Students entering McMaster's more selective undergraduate programs, had a secondary school average of 95.8 percent.
The university opened in August 1997 and now has more than 50 undergraduate programs and six colleges.
Many graduates looking to continue their education in another European nation struggle to find financing for postgraduate degrees, because they can be more expensive than undergraduate programs and because lending policies vary from country to country.
On campus, there are more than 118 undergraduate programs organized into five colleges.
One of the largest Catholic universities in the Southeast, Barry offers more than 70 undergraduate programs across nine schools.
Students can choose from more than 50 undergraduate programs, one of the most popular being the Academic Exploration Program designed for students who are undecided about their career goals.
It is offering more freshman seminars and has created an honors college to make its undergraduate programs more attractive.
Master's programs typically take 2 years and usually involve more independent study than undergraduate programs.
Most master's programs can be completed in 2 years and usually are oriented toward more independent study than undergraduate programs.
And there are additional factors compounding the crisis: More young people are attending college, five-year undergraduate programs are more common and the pursuit of graduate degrees is on the rise.
