2024 Maclean's University Rankings: Scholarships and Bursaries

Discover which Canadian universities allocate more of their funding to scholarships and bursaries for their students.

How will you fund your education? This is a question that is on every student’s mind. If this is one of your main factors when deciding on where you’ll go to school, then you’ll need to check out this list of universities that are committed to funding scholarships and bursaries for their students. Maclean’s recently released their 2024 rankings for Canada’s best universities based on scholarships and bursaries!

The following universities allocate more of their budget towards scholarships, bursaries, and awards for their students. Make sure you check out each school’s website for the latest scholarship information!

The rankings for 2024 are as follows:

Primarily undergraduate universities

Universities in this category are largely focused on undergraduate education, with relatively fewer graduate programs and graduate students.

Comprehensive universities

Universities in this category have a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.

Medical doctoral universities

Universities in this category have a broad range of PhD programs and research, as well as medical schools.

Scholarships are one of the top factors that students use to decide on where they’ll go to university. These rankings can help you get a better idea of which schools value providing funding for their students. Every school’s scholarship and bursary programs are unique. Some offer awards based on academic performance, extracurricular involvement, program choice, and more.