,612 unique); 2020 to 2021 (308,883 total, 247,047 unique); 2021 to 2022 (417,678 total, 342,736 unique)

Below are the enrolment numbers for Fall 2021.

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Undergraduate enrolment by Faculty for Fall 2021 totalling 30,989. Faculty breakdowns with each term identified: Arts & Science (288); DeGroote School of Business (4082); Divinity College (26); Faculty of Engineering (7505); Faculty of Health Sciences (3542); Faculty of Humanities (2431); Faculty of Science (8642); Faculty of Social Sciences (4473)

Graduate enrolment by Faculty for Fall 2021, totalling 5616. Faculty breakdowns with each term identified: DeGroote School of Business (1200); Divinity College (19); Faculty of Engineering (1251); Faculty of Health Sciences (1722); Faculty of Humanities (329); Faculty of Science (667); Faculty of Social Sciences (412 Fall); Interdisciplinary Studies (2); School of Graduate Studies (14)