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Student Applicant Equity Census
Since 1999, the Applicant Equity Census has been administered to all students applying to undergraduate and graduate programs at Queen’s University. The Census asks applicants to voluntarily indicate whether they identify as an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability, and/or a visible minority/racialized person. It also seeks to determine the overall economic makeup of applicants by asking for information on family gross income, the level of parental education and the size of the applicant’s home town. Responses are not used in the admission selection process; rather, the collected information is utilized for planning purposes in the pursuit of educational equity.
From its inception, the Census has been coordinated by both the Equity Office and the Office of the University Registrar. In 2001 and 2002, the Applicant Equity Census was conducted in hard-copy form with applicants returning the Census to the University by mail. The response rate in these years did not yield statistically significant results. Although the Council of Ontario Universities also completed a mail-in survey in 2001, these results were not viable at the institutional level. Beginning in 2003, the Census was sent electronically to undergraduate applicants. This dramatically improved the response rate.
Queen’s University has broadened the scope of the Census over the years. In 2007, the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Education also were incorporated into the process. Now, applicants to all programs at Queen’s receive the same Census.
The following report summarizes the 2003-2008 Census data for undergraduate applicants and the 2004-2008 Census data for graduate applicants. This report is meant to serve as one point of discussion regarding educational equity at Queen’s. In 2008, the Equity Office is planning on a report analyzing this data as well as data retrieved from the 2009 Census in more detail.
To view a copy of the Student Applicant Census, please click the link below
| Queen's University Student Headcount November 2012 |
| Students - Headcount Nov 2011 |
Total
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F
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M
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VM
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AB
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PWD
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| Undergraduate |
19,861
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12,101
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7,760
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1,079
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32
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302
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| % |
100.0%
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60.9%
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39.1%
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5.43%
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0.16%
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1.52%
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| Graduate |
4,181
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2,039
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2,142
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273
|
19
|
89
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| % |
100.0%
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48.8%
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51.2%
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6.53%
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0.45%
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2.13%
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Total
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24,042
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14,140
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9,902
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1,352
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51
|
391
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%
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100.0%
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58.8%
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41.2%
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5.62%
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0.21%
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1.63%
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| Canadian Population |
100.0%
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51.0%
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49.0%
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16.0%
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3.7%
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14.0%
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| Canadian Population age 15 to 24 |
100.0%
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50.5%
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49.5%
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13.5%
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5.0%
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4.7%
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Ontario Population age 15-24
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100.0%
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50.0%
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50.0%
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15.3%
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2.5%
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5.3%
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Most under-represented
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N/A
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1.1646
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0.8320
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0.4166
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0.0424
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0.3460
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| Most under-represented ranking |
N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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3
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1
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2
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| Note: |
| Return rate for UG is 38.6% |
| Return rate for Grad is 53.8% |
To view the results by year, go to Student Applicant Census Results |
