How the Process Works

Graduate Satisfaction and Graduate Employment
Graduate and employer satisfaction data are collected electronically and through telephone surveys conducted by an external consultant six months after the students graduate. The results of this survey provide valuable information on graduate outcomes and the graduates’ satisfaction with their college education.

Employer Satisfaction
Eight weeks following the graduate survey, and based on the graduates’ authorization, their employers are contacted by the same external consultant and surveyed to their satisfaction with the colleges’ preparation of graduates to meet employers’ needs.

Graduate Rate
The college, using ministry-established guidelines, calculates the graduation rate. It is important to note that numbers for programs are not available if program graduates are not within the calculation time frame set out by the ministry.

OSAP Performance Indicators
OSAP Performance Indicators provide additional information to students considering Community College programs in Ontario. For consistency and reliability, all community colleges use a common methodology to compile the data and calculate the results.

General information and COISL Default Rates for all 24 Ontario colleges may be obtained at the Ministry’s Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).

• 2015 – 2016 OSAP Performance Indicators [PDF, 302 KB]
• 2014 – 2015 OSAP Performance Indicators [PDF, 1.4 MB]
• 2013 – 2014 OSAP Performance Indicators [PDF, 1.3 MB]
• 2012 – 2013 OSAP Performance Indicators [PDF, 339 KB]
• 2011 – 2012 OSAP Performance Indicators [PDF, 298 KB]