Carleton University has received an average of 7.2 per cent more applications from Ontario high school students this year compared with 2011, according to figures recently released by the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre. That’s considerably higher than the provincial average increase of 2.4 per cent.
Ontario high school applicants who picked Carleton as their top choice for their first year of university were up 8.3 per cent.
Large increases were noted in several programs at Carleton, including commerce at 11.7 per cent; public affairs and policy management at 20.7 per cent; engineering with a 13.7 per cent increase, and science, with a 13 per cent increase. Applications for computer science were up a significant 26.3 per cent.
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