Enrolment figures higher or on par with previous years

This week the UBC Media Relations team reported on student enrolment numbers for UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. The media release states:

‘At both UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan, total enrolment, in full-time equivalents, is up 2.4 per cent this year compared to last year, with 53,845 students enrolled this year.

At UBC Vancouver, domestic undergraduate enrolment is up 3.7 per cent this year compared to last year, with 27,569 domestic undergraduate students currently enrolled. While international undergraduate enrolment at UBC Vancouver has declined 1.8 per cent this year compared to last year—with 9,608 undergraduate students enrolled this year—enrolment is still up one per cent from 2018 and up 8.5 per cent from 2017.

At UBC Okanagan, domestic undergraduate enrolment is up 5.7 per cent this year compared to last year, with 6,973 students currently enrolled. In contrast, domestic undergraduate enrolment increased 4.2 per cent from 2018 to 2019 and 4.9 per cent from 2017 to 2018. International undergraduate enrolment is also up 9.1 per cent this year compared to last year, with 1,664 students enrolled this year. In contrast, international undergraduate enrolment increased 20.8 per cent from 2018 to 2019, and 29.7 per cent from 2017 to 2018.’

Click here to read the media release in full.