University of British Columbia
Annual Enrolment Report
2022/23
Dr. Rehan Sadiq
Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Okanagan
Dr. Gage Averill
Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Vancouver
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Contents
LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4
LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
The 2022/23 Academic Year ..................................................................................................................................6
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................ 7
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT ADMISSIONS ............................................................................ 9
How Many Undergraduate Students Applied, were Admitted, and Registered at UBC? ......................................9
How Many Graduate Students Applied, were Admitted, and Registered at UBC? .............................................13
Graduate Student Recruitment .............................................................................................................................15
What is the Academic Potential of New Undergraduate Students? .....................................................................16
Where did UBC’s New Direct-Entry Students Previously Study? .......................................................................17
Where did UBC’s New Transfer Students Previously Study? .............................................................................18
Where did Indigenous Students at UBC Previously Study? .................................................................................19
In Which Canadian Provinces Did UBC’s New Undergraduate Students Previously Study? .............................22
In Which Countries or Territories did UBC’s New International Undergraduate Students Previously Study? ...23
Where did UBC’s New Graduate Students Previously Study? ............................................................................25
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLMENT .......................................................................... 28
What is UBC’s Government-Funded Domestic FTE Count by Campus? ...........................................................28
How Many Students did UBC Enrol in 2022/23? ................................................................................................28
How Many Domestic Students did UBC Enrol in 2022/23? ................................................................................29
How Many Indigenous Students did UBC Enrol in 2022/23? .............................................................................30
How Many International Students did UBC Enrol in 2022/23? ...........................................................................31
How Many Transfer Students did UBC Enrol in 2022/23? ..................................................................................32
How Many Students were Enrolled in Vantage College? ....................................................................................33
How Many Students were Youth Formerly in Government Care? ......................................................................34
How Many World University Service of Canada Students were Enrolled? .........................................................34
What are the Demographic Characteristics of UBC’s Students? .........................................................................35
What Citizenships are held by UBC’s International Students? ............................................................................36
RETENTION AND COMPLETION RATES ........................................................................................................................ 40
How Many Credentials did UBC Award? ............................................................................................................40
What are UBC’s Undergraduate Students’ Retention and Completion Rates? ....................................................41
What are UBC’s Indigenous Undergraduate Students’ Retention and Completion Rates? .................................43
What was the Time Taken by UBC Graduate Students to Complete their Programs? ........................................44
APPENDIX A: HEADCOUNT ENROLMENT TABLES ......................................................................................................... 47
Okanagan Campus ................................................................................................................................................47
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Vancouver Campus ..............................................................................................................................................49
APPENDIX B: FTE ENROLMENT TABLES.............................................................................................................................. 54
APPENDIX C: DEGREES CONFERRED TABLES ................................................................................................................... 57
APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY .......................................................................................................................................................... 59
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Undergraduate Students’ Admit and Yield Rates, All Year Levels, by Year ......................................................... 13
Table 2: Graduate Students’ Admit and Yield Rates, by Year ............................................................................................. 15
Table 3: All Enrolled Indigenous Students’ Previous Institution, by Year, by Campus ....................................................... 20
Table 4: Overall Student Headcount, by Year, by Campus .................................................................................................. 29
Table 5: Domestic Student Headcount, by Year, by Campus ............................................................................................... 30
Table 6: Domestic Indigenous Student Headcount, by Year, by Campus ............................................................................ 31
Table 7: International Student Headcount, by Year, by Campus .......................................................................................... 32
Table 8: International Students’ Citizenship, by Year, Okanagan Campus .......................................................................... 37
Table 9: International Students’ Citizenship, by Year, Vancouver Campus ........................................................................ 38
Table 10: Number of Credentials Awarded, by Calendar Year, by Campus ........................................................................ 40
Table 11: Number and Proportion of Credentials Awarded to Indigenous Students, by Calendar Year, by Campus .......... 41
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Undergraduate Students’ Admissions Pyramid (Domestic, All Year Levels), Okanagan Campus, by Year ........ 10
Figure 2: Undergraduate Students’ Admissions Pyramid (International, All Year Levels), Okanagan Campus, by Year .. 11
Figure 3: Undergraduate Students’ Admissions Pyramid (Domestic, All Year Levels), Vancouver Campus, by Year ...... 11
Figure 4: Undergraduate Students’ Admissions Pyramid (International All Year Levels), Vancouver Campus, by Year .. 12
Figure 5: Graduate Students’ Admissions Pyramid (Domestic), Okanagan Campus, by Year ............................................ 14
Figure 6: Graduate Students’ Admissions Pyramid (International), Okanagan Campus, by Year ....................................... 14
Figure 7: Graduate Students’ Admissions Pyramid (Domestic), Vancouver Campus, by Year ........................................... 14
Figure 8: Graduate Students’ Admissions Pyramid (International), Vancouver Campus, ................................................... 15
Figure 9: Location of Previous Institution Attended, New Undergraduate Direct-Entry Students, 2022/23, by Campus ... 17
Figure 10: Top 10 Countries or Territories (other than Canada) of Previous Institution Attended, New Undergraduate Direct-
Entry Students, 2022/23, by Campus ............................................................................................................................ 18
Figure 11: Location of Previous Institution Attended, New Undergraduate Transfer Students, 2022/23, by Campus ........ 19
Figure 12: Top 10 Countries or Territories (other than Canada) of Previous Institution Attended, New Undergraduate
Transfer Students, 2022/23 ........................................................................................................................................... 19
Figure 13: Indigenous Students’ Previous Institution, by Province, 2022/23, Okanagan Campus (if in Canada) .............. 21
Figure 14: Indigenous Students’ Previous Institution, by Province, 2022/23, Vancouver Campus (if in Canada) .............. 21
Figure 15: Canadian Province of Previous Institution Attended by New Undergraduate Students, 2022/23, Okanagan
Campus (if in Canada) .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Figure 16: Canadian Province of Previous Institution Attended by New Undergraduate Students, 2022/23, Vancouver
Campus (if in Canada) .................................................................................................................................................. 23
Figure 17: Country or Territory of Previous Institution Attended, New International Undergraduate Students, 2022/23,
Okanagan Campus ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
Figure 18: Country or Territory of Previous Institution Attended, New International Undergraduate Students, 2022/23,
Vancouver Campus ....................................................................................................................................................... 24
Figure 19: Province of Previous Institution Attended (if in Canada), New Graduate Students, 2022/23, Okanagan Campus
....................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Figure 20: Province of Previous Institution Attended (if in Canada), New Graduate Students, 2022/23, Vancouver Campus
....................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Figure 21: Country or Territory of Previous Institution Attended (outside of Canada), New Graduate Students, 2022/23,
Okanagan Campus ........................................................................................................................................................ 27
Figure 22: Country or Territory of Previous Institution Attended (outside of Canada), New Graduate Students, 2022/23,
Vancouver Campus ....................................................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 23: Government-Funded and Delivered (Actual) Domestic FTEs, by Campus ........................................................ 28
Figure 24: Headcount of Transfer Student Admits and Registrations, by Campus, 2022/23 ............................................... 33
Figure 25: Headcount of Transfers Between UBC Campuses, by Year ............................................................................... 33
Figure 26: Funded Students with Lived Experience in Care, by Campus ............................................................................ 34
Figure 27: Students’ Gender Distribution, by Program, by Campus, 2022/23 ..................................................................... 35
Figure 28: Students’ Age Distribution, by Program, by Campus, 2022/23 .......................................................................... 36
Figure 29: International Students’ Citizenship, 2022/23, Okanagan Campus ...................................................................... 39
Figure 30: International Students’ Citizenship, 2022/23, Vancouver Campus ..................................................................... 39
Figure 31: Retention Rates of Domestic and International First-Year Students, by Entry Year, by Campus ...................... 42
Figure 32: Six-Year Completion Rates of Domestic and International Undergraduate Students, by Entry Year, by Campus
....................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Figure 33: Retention Rates of Indigenous Students, by Entry Year, by Campus ................................................................. 43
Figure 34: Six-Year Completion Rates of Indigenous Undergraduate Students, by Entry Year, by Campus ...................... 44
Figure 35: Master’s Students’ Years to Completion, 2011/12-2014/15 Cohorts, Okanagan Campus ................................ 45
Figure 36: Master’s Students’ Years to Completion, 2011/12-2014/15 Cohorts, Vancouver Campus ............................... 45
Figure 37: Doctoral Students’ Years to Completion, 2008/09-2011/12 Cohorts, Okanagan Campus ................................ 46
Figure 38: Doctoral Students’ Years to Completion, 2008/09-2011/12 Cohorts, Vancouver Campus ............................... 46
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PREFACE
THE 2022/23 ACADEMIC YEAR
As the world moves further in its journey towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic, we welcomed new and returning
students to our campuses and learning sites, resuming with the primary modality of in-person learning. Work continues
to take place to re-define our ‘new normal’ on all facets of university life and operations, including student teaching and
learning modalities, student recruiting, and delivery of support services. Opportunities are being seized to leverage the
creative and innovative adaptations that have been gained through the pandemic to date, such as the continued and
expanded scope of on-line and virtual prospective student recruitment engagement, allowing for increased inclusivity
and flexibility in our approach to enrolment.
In our efforts to achieve UBC’s enrolment objectives, and in alignment with UBC’s various strategic plans including the
Inclusion Action Plan, Indigenous Strategic Action Plan and the Anti-Racism Inclusive Excellence Task Force Report,
commitment and focus on advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in our recruitment and admissions processes
and practices remains a high priority. Work is continuing with the development and enhancement of staff training to
strengthen EDI knowledge and competencies when performing assessments and adjudications, including training
content such as (but not limited to) recognizing unconscious bias; intersectionality; privilege and positionality; context,
history, and experience of Indigenous, Black and people of color, as well as people with disabilities and 2SLGBTQ+
individuals.
Ongoing evaluation of the impact and progress of our work in this area will be supported by the Student Demographic
Data Project and its forthcoming recommendations, anticipated to be published in early 2023. Enhanced collection of
disaggregated student demographic data will enable the university to better assess progress of equity, diversity and
inclusion priorities, improve our understanding of student experiences and effectively support student inclusion and
success.
Academic Essentials, entering its third year, has fast become a well-established and foundational program for
undergraduate students to prepare for their classes and university learning experience. Over 2,000 students registered
this year, representing over 4,500 registrations in three on-line, free of charge, self-directed courses designed to help
new first-year students with academic readiness, transition to university and refresh concepts and theories.
Undergraduate students applying to UBC this year did so through the provincial admissions service, EducationPlannerBC
(EPBC). This fully integrated common online application platform provides an enhanced and streamlined experience for
students to conveniently apply to B.C. post-secondary institutions. It brings forward many opportunities including the
consistency in the collection of applicant data, such as the collection of student demographic data (e.g., updated gender
markers).
While there was a decrease in the 2022/2023 application numbers as compared to the year before, this decrease is
seen as a normalization of applications received. In 2021/2022, while the pandemic was still in its height, a spike in
applications occurred, particularly with international and graduate applicants. This year’s application numbers are
course correcting, trending in alignment with pre-pandemic application numbers.
International student applicants, particularly those from India, experienced notable delays this year with the processing
of their student visas by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). These delays impacted 2022/2023
international enrolment across both campuses. Like the COVID-19 pandemic, this is yet another example of how
external factors outside of the University’s control can impact our ability to meet established enrolment targets. Despite
these challenges, UBC’s overall student enrolment this year on both campuses remain stable. This is a testament to the
outstanding efforts led by UBC’s recruiting and admissions units. UBC’s commitment to providing world class education
and nimbleness to address changing circumstances, undoubtedly provides for continued strength in enrolment and
students’ success.
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INTRODUCTION
The UBC Annual Enrolment Report (2022/23) provides detailed information about incoming and enrolled students
system-wide and at the Okanagan and Vancouver campuses. UBC’s enrolment objectives are to:
• meet the Government’s targets for domestic undergraduate and graduate FTEs,
• increase the enrolment of Indigenous students,
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• provide access for other historically underrepresented populations,
• and enrol a diverse community of outstanding students from British Columbia, the rest of Canada, and around
the world.
New undergraduate student enrolment is managed according to targets approved annually by the Senates and the Board
of Governors. Targets are set based on a group of known factors and a group of variables that must be estimated. Known
factors include the degree programs offered and physical space occupancy limits. Variables that must be estimated
include the number of students who will accept an offer of admission, the number of students that will actually register
and pay their tuition, whether the students will take normal course loads, the students’ progression and retention rates,
and the number that will graduate in a given year.
Managing the admissions process to meet the established targets requires estimating and modelling based on additional
factors such as the number of applications received, the academic qualifications of those applicants, the decision-
making behaviour of the potential students, changes to Canada’s political relationships with other countries, changes in
the economy including currency fluctuation, and other unforeseen global events, such as pandemics.
Most of the variable factors can be modelled with good accuracy based on data collected over prior years, but a few
factors are highly unpredictable, or cannot be controlled by UBC. As a result, it is a rare event to enrol exactly to target
for a program, or even more so at the campus level. Given the strengths of UBC, the demand for our programs is very
high, leaving us in the enviable position of managing down to targets in most cases, rather than facing the prospect of
under enrolment.
It is important to note that there is a difference between total new student enrolment targets and the Ministry’s “funded”
seats. The UBC targets include several categories of enrolment that are not directly funded by the provincial government,
but are important components of the campus communities. The categories typically excluded from Ministry funding
include international undergraduate students, access studies, visitors, diploma and certificate students, most graduate
students in research degree programs, and others.
Student enrolment is generally reported in one of two ways: as a headcount, which is a measure of the number of
students enrolled, and as a full-time equivalent (FTE), a measure of the course activity of the students enrolled. FTEs for
undergraduate students are calculated by taking the number of annual course credits taken by a student and dividing by
the normal or expected number of credits required by the student’s program and year level. For example, a student who
takes 27 credits in a particular year, and whose program expects that 30 credits will be taken, is counted as 0.9 FTE. For
graduate students, the FTE is determined by awarding 1.0 FTE for full-time status and 0.33 FTE for part-time status, for
each term, summing the three terms in an academic year, and then dividing by 3 to create an annual average FTE.
The B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training sets targets for, and funds, student FTEs rather than
headcounts. These FTE targets are set for domestic students (e.g., Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and
refugees), and do not apply to international undergraduate students. The Ministry provides base funding and strategic
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We use the term "Indigenous" to refer inclusively to members of First Nations, status and non-status, treaty and non-treaty Indians, Métis, and Inuit
peoples in Canada, recognizing in doing so that many people prefer the terms that are specific and traditional to their communities.
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funding. Base funding is allocated based on a specified number of FTE student spaces for domestic undergraduate and
selected graduate students. The strategic funding is designed to create domestic student spaces for high priority areas
with significant labour market demands, such as for the health professions. For the 2022/23 fiscal year (April 1, 2022
to March 31, 2023), UBC was government-funded for a total of 43,364 FTEs, 182 more than the previous year; 7,167
FTEs were allocated to the Okanagan campus and 36,197 FTEs were allocated to the Vancouver campus. Overall, 37,283
FTEs were funded undergraduate domestic student spaces and 6,081 were funded graduate student spaces. There were
an additional 133 FTEs for the 2022/23 year directed to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Occupational Therapy
program – North program, Physiotherapy Therapy — Fraser program, Midwifery program, Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering, and Bachelor of Applied Science in
Manufacturing Engineering on the Vancouver Campus. On the Okanagan campus, the additional 49 FTE were directed
to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and the Bachelor of Applied Science in
Manufacturing Engineering, and the Master of Social Work.
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT ADMISSIONS
HOW MANY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS APPLIED, WERE ADMITTED, AND
REGISTERED AT UBC?
UBC uses a competitive admission process because it receives applications from more students than can be
accommodated. UBC’s admission requirements are designed to select students who are the most likely to succeed in
their learning and to thrive on campus. Whereas UBC recruits for diversity in the incoming class, admission decisions
are based solely upon a fair and equitable process that evaluates applicants on their individual merits. Ultimately, the
goal is for the university to achieve its enrolment objectives in terms of the composition, qualities, and size of the
incoming class.
Students apply, complete their applications with all necessary documents, gain admission, and ultimately register in
courses. Each stage of the process contains fewer students than the previous stage and requires ongoing analysis and
strategic decision making to ensure the best possible enrolment outcomes. UBC attracts applications from many
international students and the numbers have been increasing over time. It is important to note that international
students do not compete with domestic students for the government-funded seats and thus do not displace domestic
students. The two groups of students are measured by a common standard in two independent applicant pools and
processes.
In September 2021, UBC started using a new application system for undergraduate admissions, EducationPlannerBC.
The new system, which is a province-wide service, integrates planning, application and data movement services. By
using centralized planning resources, students can search for information about various programs, institutions and
communities across B.C. When students decide to apply to one or more programs, they can complete their application
through the system without having to re-enter the same information for each application. In addition, the service further
expands electronic transcript exchange including more K-12 and post-secondary institutions and provincial hubs.
Figures 1 through 4 illustrate the campus-specific undergraduate applicant pools by domestic and international status.
Each pyramid shows the numbers of submitted and completed applications, and the numbers of admitted students and
subsequent registrations for 2018/19 through 2022/23. Undergraduate students may apply to two programs, ranked in
order of choice, offered by one or both campuses. The application pyramids report the students’ first choice programs
for the number of submitted and completed applications and the number of students admitted. The numbers of
registered students have two counts: the upper number represents the number of students who registered in their
preferred or first choice of program or campus (Ch1) and the lower number represents the number of students registered
in their second choice, an alternative program on either campus (Ch2). The two counts combined provide the total
number of new students registered.
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Each pyramid shows the number of submitted and completed applications, the number of admitted students and
subsequent number of registrations for 2018/19 through 2022/23. A submitted application identifies a complete formal
request to enter a UBC program of study accompanied by payment of an application fee. A complete application
identifies that all documentation and information required to initiate the evaluation of the application was received. The
term “admitted” identifies that an application was reviewed and UBC extended an admission offer to enrol to the
applicant. Lastly, “registered” identifies that the student accepted the offer of admission, selected courses and started
attending classes. The pyramid shapes in Figures 1 through 8 indicate that at each stage of the enrolment process some
applicants do not progress to the next stage.
In 2022/23, the total Choice 1 applicant pool (with completed applications) for the Okanagan campus decreased over
the number received in 2021/22. The size of the domestic undergraduate applicant pool decreased by 6% compared to
2021/22 (see Figure 1), and the international undergraduate applicant pool decreased by 7% (see Figure 2).
For the Vancouver campus, the total Choice 1 applicant pool (with completed applications) decreased by 4% over
2021/22. The domestic applicant pool increased by 4%, over 2021/22 (see Figure 3), and the international applicant
pool decreased by 14% (see Figure 4).
FIGURE 1: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMISSIONS PYRAMID (DOMESTIC, ALL YEAR LEVELS), OKANAGAN
CAMPUS, BY YEAR
Note: “Ch1” denotes first choice program, and “Ch2” denotes a second choice or alternative program choice.
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FIGURE 2: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMISSIONS PYRAMID (INTERNATIONAL, ALL YEAR LEVELS),
OKANAGAN CAMPUS, BY YEAR
FIGURE 3: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMISSIONS PYRAMID (DOMESTIC, ALL YEAR LEVELS), VANCOUVER
CAMPUS, BY YEAR
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FIGURE 4: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMISSIONS PYRAMID (INTERNATIONAL ALL YEAR LEVELS),
VANCOUVER CAMPUS, BY YEAR
UBC receives applications from very highly qualified students. These high achieving students typically have several
offers of admission from universities across Canada and around the world; consequently, they do not always accept
UBC’s offer of admission.
Based on past experience, we anticipate the proportion of applicants that would typically accept an offer of admission
and register; consequently, a specified number of offers of admission are made to ensure that the targeted number of
students actually register. The admit and yield rates are shown in Table 1. The admit rate is the ratio of students offered
admission to their preferred choice of program to the number of completed applications received; this includes
applicants refused admission for failure to achieve minimum requirements (e.g., missing a pre-requisite course) and
those refused due to lack of space (e.g., their academic and personal profile assessments were not sufficiently
competitive). The yield rate is the ratio of registered students to the number offered admission to their preferred choice
of program. The admit rate is influenced by the number of applicants, the number of seats available for each applicant
pool (domestic and international) and the likelihood that the student, once offered admission, will register (these
likelihoods vary for domestic and international students).
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TABLE 1: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMIT AND YIELD RATES, ALL YEAR LEVELS, BY YEAR
Campus
Citizenship
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Domestic Admit Rate 73% 74% 79% 71% 73%
Yield Rate 61% 58% 59% 55% 56%
International Admit Rate 75% 71% 76% 73% 72%
Yield Rate 37% 33% 32% 27% 26%
Okanagan Total Admit Rate 73% 73% 79% 72% 73%
Yield Rate 57% 54% 54% 49% 50%
Vancouver Domestic Admit Rate 54% 58% 60% 51% 47%
Yield Rate 58% 57% 57% 54% 56%
International Admit Rate 43% 44% 52% 45% 51%
Yield Rate 37% 35% 32% 31% 32%
Vancouver Total Admit Rate 49% 52% 57% 48% 49%
Yield Rate 50% 49% 47% 44% 46%
Admit Rate: Within an admissions cycle, the ratio of admitted students to completed applicants.
Yield Rate: Within an admissions cycle, the ratio of registered students to admitted students.
UBC’s ability to achieve its enrolment objectives is the result of strategic recruitment activities, supportive advising, and
robust orientation programming for newly admitted students. For 2022/23, 46% of the direct-entry students admitted
to their preferred program ultimately accepted their offer of admission. Of those who accepted an offer of admission to
a program, 13% did not register and attend classes in September. Last year, 45% of these students accepted their offer
of admission and 13% of those did not ultimately register and attend classes.
After letters with offers of admission are provided to successful applicants, a targeted and timed communication
campaign keeps these applicants engaged with the university through to the deadline by which they must accept their
offer.
HOW MANY GRADUATE STUDENTS APPLIED, WERE ADMITTED, AND REGISTERED AT
UBC?
Figures 5 through 8 illustrate the campus-specific graduate student applicant pools by domestic and international status.
Each pyramid shows the numbers of submitted applications, the numbers of admitted students and subsequent
registrations for 2018/19 through 2022/23. The years 2018/19 through 2021/22 contain intake data as of March 1st,
whereas the 2022/23 intake was in progress, at the time of writing, and contains preliminary data as of November 1,
2022. It is important to note that many prospective students are counselled not to complete an application if a graduate
program does not have a faculty member available to supervise the student, given the student’s area of academic
interest within the discipline. Consequently, the numbers of applications shown here underestimate the total interest in
graduate studies at UBC.
For Figures 5 through 8, the ‘Submitted’ value refers to the number of students who submitted one or more applications,
rather than a count of applications submitted. In 2022/23, the number of graduate student applicants for the Okanagan
campus grew by 50% over 2021/22. The domestic applicant pool grew by 29% over 2021/22 (see Figure 5), and the
international applicant pool grew by 57% (see Figure 6).
For the Vancouver campus, the number of graduate student applicants decreased by 9% over 2021/22. The domestic
applicant pool decreased by 5%, over 2021/22 (see Figure 7), and the international applicant pool decreased by 11%
(see Figure 8). The admit and yield rates, for both campuses, are shown in Table 2.
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FIGURE 5: GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMISSIONS PYRAMID (DOMESTIC), OKANAGAN CAMPUS, BY YEAR
FIGURE 6: GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMISSIONS PYRAMID (INTERNATIONAL), OKANAGAN CAMPUS, BY YEAR
FIGURE 7: GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMISSIONS PYRAMID (DOMESTIC), VANCOUVER CAMPUS, BY YEAR
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FIGURE 8: GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMISSIONS PYRAMID (INTERNATIONAL), VANCOUVER CAMPUS,
BY YEAR
T
ABLE 2: GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ADMIT AND YIELD RATES, BY YEAR
Campus Citizenship 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Domestic Admit Rate 57% 57% 54% 56% 45%
Yield Rate 90% 87% 81% 79% 75%
International Admit Rate 19% 14% 13% 24% 18%
Yield Rate 74% 82% 64% 66% 69%
Okanagan Total Admit Rate 32% 27% 24% 32% 24%
Yield Rate 84% 85% 75% 72% 71%
Vancouver Domestic Admit Rate 41% 43% 42% 37% 40%
Yield Rate 76% 75% 69% 77% 76%
International Admit Rate 18% 17% 16% 14% 17%
Yield Rate 59% 61% 46% 61% 66%
Vancouver Total Admit Rate 25% 24% 24% 21% 23%
Yield Rate 68% 68% 58% 69% 71%
Admit Rate: Within an admissions cycle, the ratio of admitted students to completed applicants.
Yield Rate: Within an admissions cycle, the ratio of registered students to admitted students.
GRADUATE STUDENT RECRUITMENT
For UBC Vancouver, graduate student recruitment efforts occur at all levels of the university community, from individual
faculty members, to graduate programs, deans’ offices, and the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS).
Much of this work involves collaboration between units and G+PS, and is guided by the Marketing and Recruitment
Framework which provides a detailed approach to developing a marketing and recruitment plan. Significant resources
continue to be focused on coordinating UBC’s recruitment and applicant ecosystem to support incoming students, such
as an extensive onboarding email campaign, interactive checklist, pre-arrival webinars, and social and academic support
events. General outreach initiatives continue to be very popular with prospective students such as an Applicant Guide
eBook that assists applicants through the application process. It has been downloaded over 71,000 times since its launch
in October 2021. Virtual outreach events are very well attended (over 29,000 registrations for 45 events) and G+PS has
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been collaborating with programs, faculties and partner universities in hosting a variety of information and admissions
advice sessions. Additional activities included outreach to historically underrepresented groups, hosting an Indigenous
Graduate Student Summer Institute, streamlining the advertising service for student positions in career networks, and
collaborations with faculty members on initiatives such as faculty member advice videos.
While application numbers have decreased compared to 2021, application counts are 17% above the 2020 levels. 2021
is seen as an outlier year with record numbers due to shifts in demand patterns as a result of the pandemic. Both offer
and registration numbers for 2022 exceed the previous year which speaks to the strong applicant pool despite lower
application numbers. Web traffic continues to show high demand with the G+PS main website serving 2.2 million users
and 12.2 million pageviews, year to date as of November 21
st
.
On the Okanagan campus, each faculty manages the marketing and recruitment for their specific graduate programs.
This includes prospective student webpages for each graduate program, the creation of student and supervisor profiles,
and conventional marketing activities for graduate student recruitment, including attendance at selected recruitment
fairs, and digital marketing campaigns. Working with External Relations, faculties have undertaken digital marketing
campaigns (including Google advertising and social media advertising) to promote priority programs.
Additionally, after a successful trial last year, University Relations and the College of Graduate Studies have collaborated
to deliver a digital marketing campaign designed to introduce prospective graduate students to the Okanagan campus.
This campaign centres on Google Search advertising and is complemented by Google Display and social media
placements.
New opportunities such as an Indigenous Graduate Student Orientation, workshops, and a pathways program that will
support the transition of Indigenous undergraduate students to graduate studies has launched at UBC Okanagan
through the role of the Indigenous Graduate Student Advisor. This role was established in partnership between the
College of Graduate Studies and Indigenous Programs and Services, and is dedicated to advising prospective and
enrolled Indigenous graduate students, and identifying opportunities to improve admissions, enrolment, and retention
of Indigenous graduate students.
WHAT IS THE ACADEMIC POTENTIAL OF NEW UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS?
UBC students are academically successful and well-rounded. A holistic evaluation method has ensured that current and
future graduating classes will consist of focused, bright leaders who work collaboratively and who engage with their
communities.
For direct-entry undergraduate applicants, all Grade 11 and Grade 12 academic courses are considered in the admission
decision along with a review of courses and grades that are particularly relevant to the program to which a student has
applied. This review of academic course grades also considers the extent to which a student may have challenged their
self as evidenced by the volume of academic courses completed or rigour of the courses completed. The mean entering
grade range, for all academic courses a student completed in the senior years of secondary school, was 85-87% for
students attending the Okanagan campus; on the Vancouver campus, it was 89-91%.
The comprehensive and holistic review of academic coursework and grades is taken in conjunction with a review of the
accomplishments (both academic and non-academic) and experiences outside of the classroom of each applicant. This
process involves assessing personal profiles, which provide applicants with the opportunity to describe the things that
are important to them, their significant achievements, what they have learned from their experiences, and the challenges
that they have overcome. UBC looks at each prospective student as a whole person: a combination of talents, interests,
and passions.
In 2022/23, over 89,000 personal profile reviews were scored for applicants to UBC. Personal profiles are read and
scored by trained readers, consisting of over 400 UBC staff members, faculty members, and alumni. Each profile is read
and assessed independently by two readers; in cases where the assessors are not in agreement, the file is reviewed by
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a third (and possibly fourth) reader until a consistent assessment is achieved. Overall, it is estimated that about 14% of
admitted applicants would not have been admitted with a grades-only admission model (this rate varies by program
and campus).
WHERE DID UBC’S NEW DIRECT-ENTRY STUDENTS PREVIOUSLY STUDY?
Figure 9 displays, for each campus, where 2022/23’s new direct-entry students previously studied. Note that citizenship
is different from the location of the institution previously (last) attended; many Canadians matriculate from schools
outside of Canada (and are counted against the domestic enrolment targets) and many international students,
matriculate from schools within Canada (and are counted against the international enrolment targets).
In 2022/23, 78% of the new-to-UBC undergraduate students (N = 2,203) on the Okanagan campus entered directly
from secondary school. Of those students originating from an Okanagan regional secondary school, the Central
Okanagan school district provided the largest proportion of students, followed by the Surrey and Vancouver school
districts.
In 2022/23, 7,279 new direct-entry students, who comprised 75% of the new-to-UBC undergraduate students,
registered at the Vancouver campus. Of the registered students, 38% (N = 2,802) had previously studied at an
institution in the Lower Mainland, 10% had studied elsewhere in B.C. (N = 737) including the Okanagan, and 32% had
studied outside of Canada (N = 2,323).
FIGURE 9: LOCATION OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED, NEW UNDERGRADUATE DIRECT-ENTRY
STUDENTS, 2022/23, BY CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus (N = 2,203)
Vancouver Campus (N = 7,279)
UBC actively recruits students from all over the world and has relationships with several thousand secondary schools
globally. New direct-entry students who previously studied at an institution outside of Canada originated from 96
countries. The most common countries or territories, outside of Canada, for each campus, are shown in Figure 10.
0%, -
22%,
483
27%,
593
15%, 333
17%, 381
19%, 413
- 200 400 600
Unknown
Outside Canada
Other Canada
Rest of BC
Lower Mainland
Okanagan
0%, 23
32%,
2,323
19%,
1,394
9%, 670
38%,
2,802
1%, 67
- 1,000 2,000 3,000
Unknown
Outside Canada
Other Canada
Rest of BC
Lower Mainland
Okanagan
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FIGURE 10: TOP 10 COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES (OTHER THAN CANADA) OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION
ATTENDED, NEW UNDERGRADUATE DIRECT-ENTRY STUDENTS, 2022/23, BY CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
WHERE DID UBC’S NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS PREVIOUSLY STUDY?
Students with previous experience at another post-secondary institution entered UBC via many pathways. Some had
graduated from high school, studied at a college, and then transferred to UBC. Others had completed secondary school
several years ago, then earned an undergraduate degree and returned to post-secondary education for further education
at UBC. Figure 11 illustrates the location of the previous institution attended by new transfer students to each of UBC’s
campuses in 2022/23.
In 2022/23, 632 new-to-UBC undergraduate students transferred from another post-secondary institution to the
Okanagan campus, representing 22% of all the new-to-UBC Okanagan undergraduate students. Figure 11 shows that
415 students (or 66% of all the post-secondary transfer students) previously attended a post-secondary institution in
B.C.
In 2022/23, UBC Vancouver registered 2,369 post-secondary transfer students, who comprised 25% of all the new-to-
UBC students on the Vancouver campus. Most of these students (62%) transferred from a post-secondary institution
in B.C.
0 50 100
Malaysia
Brazil
Viet Nam
Hong Kong
United Arab Emirates
Singapore
Indonesia
United States
China
India
0 200 400 600
Viet Nam
United Kingdom
Singapore
Philippines
Hong Kong
United Arab Emirates
Indonesia
United States
China
India
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FIGURE 11: LOCATION OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED, NEW UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER STUDENTS,
2022/23, BY CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus (N = 631)
Vancouver Campus (N = 2,392)
The 2022/23 new transfer students attended post-secondary institutions in over 40 countries and territories before
enrolling at UBC. The most common countries or territories, other than Canada, are shown in Figure 12.
FIGURE 12: TOP 10 COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES (OTHER THAN CANADA) OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION
ATTENDED, NEW UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER STUDENTS, 2022/23
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
WHERE DID INDIGENOUS STUDENTS AT UBC PREVIOUSLY STUDY?
Indigenous students at UBC are mostly direct-entry students from secondary schools, although the proportion who first
register at UBC as transfer students is much higher than the overall proportion of domestic transfers. Table 3 shows the
Indigenous student headcount, by campus, by student level, and by the type of institution previously attended. Most
Indigenous students at UBC studied in B.C. before enrolling at either the Vancouver or Okanagan campus. A small
7%, 44
4%, 23
24%, 149
66%, 415
- 200 400 600
Other
US
Rest of Canada
BC
12%, 298
5%, 111
21%, 503
62%,
1,480
- 500 1,000 1,500 2,000
Other
US
Rest of Canada
BC
0 10 20 30
Hong Kong
Philippines
Iran
Mexico
Malaysia
United Kingdom
Japan
Australia
China
United States
0 50 100 150
Iran
France
Australia
Indonesia
Hong Kong
Germany
Norway
United Kingdom
United States
China
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proportion of enrolled Indigenous students studied at institutions from Central or Eastern Canada. Figure 13 identifies
the previous institution provinces for Okanagan students (N = 717) and Figure 14 for Vancouver students (N = 1,395).
TABLE 3: ALL ENROLLED INDIGENOUS STUDENTS’ PREVIOUS INSTITUTION, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Institution Type 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Undergraduate Secondary School 337 370 426 448 413
Technical Institute 9 11 9 15 19
College 104 116 144 152 172
University 35 50 54 58 42
Unknown 44 56 28 24 23
Undergraduate Total 529 603 661 697 669
Graduate Secondary School 5 7 8 9 18
Technical Institute 2 1 1
College 10 17 18 18 27
University 12 17 20 27 23
Unknown 5 5 4 6 8
Graduate Total 34 46 51 61 76
Okanagan Total 563 649 712 758 745
Vancouver Undergraduate Secondary School 478 518 585 701 764
Technical Institute 11 9 11 14 16
College 185 189 185 167 200
University 125 129 129 158 147
Unknown 117 107 111 99 97
Undergraduate Total 916 952 1,021 1,139 1,224
Graduate Secondary School 24 24 26 36 42
Technical Institute 7 9 11 7 6
College 51 58 77 48 74
University 118 119 143 160 146
Unknown 14 11 19 17 23
Graduate Total 214 221 276
268 291
Vancouver Total 1,130 1,173 1,297 1,407 1,515
Grand Total 1,693 1,822 2,009 2,165 2,260
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FIGURE 13: INDIGENOUS STUDENTS’ PREVIOUS INSTITUTION, BY PROVINCE, 2022/23, OKANAGAN CAMPUS
(
IF IN CANADA)
FIGURE 14: INDIGENOUS STUDENTS’ PREVIOUS INSTITUTION, BY PROVINCE, 2022/23, VANCOUVER CAMPUS
(IF IN CANADA)
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IN WHICH CANADIAN PROVINCES DID UBC’S NEW UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
PREVIOUSLY STUDY?
Figures 15 (N = 2,220) and 16 (N = 7,164) are maps of where UBC’s 2022/23 new undergraduate students previously
studied (if in Canada); these data include both domestic students and international students already studying in Canada
on a student permit, issued by the Government of Canada, before registering at UBC. For both the Okanagan and
Vancouver campuses, the majority of new students had studied in B.C. or Alberta, with a smaller proportion coming
from institutions in Central and Eastern Canada.
FIGURE 15: CANADIAN PROVINCE OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED BY NEW UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS,
2022/23, OKANAGAN CAMPUS (IF IN CANADA)
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FIGURE 16: CANADIAN PROVINCE OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED BY NEW UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS,
2022/23, VANCOUVER CAMPUS (IF IN CANADA)
IN WHICH COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES DID UBC’S NEW INTERNATIONAL
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PREVIOUSLY STUDY?
In 2022/23, new-to-UBC international undergraduate students came from many countries or territories (see Figure 17,
N = 527 and Figure 18, N = 2,809). For both the Okanagan and Vancouver students, Canada, followed by China, India
and the U.S.A. were the top 3 places of previous study, with several other European an Asian countries contributing to
large numbers of students.
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FIGURE 17: COUNTRY OR TERRITORY OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED, NEW INTERNATIONAL
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, 2022/23, OKANAGAN CAMPUS
F
IGURE 18: COUNTRY OR TERRITORY OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED, NEW INTERNATIONAL
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, 2022/23, VANCOUVER CAMPUS
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WHERE DID UBC’S NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS PREVIOUSLY STUDY?
Figures 19 (N = 233) and 20 (N = 1,660) are maps of where UBC’s 2022/23 new graduate students previously studied
(if in Canada); these data include both domestic students and international students already studying in Canada on a
study permit before entering UBC. For both the Okanagan and Vancouver campuses, the majority of new students had
studied in B.C. or Ontario.
Note: These figures exclude students attending professional programs at the Sauder School of Business at the
Vancouver campus as these programs use a different system for applications.
FIGURE 19: PROVINCE OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED (IF IN CANADA), NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS,
2022/23, OKANAGAN CAMPUS
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FIGURE 20: PROVINCE OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED (IF IN CANADA), NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS,
2022/23, VANCOUVER CAMPUS
The 2022/23 new-to-UBC international graduate students came from many countries or territories (see Figure 21, N =
423 and Figure 22, N = 2,425). For both the Okanagan and Vancouver students, Canada, followed by India and China
were the top 3 places of previous study.
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FIGURE 21: COUNTRY OR TERRITORY OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED (OUTSIDE OF CANADA), NEW
GRADUATE STUDENTS, 2022/23, OKANAGAN CAMPUS
FIGURE 22: COUNTRY OR TERRITORY OF PREVIOUS INSTITUTION ATTENDED (OUTSIDE OF CANADA), NEW
GRADUATE STUDENTS, 2022/23, VANCOUVER CAMPUS
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UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLMENT
WHAT IS UBC’S GOVERNMENT-FUNDED DOMESTIC FTE COUNT BY CAMPUS?
Figure 23 illustrates the historical and 2022/23 fiscal year estimated delivered (actual) domestic FTEs for both
campuses, against the Ministry targets.
UBC Okanagan was funded for 7,167 domestic undergraduate and graduate student FTEs for 2022/23 and delivered
over the FTE target. As of November 1, 2021, the actual FTE total enrolment was estimated to be 8,886, an increase of
208 FTEs over the previous year, representing a utilization rate of 121% (about 121% estimated for the official reporting
date of March 1, 2022, accounting for attrition from the fall to winter terms). As of November, UBC Okanagan had an
undergraduate utilization rate of 110% and graduate FTE utilization rate of 787%.
UBC Vancouver was funded for 36,197 domestic undergraduate and graduate student FTEs. The Vancouver campus
surpassed its government targets achieving 42,476 FTEs as of November 1, representing a utilization rate of 117% (about
117% estimated for the official reporting date of March 1, 2021, accounting for attrition from the fall to winter terms). As
of November, UBC Vancouver had an undergraduate utilization rate of 110% and graduate FTE utilization rate of 155%.
Combining both campuses, government-funded domestic FTEs for 2022/23 were 43,364 and actual enrolment was
51,362 FTEs, which results in a 118% utilization rate. There were 41,001 undergraduate domestic student FTEs enrolled
representing a utilization rate of 110%, and 10,361 graduate student FTEs enrolled representing a utilization rate of 170%.
FIGURE 23: GOVERNMENT-FUNDED AND DELIVERED (ACTUAL) DOMESTIC FTES, BY CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
HOW MANY STUDENTS DID UBC ENROL IN 2022/23?
In 2022/23, 71,585 undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled at UBC (reported as a headcount), an increase
of 0.4% over the previous year. The number of undergraduate students was 58,222 and graduate students was 12,812
(see Table 4). Eighty-three percent of UBC students were enrolled on the Vancouver campus in 2022/23, with the
remaining 17% enrolled on the Okanagan campus. The Non-Degree category, shown in Table 4, includes students taking
courses outside of a degree program (e.g., as an unclassified, qualifying, visiting or auditing student), as well as students
taking courses after completing a baccalaureate program. Tables 4, 5, 6, and 7 report total enrolment as headcounts;
corresponding tables with FTEs are provided in Appendix B.
-
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Government-funded FTE Delivered FTE
-
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Government-funded FTE Delivered FTE
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On the Okanagan campus, there were 11,978 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in 2022/23, a negligible
decrease over the previous year. Since being established in 2005/06, headcount enrolment has increased by 241% (N
= 3,511). Undergraduate student enrolment decreased by 2% over the previous year and graduate student enrolment
increased by 16%. Further, 2022/23 was UBC Okanagan’s largest graduate student enrolment, to date (N = 1,368).
Approximately 27% of all Okanagan students enrolled in 2022/23 were new-to-UBC students (N = 3,215).1F
2
The Vancouver campus 2022/23 total enrolment grew to 60,607 an increase of 1% over the previous year, with nearly
all of the growth concentrated in undergraduate baccalaureate students, graduate doctoral students, and non-degree
student enrolment.
TABLE 4: OVERALL STUDENT HEADCOUNT, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type 2
018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 11 19 18 17 13
Baccalaureate Degree 8,565 9,160 10,074 10,382 10,193
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 186 237 235 220 238
Non-Degree 228 227 132 187 166
Undergraduate Total 8,990 9,643 10,459 10,806 10,610
Graduate Master's Degree 626 702 711 760 913
Doctoral Degree 319 363 392 423 455
Graduate Total 945 1,065 1,103 1,183 1,368
Okanagan Total 9,935 10,708 11,562 11,989 11,978
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 2,403 2,362 2,439 2,603 2,301
Baccalaureate Degree 37,238 37,859 39,462 40,088 40,438
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 2,836 2,864 2,868 2,813 2,832
Non-Degree 2,405 2,431 1,553 1,896 2,041
Undergraduate Total 44,882 45,516 46,322 47,400 47,612
Residents Residents Total 1,468 1,448 1,526 1,524 1,551
Graduate Master's Degree 6,432 6,687 6,977 7,586 7,594
Doctoral Degree 3,549 3,599 3,637 3,782 3,850
Graduate Total 9,981 10,286 10,614 11,368 11,444
Vancouver Total 56,331 57,250 58,462 60,292 60,607
66,266 67,958 70,024 72,281 72,585
Grand Total
Note: The Residents category includes residents in the Faculties of Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Not all residents have student status, but all are counted towards FTE targets.
HOW MANY DOMESTIC STUDENTS DID UBC ENROL IN 2022/23?
Domestic students are defined as Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or refugees. Table 5 provides the domestic
student headcount enrolments over the past five years, for both campuses, by student level and program type.
Domestic undergraduate student enrolment at UBC Okanagan decreased by 1% in 2022/23 (N = 8,667 in 2021/22),
while domestic graduate student enrolment increased by 1% (N = 713 in 2021/22). Domestic new-to-UBC
2
New-to-UBC students are new students who have not studied previously at UBC.
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undergraduate student enrolment in 2022/23 (N = 2,266) decreased by 5% when compared with the previous year (N
= 2,380 in 2021/22) (not shown in the Table).
At UBC Vancouver, domestic undergraduate and graduate student enrolment in 2022/23 (N = 41,815) decreased
compared to 2021/22 (N = 41,968). Domestic new-to-UBC undergraduate student enrolment decreased between
2021/22 (N = 8,048) and 2022/23 (N =7,941) by 1%.
TABLE 5: DOMESTIC STUDENT HEADCOUNT, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 11 19 18 17 13
Baccalaureate Degree 7,119 7,440 8,066 8,299 8,233
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 186 237 235 220 237
Non-Degree 170 148 122 131 107
Undergraduate Total 7,486 7,844 8,441 8,667 8,590
Graduate Master's Degree 456 498 503 486 493
Doctoral Degree 173 181 204 227 229
Graduate Total 629 679 707 713 722
Okanagan Total 8,115 8,523 9,148 9,380 9,312
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 2,237 2,169 2,166 2,299 1,960
Baccalaureate Degree 26,838 27,091 28,333 28,748 29,075
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 2,808 2,840 2,841 2,769 2,790
Non-Degree 1,181 1,201 1,380 1,121 971
Undergraduate Total 33,064 33,301 34,720 34,937 34,796
Residents Residents Total 1,468 1,448 1,526 1,520 1,549
Graduate Master's Degree 4,406 4,421 4,778 5,076 5,027
Doctoral Degree 1,988 1,982 1,934 1,955 1,992
Graduate Total 6,394 6,403 6,712 7,031 7,019
Vancouver Total 40,926 41,152 42,958 43,488 43,364
49,041 49,675 52,106 52,868 52,676
Grand Total
HOW MANY INDIGENOUS STUDENTS DID UBC ENROL IN 2022/23?
UBC is committed to expanding educational opportunities for Indigenous students. There is some imprecision
associated with the reported number of Indigenous students enrolled at UBC because students are not required to
identify as Indigenous at any time during their studies, but can do so voluntarily. Students’ Indigenous status is gleaned
from several sources: students may self-identify as part of the admissions process, or they may self-identify at any time
after initial admission. Thus, the numbers of Indigenous students shown in Tables 3 and 6 are an underestimation of the
actual number of students enrolled.
Reporting is based on the number of Indigenous students of Canada. There are a small number of additional students
who are not included in the following sections because they are international Indigenous students, that is, they require
government-issued study permits to enrol at UBC.
In 2022/23, 6.3% of students enrolled on the Okanagan campus self-identified as Indigenous (N = 745), constituting
8.0% of all domestic students. About 2.6% of all students on the Vancouver campus identified as Indigenous,
constituting 3.6% of all domestic students.
In 2022/23, 310 new-to-UBC Indigenous students enrolled in a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate program on the
Vancouver campus. In addition, 46 new Indigenous students started a graduate program; 44 in master’s programs and
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2 in a doctoral program. On the Okanagan campus in 2022/23, 147 new-to-UBC Indigenous students enrolled in a
baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate program. An additional 7 Indigenous students started a graduate program: two
students entered doctoral studies and 5 started a master’s program.
UBC places great importance on partnering with Indigenous communities and promoting access to postsecondary
education for Indigenous students. To better support retention and to support students’ success, specialized personnel
have been added to undergraduate and graduate admissions and recruitment teams. Under the guidance of the UBC
Indigenous Strategic Plan these roles actively advance initiatives and services in support of Indigenous students
throughout their UBC experience. Examples of such initiatives and services include Indigenous student yield and
orientation programming, a range of workshops and events (i.e., wellness events, tutoring sessions) offered in
partnership with First Nations House of Learning and Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement (SAGE).
TABLE 6: DOMESTIC INDIGENOUS STUDENT HEADCOUNT, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 1 1
Baccalaureate Degree 463 524 600 644 607
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 8 16 19 21 27
Non-Degree 57 63 41 32 35
Undergraduate Total 529 603 661 697 669
Graduate Master's Degree 26 37 39 42 49
Doctoral Degree 8 9 12 19 27
Graduate Total 34 46 51 61 76
Okanagan Total 563 649 712 758 745
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 30 29 33 31 31
Baccalaureate Degree 635 687 739 856 939
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 206 208 224 216 226
Non-Degree 45 28 25 36 28
Undergraduate Total 916 952 1,021 1,139 1,224
Residents Residents Total 38 34 33 39 43
Graduate Master's Degree 142 142 202 186 199
Doctoral Degree 72 79 74 82 92
Graduate Total 214 221 276 268 291
Vancouver Total 1,168 1,207 1,330 1,446 1,558
Grand Total 1,731 1,856 2,042 2,204 2,303
HOW MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DID UBC ENROL IN 2022/23?
International students are those who require a study permit issued by the Government of Canada, to attend UBC.
3
Table
7 shows the number of international undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the years 2018/19 through
2022/23, by campus, and by program type. Excluded from the totals are visiting international research students who,
3
Permits are issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
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although attending UBC and assigned student numbers, are not enrolled in “for-credit” courses (41 on the Okanagan
campus and 348 on the Vancouver campus).
In 2022/23, 2,666 international students were enrolled on the Okanagan campus, representing an 2% increase over the
previous year (N = 2,609), which is the largest international student population to date. International students
represented 22% of the total student population. In 2022/23, 829 international undergraduate and graduate students
were new to the Okanagan campus; new-to-UBC international undergraduate enrolment decreased by 14% (N =586)
over the previous year (N = 679) (not shown in the Table). International students made up 19% of all undergraduate
students and 47% of all graduate students. Since 2012/13, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of new-to-UBC
undergraduate international students on the Okanagan campus has been 10%.
In 2022/23, 17,243 international students were enrolled on the Vancouver campus, which represents an 3% increase
over the previous year. The proportion of international students was greater at the graduate level, where they comprised
39% of all graduate students. International students comprised 27% of all undergraduate students.
TABLE 7: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT HEADCOUNT, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level
Program Type 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate
Baccalaureate Degree 1,446 1,720 2,008 2,083 1,960
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 1
Non-Degree 58 79 10 56 59
Undergraduate Total 1,504 1,799 2,018 2,139 2,020
Graduate Master's Degree 170 204 208 274 420
Doctoral Degree 146 182 188 196 226
Graduate Total 316 386 396 470 646
Okanagan Total 1,820 2,185 2,414 2,609 2,666
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 166 193 273 304 341
Baccalaureate Degree 10,400 10,768 11,129 11,340 11,363
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 28 24 27 44 42
Non-Degree 1,224 1,230 173 775 1,070
Undergraduate Total 11,818 12,215 11,602 12,463 12,816
Residents Residents Total 4 2
Graduate Master's Degree 2,026 2,266 2,199 2,510 2,567
Doctoral Degree 1,561 1,617 1,703 1,827 1,858
Graduate Total 3,587 3,883 3,902 4,337 4,425
Vancouver Total 15,405 16,098 15,504 16,804 17,243
17,225 18,283 17,918 19,413 19,909
Grand Total
HOW MANY TRANSFER STUDENTS DID UBC ENROL IN 2022/23?
Transfer students enter a UBC degree program either after completing courses in a different UBC program, or after
obtaining relevant post-secondary course credits from another recognized university or college. Figure 24 identifies that
2,503 new-to-UBC transfer students enrolled in Vancouver and 647 enrolled in an Okanagan program. In addition, 1,239
students transferred internally between UBC programs in Vancouver and 342 in the Okanagan. The Vancouver campus
enrolled 602 international new-to-UBC transfer students and 56 enrolled in the Okanagan.
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FIGURE 24: HEADCOUNT OF TRANSFER STUDENT ADMITS AND REGISTRATIONS, BY CAMPUS, 2022/23
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
Figure 25 focuses on UBC students who transferred between programs on different campuses. In 2022/23 this included
a total of 339 undergraduate students. Twenty-five students transferred to the Okanagan campus from a Vancouver
program, and 314 students transferred to Vancouver from the Okanagan campus.
FIGURE 25: HEADCOUNT OF TRANSFERS BETWEEN UBC CAMPUSES, BY YEAR
Vancouver to Okanagan
Okanagan to Vancouver
HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN VANTAGE COLLEGE?
UBC’s Vantage College was established in 2013 to offer a transformational first-year education experience for
outstanding secondary school graduates from countries with domestic school systems that are significantly different
from those in North America and Europe. The college’s program, Vantage One, offers an enriched first-year
undergraduate experience for international students who, after successfully completing one year of coursework
302
418
40
60
591
1,062
56
206
- 500 1,000 1,500
Registrants
Admits
Registrants
Admits
Domestic International
Internal New to UBC
914
1,180
325
426
1,901
3,029
602
1,033
- 2,000 4,000 6,000
Registrants
Admits
Registrants
Admits
Domestic International
Internal New to UBC
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
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combined with intensive academic English preparation, transition into the second year of their chosen degree program.
In 2022/23, students transitioned into: Arts (Vancouver campus), Engineering (the Vancouver and Okanagan
campuses), and Science (Vancouver campus). The headcounts for 2022/23 Vantage College students are: 56 students
in the Applied Science stream, and 116 in the Science stream.
HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE YOUTH FORMERLY IN GOVERNMENT CARE?
In 2013/14, UBC was one of a handful of B.C. post-secondary institutions that started to prioritize access for students
with lived experience in government care. UBC has committed to reach out and build relationships with these
prospective and current students by providing “wrap-around” support to: help students navigate the application and
admission process; navigate the services and resources available to them at UBC and in the broader community; and
provide social and developmental programming for students with lived experience in care on UBC’s Vancouver campus.
Undergraduate, unclassified, and second-degree students with lived experience in care are eligible for a tuition waiver
at UBC. The age limit for UBC tuition waiver eligibility was lifted effective 2020/21, recognizing and expanding access
to students whose journey to post-secondary was delayed after “aging out” of care.
Since the inception of the Provincial Tuition Waiver in 2017/18, the number of registered students at UBC who were
“post-care” has more than doubled. In more recent years, the growth trend appears to be stabilizing. There are currently
87 former youth in care studying at UBC on either a Provincial or UBC tuition waiver, a 93% increase from 2018/19 and
a 1% decrease from 88 students in 2021/22. Since the inception of the program in 2013, 58 former youth in care students
have graduated from UBC with undergraduate degrees. Figure 26 shows that in 2022/23 tuition waiver initiatives are
providing support to 87 students who were formerly in government care.
FIGURE 26: FUNDED STUDENTS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN CARE, BY CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
HOW MANY WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE OF CANADA STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED?
World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a non-profit organization established to provide educational
opportunities for youth around the world. The Student Refugee Program combines resettlement with opportunities for
higher education; the program supports over 130 refugee students each year through partnerships with about 80
Canadian universities. A key to WUSC’s success is its unique youth-to-youth sponsorship model that is designed to
empower Canadian students to play a role in the sponsorship of refugee students. UBC’s local committees raise funds
13
14
20
18
17
0
5
10
15
20
25
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
32
45
55
70 70
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
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and awareness for the program and play a vital role in providing social and academic support for the 10 WUSC new-to-
UBC students enrolled in 2022/23. In all, there are 38 WUSC students enrolled at UBC. Together, UBC’s student society,
the Alma Mater Society (AMS), the UBC Student Union Okanagan, donors, and the central administration cover the
students’ tuition, book fees, and partial housing and living expenses.
WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF UBC’S STUDENTS?
In addition to the gender values denoting women and man, undergraduate students applying to UBC this year through
EducationPlannerBC (EPBC) were also provided with the additional marker choices of non-binary and choose not to
disclose. These additional values result in two gender data sets as continuing students do not have access to these
additional gender marker choices in the current student system. This issue will be resolved and all students will have
access to the updated gender marker choices with the upgrade and modernization of UBC’s student information system
to Workday Student this fall.
The gender distribution of students enrolled at UBC in 2022/23 was generally consistent across both campuses, with
women students representing a small majority on both campuses (see Figure 27). There are 106 students on the
Okanagan campus and 398 students on the Vancouver campus with ‘no declared gender’ for 2022/23. The merging of
the two data sets results in a total of 303 gender variables for students being ‘unknown’ across both campuses (224
Vancouver campus, 79 Okanagan campus), contributing to slightly higher numbers of students with ‘no declared gender’
for 2022/2023.
FIGURE 27: STUDENTS’ GENDER DISTRIBUTION, BY PROGRAM, BY CAMPUS, 2022/23
Okanagan Campus Vancouver Campus
The majority of undergraduate students, in 2022/23, were 25 years of age or younger (92% of Okanagan students and
87% of Vancouver students) (see Figure 28). On the Okanagan campus, the undergraduate students’ average age, in
2022/23, was 21 years. Of graduate students on the Okanagan campus, the largest proportion was the 26-30-year age
group (36%), followed by the 21-25-year age group (32%); the average age was 30 years. On the Vancouver campus,
the undergraduate students’ average age was 22 years. The largest proportion of graduate students (33%) was the 26-
30-year age groups followed by the 21-25-year age group (32%); the graduate students’ average age was 30 years.
53%
51%
46%
49%
1%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Undergraduate
(N = 10,610)
Graduate
(N = 1,368)
Woman
Man
Non-binary
Unknown or Choose not to disclose
56%
58%
43%
42%
1%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Undergraduate
(N = 47,612)
Graduate
(N = 11,444)
Woman
Man
Non-binary
Unknown or Choose not to disclose
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FIGURE 28: STUDENTS’ AGE DISTRIBUTION, BY PROGRAM, BY CAMPUS, 2022/23
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
WHAT CITIZENSHIPS ARE HELD BY UBC’S INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS?
In 2022/23, UBC’s international students, at both campuses combined, were citizens of over 160 countries/territories.
Tables 8 and 9 show the top countries or territories of citizenship for the Okanagan and Vancouver campuses,
respectively, and Figures 29 (N = 2,666) and 30 (N = 17,234) provide maps of the countries or territories of citizenship
for undergraduate and graduate students at each campus. About one third (31%) of UBC’s international students held
Chinese citizenship in 2022/23 (N = 6,133). Following China, the most common countries of citizenship were India, the
U.S.A., and Iran.
The diversity of international students on the Okanagan campus has increased markedly since 2005/06 (the Okanagan
campus’s first year of operation), when 20 countries were represented by 86 students. In 2022/23, 115 countries and
territories were represented by 2,666 students.
A total of 156 countries were represented by 17,234 international students on the Vancouver campus in 2022/23 as
seen in Figure 30 (N = 17,241 with 7 Unknown). Thirty-two percent of these international students held Chinese
citizenship (N = 5,587). Since 2012/13, the number of international students with Indian citizenship has increased by
736%.
54% 38%
32%
4%
36% 24% 8%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Undergraduate
(N = 10,610)
Graduate
(N = 1,368)
20 or younger 21-25 26-30 31-40 41 or older
46% 41%
32%
7%
33% 26% 9%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Undergraduate
(N = 47,612)
Graduate
(N = 11,444)
20 or younger 21-25 26-30 31-40 41 or older
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TABLE 8: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CITIZENSHIP, BY YEAR, OKANAGAN CAMPUS
Student Level Citizenship 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Change
from
2018/19
Undergraduate
India
174
255 358 453 468 169%
China
471
536
574 486 446 -5%
United States of
America
80 83 101 107 90 13%
Indonesia
26 37 47 48 69 165%
Hong Kong
42
46 48 63 53 26%
Japan
36
41 42 50 49 36%
Mexico
29
30 42 40 44 52%
Republic of Korea
32
43 48 44 44 38%
Vietnam
20
29 33 45 43 115%
Brazil
25
33
43 40 36 44%
Other
569(83) 666(94) 682(96) 763(105)
678(101) 19%
Undergraduate Total 1,504 1,799 2,018 2,139
2,020 34%
Graduate
Iran
56 81 98 113 137 145%
India
71 78 65
97 134 89%
China
53
62 58 73
100 89%
Bangladesh
18
30 28 30
42 133%
United States of
America
19
23 24
24
30 58%
Pakistan
11 11 12 17 20 82%
Sri Lanka
5 7 9 8 18 260%
Egypt
* 8 9 9 15 275%
Nigeria
5 5 * 6 12 140%
Nepal
* * * *
11 450%
Other
72 (39) 80 (44) 88 (41) 89 (43) 127 (46) 36%
Graduate Total 316 386 396 470 646
104%
Grand Total 1,820 2,185
2,414 2,609 2,666
46%
Note: The number of countries/territories represented in the “other” category is listed after the headcount in brackets.
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TABLE 9: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CITIZENSHIP, BY YEAR, VANCOUVER CAMPUS
Student Level Citizenship 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Change
from
2018/19
Undergraduate
China 4,856 4,997 4,936 4,729 4,453 -8%
India 941 1,211 1,575 1,977 2,297 144%
United States of
America
1,045 981 902 891 871 -17%
Korea, Republic of 435 446 439 446 453 4%
Indonesia 234 265 290 349 436 86%
Hong Kong 288 271 266 309 371 29%
Japan 306 294 192 250 323 6%
Vietnam 104 119 148 175 211 103%
Taiwan 153 167 180 185 181 18%
Mexico 151 152 124 148 166 10%
Other
3,305
(130)
3,312
(134)
2,550
(130)
3,004
(134)
3,054
(134)
-8%
Undergraduate Total 11,818 12,215 11,602 12,463 12,816 8%
Graduate
China 859 959 1,060 1,097 1,134 32%
United States of
America
596 637 608 634 605 2%
India 405 494 459 535 596 47%
Iran 220 261 298 371 402 83%
Hong Kong 31 29 45 110 129 316%
Mexico 92 92 89 124 104 13%
United Kingdom 94 90 86 95 90 -4%
Brazil 100 87 89 91 86 -14%
Nigeria 66 71 72 82 78 18%
Germany 82 73 64 69 76 -7%
Other
1,042
(114)
1,090
(110)
1,032
(108)
1,129
(108)
1,125
(112)
8%
Graduate Total 3,587 3,883 3,902 4,337 4,425 23%
Grand Total 15,405 16,098 15,504 16,800 17,241 12%
Note: The number of countries/territories represented in the “other” category is listed after the headcount in brackets.
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FIGURE 29: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CITIZENSHIP, 2022/23, OKANAGAN CAMPUS
FIGURE 30: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CITIZENSHIP, 2022/23, VANCOUVER CAMPUS
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RETENTION AND COMPLETION RATES
HOW MANY CREDENTIALS DID UBC AWARD?
Vancouver undergraduate students may graduate in either the spring (May/June) or fall (November). On the Okanagan
campus, ceremonies are held in the spring. Credentials are reported by calendar year. Table 10 shows a steadily
increasing number of credentials awarded, which is consistent with UBC's enrolment growth over the period under
review. A total of 2,270 credentials were awarded to Okanagan campus graduates in 2021. Since 2005, over 24,000
credentials have been awarded to Okanagan graduates. The Vancouver campus has had 16% growth in the number of
credentials awarded annually between 2017 and 2021. Almost 13,500 credentials were awarded to students on the
Vancouver campus in 2021.
TABLE 10: NUMBER OF CREDENTIALS AWARDED, BY CALENDAR YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Program Level Program Type 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Okanagan Undergraduate Domestic
Baccalaureate Degree 1,255 1,286 1,233 1,326 1,501
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 89 45 86 105 119
International
Baccalaureate Degree 132 110 161 207 287
Undergraduate Total 1,476 1,441 1,480 1,638 1,907
Graduate Domestic
Master's Degree 113 158 185 206 201
Doctoral Degree 28 17 30 26 37
International
Master's Degree 49 56 78 81 101
Doctoral Degree 14 10 15 22 24
Graduate Total 204 241 308 335 363
Okanagan Total 1,680 1,682 1,788 1,973 2,270
Vancouver Undergraduate Domestic
Diploma & Certificate 518 506 556 502 537
Baccalaureate Degree 5,560 5,505 5,580 5,655 5,722
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 1,102 1,140 1,200 1,242 1,239
International
Diploma & Certificate 72 73 52 65 101
Baccalaureate Degree 1,329 1,711 2,052 2,292 2,398
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 13 18 15 8 6
Undergraduate Total 8,594 8,953 9,455 9,764 10,003
Graduate Domestic
Master's Degree 1,725 1,778 1,797 1,673 1,903
Doctoral Degree 361 345 305 348 297
International
Master's Degree 692 836 907 1,011 1,071
Doctoral Degree 185 184 189 175 176
Graduate Total 2,963 3,143 3,198 3,207 3,447
Vancouver Total 11,557 12,096 12,653 12,971 13,450
13,237 13,778 14,441 14,944
15,720
Grand Total
Note: In the Vancouver campus count of credentials awarded, the Master’s Degree includes graduate students receiving a
parchment for the Master of Digital Media program offered at the Centre for Digital Media, which is conferred jointly by UBC,
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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The number of Indigenous students conferred a UBC degree has increased by 72% between 2017 and 2021 (see Table
11). Indigenous students at the Okanagan campus received about 6% of all the undergraduate and graduate credentials
awarded in 2021. At the Vancouver campus, Indigenous students received about 2% of all the credentials awarded in
2021.
TABLE 11: NUMBER AND PROPORTION OF CREDENTIALS AWARDED TO INDIGENOUS STUDENTS, BY CALENDAR
YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Number %
Number % Number % Number % Number %
Okanagan Undergraduate 68 5% 97 7% 88 6% 81 5% 119 6%
Graduate 7 3% 5 2% 10 3% 15 4% 12 3%
Okanagan Total 75 4% 102 6% 98 5% 96 5% 131 6%
Vancouver Undergraduate 168 2% 168 2% 189 2% 188 2% 225 2%
Graduate 24 1% 56 2% 68 2% 62 2% 104 3%
Vancouver Total 192 2% 224 2% 257 2% 250 2% 329 2%
Grand Total 267 2% 326 2% 355 2% 346 2% 460 3%
2020
2021
Campus
Program Level
2017
2018
2019
WHAT ARE UBC’S UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ RETENTION AND COMPLETION
RATES?
Reported here are the retention and completion rates of the cohort of students who met the Consortium for Student
Retention Data Exchange standard definition; that is, they began as first-time (new-to-UBC), full-time, first-year
students. The retention rate measures persistence from first year to second year, irrespective of whether there was a
change in program or campus, or change from full- to part-time study. If the students were registered at one of UBC’s
campuses, in the subsequent winter session, they were counted as having been retained at UBC (at the system-level).
For undergraduate students, it is typical to report completion rates within six years of the students' program start date.
Overall, 88% of the 2021/22 cohort of UBC Okanagan first-year undergraduate students were retained into 2022/23;
87% of the domestic cohort and 92% of the international cohort were retained.
For UBC Vancouver, 93% of the 2021/22 cohort of first-year undergraduate students were retained into 2022/23.
Vancouver international students had somewhat lower rates of retention than those of domestic students (see Figure
31). With the most recent cohort, 95% of domestic students and 90% of international first-year students were retained
from 2021/22 into 2022/23.
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FIGURE 31: RETENTION RATES OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS, BY ENTRY YEAR, BY
CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
With respect to the cohort of undergraduate students who began their degree programs in 2016/17, 71% of UBC
Okanagan students and 80% of UBC Vancouver students completed their programs within six years.
Overall, six-year completion rates have remained consistent over time, with very slight but steady increases over the
last three years. Figure 32 shows the completion rates, by campus, for the cohorts that have had sufficient time (i.e., six
years) to complete their programs.
FIGURE 32: SIX-YEAR COMPLETION RATES OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS,
BY
ENTRY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Domestic International
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Domestic International
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
Domestic International
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
Domestic International
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WHAT ARE UBC’S INDIGENOUS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ RETENTION AND
COMPLETION RATES?
UBC’s Indigenous undergraduate students’ retention and completion rates are also reported according to the
Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange standard definition (i.e., they began as first-time, full-time, first-year
students). These retention rates are indicators of persistence from a student’s first year into the subsequent year,
irrespective of whether the student changed programs, campuses, or opted for part-time study.
Overall, 75% of the 2021/22 cohort of UBC Okanagan first-year undergraduate degree program Indigenous students
were retained into 2022/23, and for UBC Vancouver, 85% were retained.
FIGURE 33: RETENTION RATES OF INDIGENOUS STUDENTS, BY ENTRY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
With respect to the cohort of full-time Indigenous undergraduate students who began the first-year of their degree
programs in 2016/17, 65% of UBC Okanagan students and 65% of UBC Vancouver students completed their programs
within six years.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
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FIGURE 34: SIX-YEAR COMPLETION RATES OF INDIGENOUS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, BY ENTRY YEAR, BY
CAMPUS
Okanagan Campus
Vancouver Campus
WHAT WAS THE TIME TAKEN BY UBC GRADUATE STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THEIR
PROGRAMS?
The entire cohort of graduate students is considered when determining completion rates, rather than limiting the
analysis to full-time students. Figures 35 and 36 show the cohorts of UBC Okanagan and Vancouver master's students
(Okanagan, N = 617; Vancouver, N = 9,331) who began their programs between 2011/12 and 2014/15, and the number
of years between the start of their programs and degree completion.
Okanagan course-based master’s students had a graduation rate of 94% (N = 101) within six years and took an average
of 2.3 years to complete their studies. Thesis optional students had a graduation rate of 93% (N = 196) and took an
average of 2.3 years to complete their programs while 87% (N = 311) of students in programs requiring a thesis
graduated in an average of 2.8 years.
On the Vancouver campus, 95% (N = 5,046) of course based master’s students graduated within six years and took an
average of 2.2 years to complete their programs. Ninety-four percent (N = 1,659) of thesis optional students graduated
within six years and took an average of 2.3 years to complete, and 93% (N = 2,570) of students in thesis required
programs graduated in an average of 2.9 years.
For both campuses, most master's students graduated within one to three years, irrespective of whether they were in a
thesis-based, thesis-optional, or course-based program.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
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FIGURE 35: MASTER’S STUDENTS’ YEARS TO COMPLETION, 2011/12-2014/15 COHORTS,
O
KANAGAN CAMPUS
FIGURE 36: MASTER’S STUDENTS’ YEARS TO COMPLETION, 2011/12-2014/15 COHORTS,
V
ANCOUVER CAMPUS
For UBC’s doctoral students, whose programs are expected to take longer than those of master’s students, the report is
based on how many students graduated within nine years of program entry.
On the Okanagan campus, 143 (75%) of the 190 doctoral students that have had at least nine years to complete their
degrees have done so (starting between 2008/09 and 2011/12). The 143 students who have completed are shown in
Figure 37. The 47 (25%) students who did not complete their degrees withdrew from their program after an average of
2.7 years of study. Okanagan doctoral students took an average of 5.4 years to complete their studies and are shown in
Figure 37.
For the Vancouver campus, 2, 525 students began their studies between 2008/09 and 2011/12, and 2,180 (86%)
completed their doctoral degrees within nine years. The 2,252 students who completed their programs are shown in
Figure 38. There were 345 (14%) students who did not complete their degrees and withdrew from their programs on
average after 2.24years of study. The students who completed their degree within nine years took an average of 5.7
years to complete their studies.
0
50
100
150
200
<1 1 2 3 4 5 6+
Years
Thesis Required Thesis Optional Course Based
-
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
<1 1 2 3 4 5 6+
Years
Thesis Required Thesis Optional Course Based
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FIGURE 37: DOCTORAL STUDENTS’ YEARS TO COMPLETION, 2008/09-2011/12 COHORTS,
O
KANAGAN CAMPUS
FIGURE 38: DOCTORAL STUDENTS’ YEARS TO COMPLETION, 2008/09-2011/12 COHORTS,
V
ANCOUVER CAMPUS
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+
Years
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+
Years
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APPENDIX A: HEADCOUNT ENROLMENT TABLES
OKANAGAN CAMPUS
TABLE 12: OKANAGAN STUDENT ENROLMENT (HEADCOUNT) BY FACULTY, BY PROGRAM, BY YEAR
Domestic International Total Domestic International Total Domestic International Total
Bachelor of Applied Science
1,367 336 1,703 1,406 351 1,757 1,337 366 1,703
Master of Applied Science
56 91 147 50 82 132 41 102 143
Master of Arts
1 1 1 1 1 1
Master of Engineering
5 28 33 6 83 89 8 149 157
Doctor of Philosophy
52 126 178 58 133 191 66 141 207
1,480 582 2,062 1,520 650 2,170 1,452 759 2,211
Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language
Fluency
9 9 18 18
Master of Arts
36 6 42 36 15 51 42 27 69
Doctor of Philosophy
47 14 61 51 11 62 43 17 60
83 20 103 96 26 122 103 44 147
Bachelor of Fine Arts
109 20 129 109 19 128 127 20 147
Master of Arts
21 3 24 21 8 29 14 10 24
Master of Fine Arts
23 4 27 20 7 27 17 11 28
Doctor of Philosophy
11 8 19 11 11 22 8 10 18
164 35 199 161 45 206 166 51 217
Bachelor of Education
235 235 220 220 237 1 238
Cert in Inter and Cont Ed Post-
baccalaureate
1 1 1 1 2 2
Cert in Teaching English and
Additional Languages
3 3
Dipl in Inter and Cont Ed Post-
baccalaureate
17 17 16 16 8 8
Master of Arts
7 2 9 6 6 12 6 6 12
Master of Education
54 2 56 54 1 55 50 9 59
Doctor of Philosophy
10 10 8 8 8 8
324 4 328 305 7 312 314 16 330
Bachelor of Health and Exercise
Sciences
239 12 251
Bachelor of Human Kinetics
859 15 874 853 11 864 591 8 599
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
597 597 603 4 607 616 9 625
Master of Arts
6 6 6 1 7 6 1 7
Master of Science
15 4 19 13 3 16 9 6 15
Master of Science in Nursing
44 1 45 51 51 49 2 51
Master of Social Work
124 2 126 112 1 113 128 128
Doctor of Philosophy
45 6 51 49 8 57 54 13 67
1,690 28 1,718 1,687 28 1,715 1,692 51 1,743
Creative and Critical
Studies
Arts and Social Sciences Total
2022/23 Winter
2021/22 Winter
2020/21 Winter
Program
Faculty
Applied Science
Applied Science Total
Arts and Social
Sciences
Health and Social Development Total
Education Total
Creative and Critical Studies Total
Health and Social
Development
Education
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Domestic International Total Domestic International Total Domestic International Total
Bachelor of Management
629 376 1,005 675 385 1,060 677 339 1,016
Master of Arts
1 1 2 2 1 1
Master of Management
4 4 9 9
Master of Science
1 1 1 1
Doctor of Philosophy
3 1 4 4 1 5 2 1 3
637 377 1,014 681 387 1,068 689 341 1,030
Master of Arts
2 2 1 1 1 1 2
Master of Data Science
18 14 32 15 16 31 9 21 30
Master of Science
87 50 137 93 49 142 103 73 176
Doctor of Philosophy
36 33 69 46 32 78 48 44 92
143 97 240 155 97 252 161 139 300
Arts and Social
Sciences/ Creative and
Critical Studies/
Science
Bachelor of Arts
2,154 649 2,803 2,176 622 2,798 2,112 539 2,651
2,154 649 2,803 2,176 622 2,798 2,112 539 2,651
Arts and Social
Sciences/ Science
Bachelor of Science
2,326 607 2,933 2,421 681 3,102 2,432 657 3,089
2,326 607 2,933 2,421 681 3,102 2,432 657 3,089
Bachelor of Media Studies
25 5 30 47 10 57 54 9 63
Bachelor of Sustainability
30 1 31
25 5 30 47 10 57 84 10 94
Access Studies
50 50 50 50 47 47
Exchange
2 2 48 48 53 53
Unclassified
70 6 76 79 2 81 52 52
Visiting
2 2 4 2 6 8 8 6 14
122 10 132 131 56 187 107 59 166
Grand Total 9,148 2,414 11,562 9,380 2,609 11,989 9,312 2,666 11,978
2020/21 Winter
2021/22 Winter
2022/23 Winter
Non-Degree Total
Creative and Critical Studies/ Science Total
Arts and Social Sciences/ Science Total
Arts and Social Sciences/ Creative and Critical
Studies/ Science Total
Science Total
Management Total
Creative and Critical
Studies/ Science
Non-Degree
Science
Management
Faculty
Program
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VANCOUVER CAMPUS
TABLE 13: VANCOUVER STUDENT ENROLMENT (HEADCOUNT) BY FACULTY, BY PROGRAM, BY YEAR
Domestic International Total
Domestic
International Total
Domestic International
Total
Bachelor of Applied Science 3,688 1,487 5,175
3,764
1,570
5,334 3,799 1,516 5,315
Bachelor of Design in Arch Landscape-Arch Urbanism 57 14 71
101
25
126
149
36
185
Bachelor of Environmental Design 21 8 29 6 1 7
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
236 236 245 245 275 275
Graduate Cert in Global Mine Waste Management 6 5 11 7
8 15
Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture 1 5
6
1
6
7 7 7
Master of Advanced Studies Landscape Architecture 1 1
2
1
2
3
2 2 4
Master of Applied Science 160 255 415 192 257 449 196 247 443
Master of Architecture 159 20 179 158 14 172 143 8 151
Master of Architecture / Master of Landscape Arch.
13 13 16 16 16 16
Master of Arts (Planning) 2
2 4
3
1 4
2
1 3
Master of Community and Regional Planning 66 14 80
69
13 82
64 21
85
Master of Engineering 132 259 391
164
268
432
142 302
444
Master of Engineering Leadership 37 97 134
43
133 176 38 155 193
Master of Health Leadership and Policy 37
6
43
61 19
80
68 21
89
Master of Landscape Architecture 54
17 71 56 23
79
58 19 77
Master of Nursing 60 60 60 60 61
61
Master of Science 1
6
7 1
4 5 1 5 6
Master of Science in Nursing
96
4
100 105
105 84 1 85
Master of Urban Design 2 3
5
7 18 25 4 6 10
Doctor of Philosophy - Biomedical Engineering 29 26
55
37 31
68
41 42
83
Doctor of Philosophy - Chemical & Biol Engineering
22 45 67
22 58 80 25 57 82
Doctor of Philosophy - Civil Engineering 27 50
77 21 58
79
21 58 79
Doctor of Philosophy - Community & Regional Planning 12 8 20 14
8
22
11 10
21
Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical & Computer Eng 71 100 171 71 105 176
75 105 180
Doctor of Philosophy - Materials Engineering 12 40
52 18 43 61 13 42 55
Doctor of Philosophy - Mechanical Engineering
24 62 86 27
59
86 29 68 97
Doctor of Philosophy - Mining 12
27 39 13 27 40 16
22 38
Doctor of Philosophy - Nursing
31
10 41 31
12 43 34 13 47
Doctor of Philosophy - Total 240 368 608 254 401 655 265 417 682
5,069
2,571 7,640 5,307 2,755
8,062
5,374 2,772
8,146
2021/22 Winter
2022/23 Winter
2020/21 Winter
Applied
Science
Faculty
Program
Applied Science Total
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Domestic International Total Domestic International Total Domestic International Total
Bachelor of Arts 9,271 4,248 13,519 9,265 4,289 13,554 9,223 4,306 13,529
Bachelor of Fine Arts 269 99 368 269 93 362 278 90 368
Bachelor of International Economics 190 206 396 198 217 415 192 198 390
Bachelor of Media Studies 97 69 166 86 67 153 85 74 159
Bachelor of Music 229 29 258 198 19 217 192 16 208
Bachelor of Social Work 108 2 110 113 3 116 105 2 107
Cert Dechinta Community & Land-Based Research 9 9 10 10
Diploma in Art History 19 2 21 17 1 18 18 18
Diploma in Collaborative Piano Studies 1 1
Diploma in Film Production 1 1 1 1
Diploma in Linguistics 11 1 12 13 1 14 9 2 11
Diploma in Music Performance Studies 6 2 8 9 2 11 15 3 18
Master of Archival Studies 12 6 18 12 6 18 18 5 23
Master of Archival Studies & Library Info Studies 51 33 84 53 36 89 54 30 84
Master of Arts 243 169 412 261 183 444 255 176 431
Master of Arts (Asia Pacific Policy Studies) 1 1
Master of Data Science 13 22 35 6 31 37
10 25 35
Master of Fine Arts 157 32 189 140 31 171 124 34 158
Master of Journalism 39 31 70 51 25 76 47 28 75
Master of Library and Information Studies 91 48 139 97 59 156 101 67 168
Master of Music 34 16 50 47 15 62 45 20 65
Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs 60 19 79 69 34 103 55 47 102
Master of Science 9 11 20 7 15 22 7 17 24
Master of Social Work 39 1 40 34 5 39 42 6 48
Doctor of Musical Arts 17 21 38 21 24 45 17 24 41
Doctor of Philosophy 363 347 710 351 352 703 347 361 708
11,337 5,416 16,753 11,318 5,509 16,827 11,249 5,531 16,780
Bachelor of Business in Real Estate 14 14 16 16 16 16
Bachelor of Commerce 2,455 1,452 3,907 2,460 1,512 3,972 2,527 1,516 4,043
Certificate in Residential Valuation 113 3 116 175 3 178 172 1 173
Post Grad Cert in Real Property Valuation 228 6 234 250 1 251 217 8 225
Diploma in Accounting 369 215 584
344 237 581 271 247 518
Diploma in Urban Land Economics 699 10 709 758 11 769 639 18 657
International Master of Business Administration 7 70 77 9 50 59 17 54 71
Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration 4 4 5 5 5 5
Master of Bus. Admin. & Master of Bus. Analytics 1 2 3 2 2
Master of Business Administration 48 81 129 94 126 220 69 154 223
Master of Business Analytics 30 49 79 39 101 140 16 62 78
Master of Management 84 56 140 73 40 113 75 60 135
Master of Science in Business Administration 3 14 17 4 9 13 5 15 20
Professional Master of Business Administration 108 2 110 164 6 170 158 5 163
Doctor of Philosophy 26 38 64 24 47 71 18 46 64
4,188 1,996 6,184 4,416 2,145 6,561 4,207 2,186 6,393
2022/23 Winter
2020/21 Winter
Faculty
Program
2021/22 Winter
Commerce
and Business
Administratio
n
Arts Total
Arts
Commerce and Business Administration Total
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Domestic
International Total
Domestic
International Total
Domestic International Total
Dental Residency 7
7
5
5 6 6
Bachelor of Dental Science (Dental Hygiene) 151
1
152
165
1
166
155
2
157
Doctor of Dental Medicine
225
4
229
222
6
228
230
5
235
Master of Science 11
1 12 14 4 18 12
10
22
MSc in Craniofacial Science/Dip in Prosthodontics 6
3
9
9 9 9
9
MSc in Craniofacial Science/Dip. in Pediatric Dent
7
7
8
8 10
10
MSc in Craniofacial Science/Dip. in Periodontics 7 7
7
7
6
6
MSc in Craniofacial Science/Diploma in Endodontics 9 1 10 9 9 9 9
MSc in Craniofacial Science/Diploma in Orthodontic 10
10
14
14
14
14
Doctor of Philosophy 4 11
15
6
13
19
8
9
17
PhD in Craniofacial Science/Dip in Prosthodontics 1
1
2
1
1
1
1
PhD in Craniofacial Science/Diploma in Orthodontic 2 2
4
2
2
4
1
1
2
440 24 464 461
27
488 460
28
488
Bachelor of Human Kinetics 1
1
1
1 1
1
Bachelor of Kinesiology 1,213
139 1,352
1,252
144
1,396
1,242
155 1,397
Bachelor of Education 858 10
868
835
18
853 839
18
857
Cert in Educational Administration and Leadership 1
1
Cert. in Infant Development & Supported Childcare
12
12
20 20
12
12
Cert. in Teaching English as a Second Language 21
1
22
15
1
16
15
15
Cert. in Technology-Based Learning for Schools 18
1
19
11
1
12
5
1
6
Cert.in Technology-Based Distributed Learning
34 1
35
11 11 3 3
Certificate in Early Years Education 10
1
11
8
8
4
4
Certificate in Health and Wellness 1
1
1
1
Certificate in Teacher Librarianship 20
20
27
27 28 28
Graduate Certificate in Adult Learning & Education
6
6
1
1
2
1
3
Graduate Certificate in Educational Technology
30
2
32
39
39
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education 4
2
6
Graduate Certificate in Orientation and Mobility 16
16
7 7
High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership 19 19 17 1 18 13
13
International Development & Human Security Cert.
14 14
10
10
Undergraduate Cert in Adult Learning & Education 5
5
2 2
2
2
Undergraduate Certificate in Textiles Studies
1
1
Diploma in Education 503
16
519
493
15 508 403 14
417
Master of Arts 142 34 176 126 37 163
117 40
157
Master of Education 660 103
763 567 105 672 657 138 795
Master of Educational Technology 258 8
266 318 10 328 315 9 324
Master of High Performance Coaching&Tec Leadership 25 2
27
30
1 31
25
1
26
Master of Kinesiology 24
2
26 32
3
35 38 4 42
Master of Museum Education 33 2
35
20 1
21 31 2 33
Master of Science 30 9 39 39 11
50 34
11 45
Doctor of Education 43 2
45
50 3 53 50
2
52
Doctor of Philosophy 222 102 324
211 105
316 221
95 316
4,160 433 4,593 4,147 458
4,605 4,117 493
4,610
2021/22 Winter
2022/23 Winter
2020/21 Winter
Faculty
Program
Education
Dentistry
Dentistry Total
Education Total
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Domestic International Total Domestic International Total Domestic International Total
Bachelor of Science in Forest Bioeconomy Sci Tech 26 12 38 53 30 83 82 32 114
Bachelor of Science in Forest Sciences 48 56 104 67 67 134 82 75 157
Bachelor of Science in Forestry 142 113 255 138 87 225 129 82 211
Bachelor of Science in Wood Products Processing 59 83 142 45 74 119 50 92 142
Bachelor of Science Natural Resources Conservation 235 142 377 227 148 375 244 155 399
Bachelor of Urban Forestry 131 114 245 130 106 236 135 79 214
Grad Cert in Forest Management and Conservation 7 7 5 1 6
Master of Applied Science 3 7 10 4 6 10 3 6 9
Master of Forestry 4 11 15 6 16 22 10 15 25
Master of Geomatics for Environmental Management 12 16 28 15 14 29 10 19 29
Master of International Forestry 3 7 10 6 11 17 3 11 14
Master of Science 58 51 109 68 55 123 63 47 110
Master of Sustainable Forest Management 17 3 20 12 8 20 13 5 18
Master of Urban Forestry Leadership 8 2 10 5 1 6
Doctor of Philosophy 61 71 132 65 78 143 73
78 151
799 686 1,485 851 702 1,553 907 698 1,605
Master of Arts 6 2 8 5 5 5 5
Master of Science 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 1
Doctor of Philosophy 61 12 73 62 15 77 63 12 75
69 15 84 69 16 85 68 13 81
Bachelor of Science in Agroecology 1 1
Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology 413 126 539 443 142 585 459 158 617
Bachelor of Science in Food and Resource Economics 4 6 10 7 8 15 10 10 20
Bachelor of Science in Food Nutrition and Health 756 344 1,100 779 324 1,103 772 282 1,054
Bachelor of Science in Global Resource Systems 97 35 132 94 32 126 91 31 122
Graduate Certificate in Aquaculture 2 2 3 1 4 5 5
Master of Food and Resource Economics 12 26 38 6 38 44 5 37 42
Master of Food Science 4 36 40 7 30 37 4 38 42
Master of Land and Water Systems 7 15 22 4 21 25 5 13 18
Master of Nutrition and Dietetics 11 11
Master of Science 35 27 62 40 29 69 49 30 79
Doctor of Philosophy 29
27 56 31 33 64 36 37 73
1,360 642 2,002 1,414 658 2,072 1,447 636 2,083
Juris Doctor 583 13 596 552 20 572 556 19 575
Master of Laws 9 11 20 9 8 17 8 10 18
Master of Laws (Common Law) 24 8 32 26 25 51 18 25 43
Master of Laws in Taxation 13 2 15 14 8 22 15 3 18
Doctor of Philosophy 33 6 39 29 9 38 29 12 41
662 40 702 630 70 700 626 69 695
2020/21 Winter
2021/22 Winter
2022/23 Winter
Forestry Total
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Total
Land and Food Systems Total
Law Total
Faculty
Program
Law
Graduate and
Postdoctoral
Studies
Forestry
Land and
Food
Systems
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Domestic International Total Domestic International Total Domestic International Total
Medical Residency 1,477 1,477 1,472 3 1,475 1,491 2 1,493
Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science 43 1 44 45 1 46 34 2 36
Bachelor of Midwifery 80 80 80 80 81 81
Doctor of Medicine 1,146 1,146 1,129 1,129 1,132 1,132
Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy 29 29 31 31 33 33
GradCert in Genomic Counselling & Variant Interp 27 5 32 27 25 52 27 35 62
GradCert Orthopaedic Musculoskeletal Phys Therapy 9 9 6 6
Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care 8 1 9 18 18 11 11
Graduate Certificate in Rehabilitation Sciences 9 1 10 6 1 7 7 7
Master of Global Surgical Care 23 2 25 18 2 20 19 4 23
Master of Health Administration 82 1 83 87 1 88 84 84
Master of Health Science 28 4 32 33 6 39 26 5 31
Master of Occupational Therapy 153 7 160 162 12 174 130 9 139
Master of Physical Therapy 256 1 257 278 2 280 316 1 317
Master of Public Health 60 12 72 61 10 71 68 12 80
Master of Public Health/Master of Science Nursing 9 9 5 5 1 1
Master of Rehabilitation Science 50 2 52
42 4 46 39 4 43
Master of Science 444 102 546 466 110 576 483 115 598
Doctor of Philosophy 358 178 536 357 189 546 360 201 561
Master of Physical Therapy/Doctor of Philosophy 4 4 5 5 4 4
4,295 317 4,612 4,328 366 4,694 4,346 390 4,736
Pharmacy Residency 42 42 43 1 44 52 52
Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences 35 4 39 85 18 103 131 21 152
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy 2 2
Doctor of Pharmacy 904 904 907 907 897 897
Master of Science 12 10 22 15 9 24 25 10 35
Doctor of Philosophy 18 19 37 27 15 42 26 14 40
1,013 33 1,046 1,077 43 1,120 1,131 45 1,176
Bachelor of Computer Science 311 49 360 315 56 371 343 43 386
Bachelor of Science 7,045 1,961 9,006 7,194 2,040 9,234 7,296 2,218 9,514
Master of Applied Science 2 4 6 4 8 12 6 5 11
Master of Arts 6 7 13 7 8 15 11 6 17
Master of Data Science 49 51 100
39 77 116 39 44 83
Master of Science 320 259 579 330 285 615 292 276 568
Doctor of Philosophy 452 498 950 460 540 1,000 474 548 1,022
8,185 2,829 11,014 8,349 3,014 11,363 8,461 3,140 11,601
Vantage One Bachelor of Applied Science 49 49 61 61 56 56
Vantage One Bachelor of Arts 1 171 172 89 89
Vantage One Bachelor of Science 109 109 116 116 116 116
1 329 330 266 266 172 172
Access Studies 108 9 117 101 9 110 92 11 103
Exchange 1 85 86 8 632 640 16 842 858
Unclassified 1,161 47 1,208 931 43 974 776 51 827
Visiting 110 32 142 81 91 172 87 166 253
1,380 173 1,553 1,121 775 1,896 971 1,070 2,041
Grand Total 42,958 15,504 58,462 43,488 16,804 60,292 43,364 17,243 60,607
2022/23 Winter
2020/21 Winter
2021/22 Winter
Faculty
Program
Non-Degree Total
Non-Degree
Vantage
College
Science
Pharmaceutic
al Sciences
Medicine
Medicine Total
Pharmaceutical Sciences Total
Science Total
Vantage College Total
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APPENDIX B: FTE ENROLMENT TABLES
Tables 14, 15, 16, and 17 report enrolment in full-time equivalents (FTEs). FTEs are measured over the fiscal year of April
to March and consist of data from August 1
st
for the summer term and November 1
st
for the winter term
4
.
TABLE 14: OVERALL STUDENT FTE, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type 2018/19
2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan
Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate
11
7
9 8 6
Baccalaureate Degree
7,810
8,369
9,081 9,550 9,229
Post-Baccalaureate Degree
186
237
236 219 233
Non-Degree 97
102
45 71 73
Undergraduate Total
8,104 8,716 9,370 9,848 9,540
Graduate Master's Degree
484
556
583 609 727
Doctoral Degree
295
326
363 398 430
Graduate Total 779
881
946 1,007
1,157
Okanagan Total 8,883
9,597
10,317
10,855 10,698
Vancouver
Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 787
698
820
944
901
Baccalaureate Degree 35,279
35,829
37,328 37,748 37,562
Post-Baccalaureate Degree
3,451
3,504
3,545
3,456
3,463
Non-Degree 1,043
962 490
742 835
Undergraduate Total
40,560 40,992
42,183 42,889 42,760
Residents Residents Total 1,468
1,469
1,548 1,547
1,561
Graduate Master's Degree 4,797 4,826
5,163 5,583 5,595
Doctoral Degree 3,337
3,285 3,363
3,518 3,609
Graduate Total 8,134 8,111
8,526 9,102 9,204
Vancouver Total 50,162 50,572 52,257
53,538 53,525
Grand Total 59,045
60,170 62,574 64,393 64,223
4
FTE are calculated to one decimal point and displayed as rounded to the nearest integer. This rounding may result in variances
with reporting totals inTables 14, 15, 16, and 17.
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TABLE 15: DOMESTIC STUDENT FTE, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 11 7 9 8 6
Baccalaureate Degree 6,486 6,787 7,227 7,600 7,418
Post-Baccalaureate Degree
186 237 236 219 232
Non-Degree
68 57 41 41 37
Undergraduate Total 6,751 7,089 7,513 7,868 7,693
Graduate Master's Degree 348 395 413 394 399
Doctoral Degree 157 161 191 211 220
Graduate Total 505 557 604 605 620
Okanagan Total 7,257 7,645 8,117 8,472 8,313
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 709 618 699 778 679
Baccalaureate Degree 25,340 25,541 26,689 27,073 26,880
Post-Baccalaureate Degree
3,412
3,475
3,515 3,408 3,411
Non-Degree
415
360
441 362 305
Undergraduate Total 29,876 29,995 31,345 31,619 31,274
Residents Residents Total 1,468 1,469 1,548 1,543 1,559
Graduate Master's Degree 3,240 3,182 3,493 3,730 3,692
Doctoral Degree 1,866 1,791 1,789 1,814 1,851
Graduate Total 5,106 4,973 5,282 5,544 5,543
Vancouver Total 36,450 36,437 38,174 38,706 38,376
Grand Total 43,707 44,082 46,292 47,178 46,689
TABLE 16: DOMESTIC INDIGENOUS STUDENT FTE, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate
Baccalaureate Degree 413 467 507 575 531
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 8 16 18 21 27
Non-Degree 31 31 21 15 18
Undergraduate Total 453 515 546 611 576
Graduate Master's Degree 22 29 31 34 40
Doctoral Degree 7 8 11 17 24
Graduate Total 29 38 43 51 64
Okanagan Total 481 552 589 662 639
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 9 13 13 12 13
Baccalaureate Degree 568 607 666 760 809
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 186 194 221 249 262
Non-Degree 13 11 8 10 9
Undergraduate Total 776 825 907 1,030 1,094
Residents Residents Total 38 35 35 40 43
Graduate Master's Degree 108 107 148 151 145
Doctoral Degree 71 70 70 75 84
Graduate Total 179 177 218 226 228
Vancouver Total 993 1,037 1,160 1,297 1,365
Grand Total 1,475 1,589 1,749 1,958 2,004
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TABLE 17: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FTE, BY YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Okanagan Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate
Baccalaureate Degree 1,324 1,582 1,854 1,950 1,810
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 29
Non-Degree 0 45 3 30 36
Undergraduate Total 1,353 1,627 1,857 1,981 1,847
Graduate Master's Degree 135 160 170 215 328
Doctoral Degree 138 164 172 187 210
Graduate Total 274 325 342 402 538
Okanagan Total 1,626 1,952 2,200 2,383 2,385
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 78 80 121 166 222
Baccalaureate Degree 9,939 10,288 10,639 10,675 10,682
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 39 29 30 48 52
Non-Degree 628 601 49 381 530
Undergraduate Total 10,684 10,997 10,839 11,270 11,486
Residents Residents Total
Graduate Master's Degree 1,557 1,644 1,670 1,853 1,903
Doctoral Degree 1,471 1,495 1,575 1,704 1,758
Graduate Total 3,028 3,138 3,244 3,557 3,661
Vancouver Total 13,712 14,136 14,083 14,832 15,149
Grand Total 15,338 16,088 16,282 17,214 17,534
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APPENDIX C: DEGREES CONFERRED TABLES
Tables 18, 19, 20, and 21 report the degrees conferred for the past five calendar years.
TABLE 18: OVERALL NUMBER OF DEGREES CONFERRED, BY CALENDAR YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level
Program Type
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Okanagan Undergraduate Baccalaureate Degree 1,386 1,394 1,394 1,533 1,788
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 89 45 86 105 119
Undergraduate Total 1,475 1,439 1,480 1,638 1,907
Graduate Master's Degree 162 213 263 287 302
Doctoral Degree 42 27 45 48 61
Graduate Total 204 240 308 335 363
Okanagan Total 1,679 1,679 1,788 1,973 2,270
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 571 572 608 567 638
Baccalaureate Degree 6,889 7,215 7,632 7,947 8,120
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 1,123 1,159 1,215 1,250 1,245
Undergraduate Total 8,583 8,946 9,455 9,764 10,003
Graduate Master's Degree 2,437 2,630 2,704 2,684 2,974
Doctoral Degree 538 531 494 523 473
Graduate Total 2,975 3,161 3,198 3,207 3,447
Vancouver Total 11,558 12,107 12,653 12,971 13,450
Grand Total 13,237 13,786 14,441 14,944 15,720
TABLE 19: DEGREES CONFERRED TO DOMESTIC STUDENTS, BY CALENDAR YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Okanagan
Undergraduate
Baccalaureate Degree 1,257 1,285 1,233 1,326 1,501
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 89 45 86 105 119
Undergraduate Total 1,346 1,330 1,319 1,431 1,620
Graduate Master's Degree 118 162 185 206 201
Doctoral Degree 28 17 30 26 37
Graduate Total 146 179 215 232 238
Okanagan Total 1,492 1,509 1,534 1,663 1,858
Vancouver
Undergraduate
Diploma & Certificate 509 507 556 502 537
Baccalaureate Degree 5,584 5,515 5,580 5,655 5,722
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 1,111 1,141 1,200 1,242 1,239
Undergraduate Total 7,204 7,163 7,336 7,399 7,498
Graduate Master's Degree 1,768 1,813 1,797 1,673 1,903
Doctoral Degree 354 348 305 348 297
Graduate Total 2,122 2,161 2,102 2,021 2,200
Vancouver Total 9,326 9,324 9,438 9,420 9,698
Grand Total 10,818 10,833 10,972 11,083 11,556
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TABLE 20: DEGREES CONFERRED TO INDIGENOUS STUDENTS, BY CALENDAR YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus Student Level Program Type 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Okanagan Undergraduate Baccalaureate Degree 65 99 83 75 110
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 6 2 5 6 9
Undergraduate Total 71 101 88 81 119
Graduate Master's Degree 7 10 9 13 12
Doctoral Degree 6 1 1 2
Graduate Total 13 11 10 15 12
Okanagan Total 84 112 98 96 131
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 5 4 14 10 13
Baccalaureate Degree 126 132 123 126 148
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 57 54 52 52 64
Undergraduate Total 188 190 189 188 225
Graduate Master's Degree 51 74 58 55 96
Doctoral Degree 4 8 10 7 8
Graduate Total 55 82 68 62 104
Vancouver Total 243 272 257 250 329
Grand Total 327 384 355 346 460
TABLE 21: DEGREES CONFERRED TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, BY CALENDAR YEAR, BY CAMPUS
Campus
Student Level Program Type 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Okanagan Undergraduate Baccalaureate Degree 128 109 161 207 287
Post-Baccalaureate Degree
Undergraduate Total 128 109 161 207 287
Graduate Master's Degree 44 50 77 81 101
Doctoral Degree 14 10 15 22 24
Graduate Total 58 60 92 103 125
Okanagan Total 186 169 253 310 412
Vancouver Undergraduate Diploma & Certificate 62 65 52 65 101
Baccalaureate Degree 1,303 1,698 2,052 2,292 2,398
Post-Baccalaureate Degree 12 18 15 8 6
Undergraduate Total 1,377 1,781 2,119 2,365 2,505
Graduate Master's Degree 668 815 905 1,011 1,071
Doctoral Degree 184 183 189 175 176
Graduate Total 852 998 1,094 1,186 1,247
Vancouver Total 2,229 2,779 3,213 3,551 3,752
Grand Total 2,415 2,948 3,466 3,861 4,164
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APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY
Admitted
The stage when applicants with completed applications for
admission receive an offer of admission.
Admit Rate
The ratio of admitted students to applicants with completed files.
Baccalaureate Degree
A credential awarded at the completion of a baccalaureate program.
Baccalaureate Program
An undergraduate program that does not ordinarily require admitted
students to hold a prior degree.
Certificate
A credential awarded at the completion of a certificate program.
Certificate Program
A post-baccalaureate or graduate program not ordinarily requiring
more than one year of study.
Cohort
A set of people who have been grouped because they have a shared
characteristic(s).
Consortium for Student
Retention Data Exchange
A consortium of two-year and four-year institutions that shares, with
its members, data, internationally-accepted definitions, and
knowledge.
Continuing
Students who were registered in a prior session.
Course-based
Pertaining to graduate-level programs that do not require the
completion of a thesis.
Credential
A qualification awarded on successful completion of a program of
study.
Degree
A credential awarded on the successful completion of a program of
post-secondary study.
Diploma
A credential awarded at the completion of a diploma program.
Diploma Program
A post-baccalaureate or graduate program ordinarily requiring more
than one year's study.
Direct-entry Student
A student with no prior post-secondary experience.
Doctoral Program
A graduate program of the highest level of academic study.
Domestic
Pertaining to citizens, refugees, or permanent residents of Canada.
First Choice
Pertaining to an applicant's preferred program.
Fiscal Year
The twelve-month period from April 1st through March 31st.
Full-time Equivalent
(FTE)
The workload of a student converted to a proportion of a full-time
course load. It is the ratio of a given course load to a stated full-time
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course load (what is normally expected of a student enrolled in a
program).
Graduate Program
A program that leads to a master's or doctoral credential.
Graduate Student
A student in a graduate program.
Headcount
A count of persons.
Indigenous
Students from Canada who have reported themselves as Indigenous,
at some time while in the B.C. Kindergarten to Grade 12 system, or
while at UBC.
International
Pertaining to persons who are not citizens, refugees, or permanent
residents of Canada and who must be in possession of a
government-issued study permit.
Master's Degree
The credential awarded upon completion of a Master's program.
Master's Program
A graduate program ordinarily requiring a Bachelor's degree as a pre-
requisite.
Matriculate
To enrol or register (or be enrolled or registered).
New-to-UBC
Pertaining to students who were never registered in a prior session at
UBC.
Part-Time
For undergraduate students, those who are enrolled in fewer than 24
credits in winter session. For graduate students, those who are taking
only one course per term if it is not a thesis course.
Post-Baccalaureate Program
An undergraduate program ordinarily requiring a baccalaureate
degree, or a substantial amount of baccalaureate-level course work,
as a pre-requisite.
Program Type
A grouping of programs into commonly-used reporting categories.
Registered
Referring to a student that has confirmed registration in scheduled
courses. For new students, this signifies the transition from applicant
to student.
Resident
A graduate of an Entry-to-Practice Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of
Dental Medicine, or Doctor of Medicine program undertaking
immediate post-graduate training in the clinical setting under
supervision.
Student Level
A grouping of programs into three major categories: graduate,
undergraduate, or resident.
Submitted
The stage when applicants have presented an application for
admission. At this stage, there may be outstanding documents to
submit.
Thesis-based
A graduate-level program that requires students to complete a
thesis.
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Thesis-optional
A graduate-level program wherein completion of a thesis is not
mandatory; students may fulfill the requirements of the program
through course work.
Transfer Student
Students that have been granted credit (transfer credit) by UBC
toward a credential for programs or courses completed at another
post-secondary institution.
Undergraduate Program
A program that leads to a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate
credential.
Undergraduate Student
A student in an undergraduate program.
Yield Rate
Within an admissions cycle, the ratio of registered students to
admitted students.
