York University

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York University 101Vital Statistics
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York University Facts in Brief

• 51,819 Students
• 46,077 Undergraduates
• 38,559 full-time
• 7,518 part-time
• 5,742 Graduates
• 3,720 full-time
• 2,022 part-time
• 11 Faculties
• 10,535 Degrees Granted (2006)

• 1,567 Full-time Faculty
• 3,299 Contract Faculty
• 417,782 Built Space (net assignable square
  metres)
• 394,022 nasm Keele
• 23,760 nasm Glendon

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York University Students
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York Students are Primarily from the GTA
Source OUAC
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Where Do York Students Live in the GTA
Source OIRA
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Where do Students from the GTA go to University?
Source 2005 OUAC Admission Statistics
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Implication of Accessibility Higher Proportion
of Students Commute to Campus
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York Students Rely on Public Transit
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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Almost 50 of York students Commute for More than
40 minutes
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York University is Diverse

• York University is provides accessible education
  and as a result is highly diverse.
• Our student body is dramatically different from
  other Ontario universities in many ways.
• York has a relatively high proportion of
• female students
• older students and
• students from historically disadvantaged groups
  including visible minorities, and first
  generation students
• York students are also more likely to be
  studying part-time

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York has a High Proportion of Female Students
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York has a High Proportion of Older Students
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York a High Proportion of Students who are
Visible Minority Students
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York Provides Accessible Education to First
Generation University Students
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York Provides Accessible Education to First
Generation University Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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Implication of Accessibility Higher Proportion
of Part-time Students
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York Students Work While Studying

• The estimated family incomes of York students
  are among the lowest in the province.
• A large majority of our students spend a great
  deal of time working for pay.
• At the same time, they are risk averse with a
  lower proportion applying for OSAP and graduating
  with debt.

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York University has Lowest Family Income
(Estimated) in Toronto
Source OIRA 2006
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More York Students Spend Time Working For Pay
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York Students Have Relatively Less Debt
Source 2006 Canadian Undergraduate Survey
Consortium
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York Students Spend Less Time on Campus outside
of Class
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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York has a Strong Concentration of Students in
the Social Science and Humanities

• A higher proportion of our students are in the
  social sciences and humanities.
• An implication of this a relatively low average
  funding weight which has lead to low levels of
  grant funding per student.

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York Students are more likely to be in the Social
Sciences and Humanities
First Year Students
Senior Students
Source 2006 NSSE
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Yorks Relative Size Undergraduate and Graduate
HeadcountsNatural and Physical Science Related
Programs
Source MTCU enrolment data 2005/06
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Yorks Relative Size Undergraduate and Graduate
HeadcountsSocial Science Related Programs
Source MTCU enrolment data 2005/06
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Yorks Relative Size Undergraduate and Graduate
HeadcountsFine Arts Programs
Source MTCU enrolment data 2005/06
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Yorks Relative Size Undergraduate and Graduate
HeadcountsHumanities Programs
Source MTCU enrolment data 2005/06
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Yorks Relative Size Undergraduate and Graduate
HeadcountsEducation Programs
Source MTCU enrolment data 2005/06
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York Has Lower Operating Grant Funding per Student
Source CAUBO Financial Data and COU Enrolment
Data
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Faculty
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York Faculty

• As with our students, York faculty are
  concentrated in the Social Sciences and
  Humanities.
• York has a high proportion of part-time faculty

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York University has High Proportion of Part-time
Faculty
Source OIRA
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Student Faculty Ratios at York
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York Faculty By Discipline
Source OIRA
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Currently York Faculty Are Primarily In the
Social Science and Humanities
Source Tri-Councils
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Implication York has A Relatively Low Level of
Income from Sponsored Research
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Space
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York has a Space Deficit

• COU space standards data shows that York has
  relatively less space than the sector average in
  several key areas including
• total space per student
• student space per student
• research space per student

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York has Less Overall Space than Other Ontario
Universities
Source COU 2004 Space Report
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York has Less Student Space than Other Ontario
Universities
Source COU 2004 Space Report
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York has less Research Space than Other Ontario
Universities
Source COU 2004 Space Report
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Growth
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York University Growth Over The Past Decade
Source OIRA
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Undergraduate Growth
Source MTCU
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Participation Rates
7 increase over the past decade
Double Cohort Year
Source MTCU, Statistics Canada
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GTA Growth

GTA Growth 15 Fueled by Immigration
Ontario Average 1

• Outside GTA
• 11
• Due to low birth rates

Source Ontario Ministry of Finance
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Projected Growth
Durham 5 growth or 2,000 to 2,600
enrolments York Region 33 growth or 7,000 to
20,000 enrolments Peel Region 26 growth or
7,000 to 20,000 enrolments Toronto 4 growth or
2,000 to 6,000 enrolments
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York draws heavily from York Region

• Participation rates across Peel, York, Durham and
  Toronto A large proportion of York Region
  students attend York University.

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