Parents’ education. Just over 1 in 10 (13%) graduating students are first-generation students. That is, neither parent had any post-secondary education. In contrast, over half (53%) of students had at least one parent who completed a university or professional school degree or higher. Although there is very little difference among groups and the proportion of students that are first- generation, the proportion of students who had a least one parent graduate from university (or higher) is much higher among Group 3 (60%) students compared to Group 2 (52%) or Group 1 (42%) students; however, this difference falls just below the criteria for statistical significance. High school or less 13% 16% 14% 10% 14% Some college or university 11% 14% 11% 10% 13% College, CEGEP, or technical school graduate 20% 25% 21% 18% 28% University or professional school graduate 35% 30% 35% 38% 31% Graduate degree 18% 12% 17% 22% 12% Other <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% Note: "Don't know" responses are not shown in the table but are included in the calculations.
Parents’ education. About 13% of middle-years students are first-generation students. That is, neither parent has had any post-secondary education. Indeed, over half (55%) of students had at least one parent who had completed a university or professional school degree or higher. Students attending Group 1 and Group 2 universities are more likely than Group 3 university students to be first-generation students, and are also less likely to have at least one parent with a graduate degree. High school or less 13% 14% 15% 8% 12% Some college or university 10% 11% 11% 8% 11% College, CEGEP, or technical school graduate 20% 25% 19% 14% 15% University or professional school graduate 36% 33% 36% 39% 36% Graduate degree 19% 13% 18% 29% 25% Other <1% <1% <1% <1% - Note: 'Don't know' responses are not shown in the table but are included in the calculations. Difference by age. As students get older, they are more likely to be first-generation students, increasing from 10% of those 19 and younger to 25% of those 25 and older.
Parents’ education. Just 11% of first-year students are first-generation students. That is, neither parent had any post- secondary education. Although the proportion of first-year students who are first-generation has been decreasing according to CUSC-CCREU results, the 11% is unchanged from 2016.
Parents’ education. About 7 students in 10 report that their father (72%) or mother (75%) completed at least some post-secondary education. Slightly more than 1 in 10 students (14%) are first-generation students (that is, neither their father nor their mother took any post-secondary education). Although not statistically significant, Group 1 (17%) students are slightly more likely than Group 2 (15%) or Group 3 (12%) students to be first-generation students. See Table 14 and Table 15 for the levels of education students report their mother and father achieved. Less than high school 6% 6% 5% 5% 3% High school graduate 15% 18% 15% 13% 12% Some college, CEGEP, or technical school 7% 9% 6% 7% 9% College, CEGEP, or technical school graduate 20% 21% 21% 19% 16% Some university 6% 7% 5% 7% 3% University graduate 28% 24% 29% 28% 26% Professional degree 5% 4% 4% 7% 8% Graduate degree 9% 7% 8% 11% 15% Other 1% <1% <1% 1% 1% Don't know 4% 3% 5% 3% 5% Less than high school 8% 11% 7% 8% 5% High school graduate 14% 17% 14% 12% 12% Some college, CEGEP, or technical school 6% 7% 6% 6% 6% College, CEGEP, or technical school graduate 19% 22% 18% 18% 15% Some university 4% 5% 4% 4% 5% University graduate 25% 19% 28% 24% 25% Professional degree 6% 4% 5% 8% 8% Graduate degree 12% 8% 11% 15% 16% Other <1% 1% <1% <1% <1% Don't know 5% 5% 6% 4% 7% Institutions submitted students’ programs of study. These programs were grouped into nine broadly defined disciplines, as shown in Table 16. First-year students plan to receive degrees in the following: ► Generalist disciplines. About 3 students in 10 plan to get a degree in a generalist discipline, which includes either Arts and Humanities (16%) or Social Science (12%) programs. ► Specialized disciplines. About 3 students in 10 plan to graduate from a professional discipline, which includes Business (13%), Professional (8%), Engineering (6%), and Education (4%) programs. Group 1 students (1%) are much less likely to be in an Engineering program than Group 2 (10%) and Group 3 (5%) students, but more likely to be in an Education program (7% for Group 1 versus 4% for Group 3 and 2% for Group 2 students). ► Science disciplines. About 1 in 5 students plan to graduate with a science degree either from a Biological (12%) or Physical Science (9%) program. Arts and Humanities 16% 16% 17% 14% 12% Business 13% 11% 17% 11% 3% Social Science 12% 9% 15% 10% 16% Biological Science 12% 12% 12% 11% 13% Physical Science 9% 6% 10% 11% 8% Professional 8% 9% 8% 8% 1% Engineeri...
Parents’ education. Just 11% of first-year students are first-generation students. That is, neither parent had any post- secondary education. Although the proportion of first-year students who are first-generation has been decreasing according to CUSC-CCREU results, the 11% is unchanged from 2016. High school or less 11% 11% 12% 8% 7% Some college or university 9% 10% 9% 9% 7% College, CEGEP, or technical school graduate 17% 22% 17% 15% 13% University or professional school graduate 40% 37% 39% 43% 43% Graduate degree 20% 17% 21% 22% 28% Other <1% <1% <1% <1% - Note: 'Don't know' responses are not shown in the table but are included in the calculations.
