Douglas College

college · British Columbia

Students: 15,960
International: 25.5%
Graduates: 3,747
Women: 60.4%

Enrolment over time

2009 to 2023 — +25.1% over the period.

2009: 12,7592023: 15,960

What students study

Business, management, marketing and related support services28%

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities20%

Health professions and related programs10%

Computer and information sciences and support services8%

Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies6%

Social sciences5%

Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology4%

Psychology4%

Family and consumer sciences/human sciences3%

Public administration and social service professions2%

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.

Credential	Respondents	Working	Median salary, a year	Median wage, an hour	Job related to programme	Went on to study
Bachelor's degrees	500	93.8%	$72,809 a year	—	88.4%	40.4%
Associate degrees and university transfer	441	68.0%	—	$20.00 an hour	31.3%	63.7%
Diplomas	2,476	83.4%	—	$24.74 an hour	62.9%	28.5%
Certificates	548	82.4%	—	$26.50 an hour	78.9%	38.2%

Bachelor's degrees by programme (11)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median salary, a year	Job related
Business and Management
Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting (BBAA)	61	majority (exact figure withheld)	$65,100	94.7%
Bachelor of Business Administration - Financial Services & Administration (BBAFA)	16	majority (exact figure withheld)	$70,636	66.7%
Bachelor of Business Administration - Management (BBMGMT)	29	majority (exact figure withheld)	$66,176	84.6%
Health
Bachelor of Science - Nursing (BSN)	62	majority (exact figure withheld)	$91,140	96.6%
Bachelor of Science - Psychiatric Nursing (BSPN)	88	100.0%	$98,308	98.9%
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)	35	majority (exact figure withheld)	$76,863	100.0%
Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation (BTR)	22	100.0%	$66,600	90.9%
Human and Social Services
Bachelor of Arts - Child & Youth Care (BACYCC)	42	100.0%	$70,000	90.0%
Bachelor of Physical Education and Coaching (BPEC)	41	85.0%	$54,038	88.2%
Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts - Applied Criminology (BAACRM)	42	majority (exact figure withheld)	$61,331	68.4%
Bachelor of Arts - Applied Psychology (BAAPSY)	59	84.7%	$58,896	68.0%

Associate degrees and university transfer by programme (3)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median wage, an hour	Job related
Arts and Sciences
Associate of Arts	296	66.9%	$20.00	34.5%
Associate of Science	129	70.4%	$19.50	27.9%
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate of Arts	10	majority (exact figure withheld)	$18.40	0.0%

Diplomas by programme (50)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median wage, an hour	Job related
Arts and Sciences
Accounting	85	81.2%	$22.75	63.2%
Accounting Post Baccalaureate	108	90.6%	$26.20	81.3%
Criminology	114	83.0%	$22.45	35.5%
Finance Post Baccalaureate	45	majority (exact figure withheld)	$25.00	64.3%
Financial Analysis Post Baccalaureate	36	77.1%	$21.41	48.1%
Financial Planning Post Baccalaureate	27	majority (exact figure withheld)	$23.00	47.8%
Financial Services Management	24	78.3%	$26.46	66.7%
General Studies	74	73.6%	$21.50	42.3%
Legal Studies	27	majority (exact figure withheld)	$23.00	45.5%
Sign Language Interpreter	14	100.0%	$40.00	85.7%
Business and Management
Commerce & Business Administration	32	77.4%	$20.22	75.0%
General Business	87	88.5%	$21.00	61.6%
Global Banking & Economics Post Baccalaureate	13	majority (exact figure withheld)	$21.30	45.5%
Hospitality Management	48	majority (exact figure withheld)	$19.00	72.1%
Hospitality Management Post Baccalaureate	19	majority (exact figure withheld)	$26.00	52.9%
Hospitality Services Management Post Baccalaureate	58	majority (exact figure withheld)	$21.13	82.1%
Human Resource Management Post Baccalaureate	70	majority (exact figure withheld)	$29.00	52.3%
International Business Management Post Baccalaureate	133	78.6%	$22.00	54.4%
International Supply Chain Management Post Baccalaureate	104	87.4%	$23.09	64.4%
Management	26	majority (exact figure withheld)	$21.64	73.9%
Marketing Management	40	85.0%	$20.10	58.8%
Marketing Post Baccalaureate	96	79.2%	$23.09	59.2%
Project Management Post Baccalaureate	192	80.4%	$24.05	57.2%
Supply Chain Management Post Baccalaureate	59	majority (exact figure withheld)	$24.00	57.4%
Education
Classroom & Community Support Worker	33	84.8%	$31.00	92.9%
Early Childhood Education	46	majority (exact figure withheld)	$25.20	100.0%
Physical Education Post Baccalaureate	15	100.0%	$37.52	100.0%
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Computing & Information Systems Data Analytics Post Baccalaureate	75	84.7%	$28.57	55.7%
Computing & Information Systems Emerging Technologies Post Baccalaureate	58	85.5%	$33.67	63.8%
Computing & Information Systems Post Baccalaureate	42	75.6%	$28.86	54.8%
Computing Science	16	68.8%	$19.18	20.0%
Computing Studies & Information Systems	91	76.7%	$21.65	50.7%
Data Analytics Post Baccalaureate	60	76.3%	$27.35	46.7%
Engineering & Fabrication Technology	14	50.0%	too few responses	42.9%
Information & Communication Technology Post Baccalaureate	58	80.0%	$28.12	63.6%
Veterinary Technology	26	majority (exact figure withheld)	$27.00	100.0%
Health
Dispensing Optician	12	majority (exact figure withheld)	$21.50	100.0%
Foundation Studies Music Therapy	15	majority (exact figure withheld)	$21.50	63.6%
Health Information Management Post Baccalaureate	26	majority (exact figure withheld)	$33.40	88.0%
Hearing Instrument Practitioner	34	82.4%	$31.94	85.7%
Opticianry	14	majority (exact figure withheld)	$25.75	100.0%
Therapeutic Recreation	27	majority (exact figure withheld)	$29.80	87.5%
Human and Social Services
Business Law Post Baccalaureate	14	majority (exact figure withheld)	$23.00	63.6%
Child & Youth Care Counsellor	33	majority (exact figure withheld)	$28.29	83.3%
Sport Science	92	80.2%	$21.65	42.5%
Youth Justice	25	majority (exact figure withheld)	$23.61	80.0%
Visual and Performing Arts
Music	20	50.0%	$23.43	50.0%
Music Technology	26	80.8%	$25.00	71.4%
Stagecraft	13	majority (exact figure withheld)	$28.00	66.7%
Theatre	15	majority (exact figure withheld)	$27.00	63.6%

Certificates by programme (18)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median wage, an hour	Job related
Arts and Sciences
Academic Foundations - General	40	85.0%	$24.00	38.2%
Accounting	11	majority (exact figure withheld)	$26.52	88.9%
Criminal Justice	11	100.0%	$23.66	33.3%
Disability & Applied Behavioural Analysis - Advanced	18	majority (exact figure withheld)	$34.00	93.3%
Global Competency	13	53.8%	$24.11	28.6%
Business and Management
General Business	27	77.8%	$22.38	85.7%
Education
Early Childhood Education	28	majority (exact figure withheld)	$21.66	96.0%
Education Assistance and Inclusion	57	majority (exact figure withheld)	$31.75	98.1%
Teaching English as a Second Language	16	50.0%	$25.00	50.0%
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Computing Science	11	45.5%	too few responses	0.0%
Engineering Foundations	12	under half (exact figure withheld)	too few responses	0.0%
Veterinary Office & Animal Care	34	72.7%	$18.43	70.8%
Health
Community Mental Health Worker	34	majority (exact figure withheld)	$26.71	90.0%
Health Care Assistant	103	over 95%	$28.74	97.0%
Medical Office Administration	48	81.3%	$22.68	79.5%
Human and Social Services
Behaviour Intervention	19	majority (exact figure withheld)	$25.00	93.8%
Legal Office Administration	28	82.1%	$22.01	82.6%
Visual and Performing Arts
Basic Musicianship	12	majority (exact figure withheld)	too few responses	11.1%

Across all of B.C.'s public institutions, in the same surveys: 81.5% of bachelor's graduates were working, at a median salary of $66,000 a year.

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 Douglas College only and are measured differently in each province — don't compare them with another province's.

Tuition

Domestic students, 2025/26: $3,570 a year
International students, 2025/26: $19,875 a year

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 year	Domestic	International
2025/26	$3,570	$19,875
2024/25	$3,500	$19,485
2023/24	$3,431	$19,103
2022/23	$3,365	$18,728
2021/22	$3,299	$18,360
2020/21	$3,234	$18,000
2019/20	$3,171	$17,400
2018/19	$3,110	$17,400
2017/18	$3,050	$17,400
2016/17	$2,990	$15,900

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 Douglas 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.

Largest institutions in British Columbia

University of British Columbia69,159 Simon Fraser University31,506 British Columbia Institute of Technology21,711 University of Victoria21,531 Thompson Rivers University20,565 Kwantlen Polytechnic University14,988

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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