24 April 2023
Lyn Song
By email:
[FYI request #22309 email]
Dear Lyn
Official Information Act request 23.20 Master of Audiology Admission Statistics
I refer to the Official Information Act request dated 28 March 2023 for information relating to the Master of
Audiology Admission Statistics. You have requested the fol owing:
Please provide the fol owing information related to admission into the Master of Audiology program for 2021
to 2023 entry.
General Category
(1) Number of General seats available each year,
(2) Number of General seats fil ed each year,
(3) Number of General applicants,
(4) Lowest GPA for successful General applicants,
(5) Lower Quartile GPA for successful General applicants,
(6) Median GPA for successful General applicants,
(7) Upper Quartile GPA for successful General applicants,
(8) Highest GPA for unsuccessful General applicants,
(9) Lowest successful first round offer GPA (under the general category only),
(10) Lowest successful waitlist GPA (under the general category only)
Please see attached the data as per your request. Please note that the Grade Point Average (GPA) is defined in
the Regulations in the University of Canterbury 2023 Maramataka I Calendar Glossar
y here. The GPA in this
context a student’s undergraduate GPA. How a GPA is calculated is note
d here.
Please note that data relating to questions 4, 8, 9 and 10 is withheld, as they relate to an individual. This is to
protect the individual’s privacy under s 9(2)(a) of the Act. It is in the public interest that individuals are not
identifiable when providing information about a course. The public interest is served by providing information
about students in such courses in aggregate form where an individual is not easily identifiable.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Claire O'Connell
Information Compliance Officer
Statistics for the Master of Audiology Programme
Lower
Upper
Number
Number
Median
Quartile
Quartile
of
of
Number of
GPA for
UC Master of
GPA for
GPA for
General
General
General
successful
Audiology
successful
successful
seats
seats
applicants
General
General
General
available
fil ed
applicants
applicants
applicants
Applicants for 2021
14 FT, 1
15 FT
56
6.2
6.6
7.0
intake
PT
Applicants for 2022
16 FT
16 FT
46
6.2
7.1
7.6
intake
Applicants for 2023
15 FT, 3
17 FT
46
5.8
6.8
7.8
intake
PT