Emily Carr University of Art and Design
university · British Columbia
- Students
- 2,736
- International
- 29.5%
- Graduates
- 435
- Women
- 68.4%
2,031 full-time
807 students
in the latest year
Enrolment over time
2009 to 2023 — +7.5% over the period.
What students study
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 | Job related to programme | Went on to study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's degrees | 360 | 76.2% | $46,872 a year | 61.0% | 30.9% |
Bachelor's degrees by programme (10)
| Programme | Respondents | Working | Median salary, a year | Job related |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | ||||
| Bachelor of Media Arts in 2D + Experimental Animation | 31 | majority (exact figure withheld) | $31,629 | 50.0% |
| Bachelor of Media Arts in 3D Computer Animation | 24 | 54.2% | $60,000 | 84.6% |
| Visual and Performing Arts | ||||
| Bachelor of Design in Communication Design | 47 | 78.7% | $58,338 | 81.1% |
| Bachelor of Design in Industrial Design | 41 | 75.0% | $57,156 | 73.3% |
| Bachelor of Design in Interaction Design | 25 | 80.0% | $74,000 | 70.0% |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration | 50 | 68.0% | $44,010 | 50.0% |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography | 14 | majority (exact figure withheld) | $36,372 | 36.4% |
| Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts | 87 | 74.4% | $39,060 | 54.7% |
| Bachelor of Media Arts in Film + Screen Arts | 16 | majority (exact figure withheld) | $45,153 | 66.7% |
| Bachelor of Media Arts in New Media + Sound Art | 10 | majority (exact figure withheld) | $31,176 | 44.4% |
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 Emily Carr University of Art and Design only and are measured differently in each province — don't compare them with another province's.
Tuition
- Domestic students, 2025/26
- $4,618 a year
- International students, 2025/26
- $27,223 a year
full-time undergraduate arts
full-time undergraduate arts
International students who started after April 2023 pay $27,222.60; those who started earlier pay $20,135.10.
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 | $4,618 | $27,223 |
| 2024/25 | $4,528 | $24,748 |
| 2023/24 | $4,439 | $23,796 |
| 2022/23 | $4,352 | $18,305 |
| 2021/22 | $4,267 | $17,268 |
| 2020/21 | $4,267 | $17,268 |
| 2019/20 | $4,183 | $16,604 |
| 2018/19 | $4,101 | $15,965 |
| 2017/18 | $4,021 | $15,500 |
| 2016/17 | $3,942 | $14,904 |
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 Emily Carr University of Art and Design 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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