Canada · British Columbia

Coast Mountain College

college · British Columbia

Students
1,155

723 full-time

International
49.1%

567 students

Graduates
387

in the latest year

Women
62.3%

Enrolment over time

2009 to 2023 — -43.9% over the period.

2009: 2,0582023: 1,155

What students study

Business, management, marketing and related support services29%
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities18%
High school/secondary diploma and certificate programs10%
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences9%
Health professions and related programs8%
Natural resources and conservation5%
Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies5%
Education3%
Construction trades2%
Precision production2%

Share of this institution's enrolment across the fields Statistics Canada publishes for it.

After graduating

BC Stats' Student Outcomes surveys ask former students of B.C.'s public institutions about their work and further study one to two years after their programme. Each figure pools the 2023, 2024 and 2025 surveys. “Working” is the share of ALL respondents working at a paid job or business when surveyed — people in further study count in the denominator. Pay is the median: an annual salary for bachelor's graduates, an hourly wage for every other credential.

CredentialRespondentsWorkingMedian wage, an hourJob related to programmeWent on to study
Associate degrees and university transfer9072.4%$25.00 an hour55.7%50.0%
Diplomas26892.0%$21.00 an hour72.2%21.6%
Certificates14980.8%$27.04 an hour79.1%32.0%
Trades foundation10972.6%$24.00 an hour78.9%not asked
Apprenticeships24majority (exact figure withheld)$41.38 an hour87.0%not asked
Associate degrees and university transfer by programme (4)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian wage, an hourJob related
Arts and Sciences
University Credit3472.7%$20.5543.5%
University Studies: Associate of Arts18majority (exact figure withheld)$21.9342.9%
Health
Nursing1557.1%$28.1687.5%
Nursing Second Year14majority (exact figure withheld)$30.2580.0%
Diplomas by programme (6)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian wage, an hourJob related
Arts and Sciences
Applied Coastal Ecology Post Degree Diploma40majority (exact figure withheld)$20.0020.6%
Business and Management
Business Administration12majority (exact figure withheld)too few responses66.7%
Business Administration Diploma General Management Specialization34majority (exact figure withheld)$21.0080.0%
Post Degree Diploma in Business Administration12795.2%$20.0078.3%
Human and Social Services
Early Childhood Care & Education11100.0%$27.00100.0%
Visual and Performing Arts
First Nations Fine Arts10majority (exact figure withheld)too few responses87.5%
Certificates by programme (4)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian wage, an hourJob related
Arts and Sciences
University Credit3165.5%$20.7538.9%
Business and Management
Business Administration2176.2%$25.5453.3%
Education
Education Assistant18majority (exact figure withheld)$30.4693.3%
Health
Health Care Assistant56majority (exact figure withheld)$27.0098.1%
Trades foundation by programme (3)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian wage, an hourJob related
Carpentry
Harmonized Carpenter Foundation12majority (exact figure withheld)$27.0080.0%
Culinary Arts and Personal Services
Professional Cook 1 & 23277.4%$22.0091.7%
Electrician
Harmonized Electrical Foundation13majority (exact figure withheld)$29.5088.9%
Apprenticeships by programme (1)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian wage, an hourJob related
Electrician
Harmonized Electrical Apprenticeship Level 413majority (exact figure withheld)$50.0091.7%

Programmes are grouped into BC Stats' own programme areas. Where BC Stats withholds a figure to protect respondents it publishes a code instead; we show what the code means (for example “majority (exact figure withheld)”) and never a number.

Source: BC Stats, BC Student Outcomes Program data file (surveys 2023 to 2025). These figures are for Coast Mountain College only and are measured differently in each province — don't compare them with another province's.

Tuition

Domestic students, 2025/26
$3,210 a year

full-time undergraduate arts

International students, 2025/26
$13,637 a year

full-time undergraduate arts

B.C.'s Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills publishes one annual tuition figure per public institution: two semesters of five courses for a typical full-time undergraduate arts student, domestic and international. It is an arts figure — other programmes can cost more or less. The ministry publishes mandatory fees in a separate dataset, not shown here. Since 2005, domestic tuition increases at B.C. public institutions have been limited to 2% a year.

Every year since 2016/17
Academic yearDomesticInternational
2025/26$3,210$13,637
2024/25$3,147$13,373
2023/24$3,085$13,111
2022/23$3,024$12,854
2021/22$2,965$12,602
2020/21$2,907$12,355
2019/20$2,850$12,113
2018/19$2,794$11,875
2017/18$2,739$11,642
2016/17$2,686$8,057

Source: B.C. Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, tuition fees for arts programs at B.C. public post-secondary institutions (published September 2025).

What isn't here

B.C. publishes one tuition figure per institution, for one typical programme (arts at most institutions) — check Coast Mountain College for the fee of the programme you want, and note that domestic and international rates differ sharply. The graduate figures come from a survey, not tax records, so they describe the graduates who answered. Entry requirements are set by each institution.

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Adapted from Statistics Canada, tables 37-10-0277-01 and 37-10-0278-01, Postsecondary Student Information System. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. “Not published” in the enrolment figures means Statistics Canada suppressed the cell for confidentiality; it does not mean zero.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

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