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GRADUATES 3  \n3.1 Applicants 3  \n3.2 Students 5  \nPost-secondary-funded enrolment 5  \nCollaborative nursing students 7  \nInternational students 8  \nSecond Career students 9  \n3.3 Graduates 11  \n4 DOMESTIC LEARNER DEMOGRAPHICS AND CHARACTERISTICS 13  \n4.1 Level of education 15  \n4.2 Indigenous status 16  \n5 APPRENTICES 17  \n6 CONTINUING EDUCATION STUDENTS 20  \n7 GRADUATES 22  \n8 PERCEPTIONS 24  \n8.1 Graduates 24  \n9 KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 26  \n10 NOTES ON DATA SOURCES 28  \n1 HIGHLIGHTS  \n• Each year, more than 500,000 students and clients are served by Ontario’s public colleges. Of this group, more than 260,000 are full-time post-secondary students.  \n• There were 193,823 distinct applicants for the 2019-20 academic year.  \n• Fifty-five per cent of new fall 2020 entrants to Ontario post-secondary institutions enrolled in a college.  \n• In 2019-20, total funded, full-time equivalent (FTE) post-secondary enrolment in the colleges was 211,441 (including funded full-time, part-time and tuition-short programs) .  \n• More than 95,000 international students were studying at Ontario's colleges in fall 2020.  \n• Colleges delivered 82 per cent of the in-school training for new apprentices in 2019-20.  \n• Eighty-six per cent of graduates in the labour force were working six months after graduation.  \n2 COLLEGE ACTIVITY  \nFigure 1. Relative distribution of learners/clients served by Ontario’s colleges  \nLiteracy and basic  \nInternational students  \nPart time (unfunded)  \nFull-time PSE  \nPart time (funded)  \nEmployment counselling  \nskills/adult upgrading Other  \nCollaborative diploma/degree (includes nursing)  \nApprenticeship  \nSources: Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities; Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development; OCAS; College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading.  \n• Serving more than 500,000 people, learners at Ontario colleges comprise a diverse population. In addition to traditional post-secondary education (PSE), colleges offer many other types of programs and courses, including apprenticeship training, continuing education courses, collaborative programs with universities and literacy and basic skills programs.  \n3 NUMBERS OF ONTARIO COLLEGE APPLICANTS, STUDENTS AND GRADUATES  \n3.1 Applicants  \nTable 1. Per cent of college applicants* direct from secondary school vs. non-direct, by year  \n\n| Year | Direct |  | Non-direct |  | Total |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | Number | % of total | Number | % of total |  |\n| 2011-12 | 64,124 | 34.7% | 120,916 | 65.3% | 185,040 |\n| 2012-13 | 67,714 | 34.5% | 128,656 | 65.5% | 196,370 |\n| 2013-14 | 69,256 | 34.6% | 130,742 | 65.4% | 199,998 |\n| 2014-15 | 68,384 | 34.7% | 128,639 | 65.3% | 197,023 |\n| 2015-16 | 62,488 | 32.1% | 132,440 | 67.9% | 194,928 |\n| 2016-17 | 54,450 | 28.5% | 136,909 | 71.5% | 191,359 |\n| 2017-18 | 52,971 | 26.9% | 143,827 | 73.1% | 196,798 |\n| 2018-19 | 49,903 | 25.0% | 149,409 | 75.0% | 199,306 |\n| 2019-20** | 50,902 | 26.3% | 142,921 | 73.7% | 193,823 |\n| 2020-21** | 45,574 | 22.0% | 161,876 | 78.0% | 207,450 |\n\n*Distinct applicants across fall/winter/spring.  \n**Preliminary numbers as of May 2021.  \nDirect: Applicants applying directly from high school (for OCAS applicant data, this category includes school board-run adult day schools) .  \nNon-direct: Applicants not applying directly after high school.  \nSource: OCAS.  \nFigure 2. New fall 2020 Ontario post-secondary entrants by sector  \n\n| |  |  |  | 45% |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  | 55% |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nUniversity  \nCollege  \n0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%  \nNote: University and college data include first-year full-time domestic head counts for fall 2020. Significant numbers of students also enrol in colleges during the winter and spring intake periods, not shown in the above figure. 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