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Quick Facts 2020-2021

Undergraduate Admissions from Ontario High Schools

Undergraduate Admissions from Ontario High Schools Chart: 30,411 Applicants, 5,880 Registrants
Source: Student Record Management Service
Total Students by Gender: 44% Male (16,076), 55% Female (19,910), 1% Other (464)
Gender Undergraduate Graduate
Male 13,908 2,168
Female 17,199 2,711
Other 426 38
Gender Full-Time Part-Time Domestic International Total
Undergraduate 96%
(30,171)		 4%
(1,362)		 86%
(26,973)		 14%
(4,560)		 87%
(31,533)
Graduate 83%
(4081)		 17%
(836)		 76%
(3,737)		 24%
(1,180)		 13%
(4,917)
30,710 Domestic Students
36,450 Total Students
5,740International Students
World Map highlighting where International McMaster Students are from

Undergraduate (%)

China 71.6   India 5.4   South Korea 2.5   Nigeria 2.1   Saudi Arabia 1.7   Hong Kong 1.4   Bangladesh 1.1   Pakistan 1.0   Kuwait 0.8   Viet Nam 0.8

Graduate (%)

China 34.5   India 19.1   Iran 14.4   Egypt 5.8   USA 3.2    Brazil 2.4   Bangladesh 2.0   Saudi Arabia 1.8   Mexico 1.4   South Korea 1.0

November 1, 2020 Student Headcount.

Undergraduate Total Headcount Enrolment by Faculty (Fall 2020)

November 1, 2020 Student Headcount.
Faculty Enrolment
Business 3,741
Engineering 6,935
Health Sciences 5,090
Humanities 2,256
Science 8,444
Social Sciences 4,626
Arts & Science 283
Divinity College 158

Degrees Awarded CY 2020

Degree Male Female Other
Bachelor 2,442 3,271 68
First Professional 115 110 0
Masters 675 883 14
Doctoral 144 102 0
Graduate Cert/Dip 12 25 0
Total 3,388 4,391 82
2021 Rankings: 80th in the world for the Times Higher Education World University Ranking. 2nd in Ontario across ARWU, THE, and QS World University Rankings. Released CY 2020: ARWU World Ranking (98), THE World Ranking (69), QS World Ranking (144)

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Total Full-time Faculty by Rank

Lecturer

1%

Assistant Professor

27.1%

Associate Professor

29.8%

Full Professor

42.5%

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Total Full-time Faculty by Faculty

Business

8%

Engineering

17%

Health Sciences

32%

Humanities

11%

Social Sciences

12%

Science

20%

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205,810

Alumni

10

Vanier Scholars

1

Banting Fellow

3

Nobel Prize Winners

91%

Undergraduates continued to 2nd year

81%

Undergraduates graduated within 7 years

(2011 cohort)

15

3M National Teaching Fellowhip

18

World's Most Highly Cited Researchers

(Clarivate Analytics 2020)