Getting an undergraduate degree in Canada has become very common place for many students in Canada. Enrollment in university alone has been steadily climbing from about 20% in the 1990’s to 25% today. In one study of the top 17 countries with purported high enrollment rates, Canada ranked 5th overall with on Denmark, Netherlands, USA, and Norway ahead in the ranking. The causal factors for the high opt-in rate which I described in other articles is one of the reasons why grad schools in Canada remain a popular choice among students.
Ontario Graduate Studies
In particular, Ontario, with the largest student population of any other province or territory, has some very competitive and popular graduate school programs. In fact, Ontario graduation programs are THE most popular in Canada with some notable exceptions. The golden horseshoe region of southwestern Ontario is fertile ground for Ontario graduate Studies.
Just like the rest of Canada, most (but not all) Canadian universities offer graduate school studies. There are also a few private institutions that confer graduate degrees.
These Ontario universities all have Graduation programs (ie. Masters, Masters/Doctoral). I’ve provided a URL link directly to their graduate studies program:
Ontario Graduate Programs
Brock University
http://www.brocku.ca/gradstudies/Carleton University
http://www.carleton.ca/graduate-studies/Lakehead University
http://graduatestudies.lakeheadu.caLaurentian University
http://laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Departments/School+of+Graduate+Studies/McMaster University
http://www.mcmaster.ca/graduateNipissing University
http://www.nipissingu.ca/graduatestudies/OCAD University
http://www.ocad.ca/programs/graduate_studies.htmQueen’s University
http://www.queensu.ca/sgs/index.html
Royal Military College
http://www.rmc.ca/aca/gsr-esr/dean-doyen-eng.asRyerson University
http://www.ryerson.ca/graduate/index.htmlTrent University
http://www.trentu.ca/academic/graduateUniversity of Guelph
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/graduatestudies/index.cfmUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology
http://gradstudies.uoit.caUniversity of Ottawa
http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/University of Toronto
http://www.sgs.utoronto.caUniversity of Waterloo
http://www.grad.uwaterloo.ca/University of Western Ontario
http://www.uwo.ca/grad/University of Windsor
http://www.uwindsor.ca/gradWilfrid Laurier University
http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudiesYork University
http://www.yorku.ca/grads/
You’ll notice that most of these universities are within a 3 hour drive of one another. There is a lot to choose from when considering your options for ontario graduate programs.
In order to apply to graduate school for whatever chosen field of study you desire, in most cases, you must have the proper prerequisites including a full Bachelor (Honours or Four-year) degree and/or other specific requirements of the program. If you’re looking at teaching as a profession, a post-graduate degree will help you to gain employment at the post-secondary, private, and college level institutions.
Some universities are specialized in certain fields. So while most of these universities offer MBA programs of Law School degree, certain schools are ranked or placed better than others in terms of the quality of education, employment opportunities and other factors. Afterall, we rank just about everything in life from healthiest fruits, to best cars. The same is true of ontario universities graduate programs as well.
