Conestoga College - Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts

  • Almost half of the Waterloo Region population (47%) have participated in training and education activities at Conestoga.
  • Approximately 87% of graduates are employed within six months of graduation. Conestoga graduates contribute more than $1 billion to the local economy each year. 53% of all healthcare professionals (excluding physicians) in Waterloo Region have been trained by Conestoga.
  • Conestoga offers more than 120 full-time diploma programs, 26 apprenticeship programs, 9 four-year bachelor degree programs as well as 2 collaborative degrees, 23 graduate certificate programs and more than 130 part-time programs.
  • Conestoga has campuses in Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Stratford, Cambridge, Brantford and Ingersoll. The Student Loan default rate of Conestoga’s students is the lowest in the province at 8.4%. We attribute this, at least partially, to the fact so many of our students get excellent jobs after graduation.
  • Dr. John Tibbits, who joined Conestoga in 1987, is the longest serving President in the Ontario college

system.

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