Georgian College

General information

• Established 1967
• Georgian is the first ― and only ― college in Canada designated a changemaker college by Ashoka U for our role as a leader in social innovation and changemaking in higher education
• Key performance indicators (2021-21)
  • Georgian has one of the highest graduate employment rates among Ontario colleges; 85.8% of our alumni found work within six months of graduation, well above the provincial average – which we’ve exceeded for more than 20 years
  • When asked to rate how well the college has prepared Georgian grads, employers reported 100% satisfaction for the second year in a row
  • Despite the challenges of a global pandemic and the impact on our economy, our graduates’ satisfaction with their Georgian experience grew by almost 6% to 82.5%, exceeding the provincial average
• Recognized leader in student work experience:
  • 100% of our programs emphasize practical, hands-on learning and most offer a formal work-integrated opportunity, ranging from paid co-op terms to internships and field placements
  • In addition to traditional co-op, students can apply for an Entrepreneurial Co-op (eCo-op) where they can start a business, or an Innovation Co-op (iCo-op) where they’ll work with peers from various disciplines to create products or services that meet community needs
• 94,000 alumni (June 2022)
• 10,200 full-time students, including over 4,400 international students from 83 countries speaking more than 35 languages (March 2022 audit)
• Approximately 1,950 full- and part-time employees
• Economic impact: total annual impact in catchment area is $1.7 billion or 22,752 jobs supported (based on fiscal year 2019-20, analysis conducted by Economic Modeling Specialists International)

Our students

• Average age: 23
• 76% are 25 and younger, 40% are 19 or younger
• 52% identify female, 47% % male and 0.2% another gender identity
• 2.5% self-identify as Indigenous

• 30% directly from high school; 70% non-direct
• Traditional catchment area of Simcoe, Muskoka, Bruce, Dufferin and Grey accounts for 63% of domestic enrolment
• GTA (Toronto, York, Durham, Halton and Peel) accounts for 19% of domestic enrolment