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Justice Institute of British Columbia

college · British Columbia

Students
8,484

1,155 full-time

International
39.3%

3,333 students

Graduates
2,376

in the latest year

Women
32.3%

Enrolment over time

2009 to 2023 — +185.9% over the period.

2009: 2,9672023: 8,484

What students study

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities75%
Security and protective services20%
Health professions and related programs4%
Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies0%
Legal professions and studies0%
Computer and information sciences and support services0%
Psychology0%
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences0%

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 salary, a yearMedian wage, an hourJob related to programmeWent on to study
Bachelor's degrees47majority (exact figure withheld)$73,388 a year—83.7%44.7%
Diplomas26291.5%—$25.00 an hour65.5%37.3%
Certificates88895.1%—$35.59 an hour84.7%39.2%
Bachelor's degrees by programme (2)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian salary, a yearJob related
Human and Social Services
Bachelor of Emergency & Security Management Studies15majority (exact figure withheld)$90,00071.4%
Social Sciences
Bachelor of Law Enforcement Studies32majority (exact figure withheld)$65,47089.7%
Diplomas by programme (6)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian wage, an hourJob related
Arts and Sciences
Law Enforcement Studies Diploma13189.2%$23.0058.8%
Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Law Enforcement Studies54majority (exact figure withheld)$19.6552.0%
Health
Advanced Care Paramedicine Advanced Diploma19100.0%$45.41100.0%
Health Sciences (EMS) Diploma22majority (exact figure withheld)$43.0095.2%
Human and Social Services
Emergency & Security Management Diploma14majority (exact figure withheld)$45.5291.7%
Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Disaster Management19majority (exact figure withheld)$21.5350.0%
Certificates by programme (18)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian wage, an hourJob related
Arts and Sciences
Family Mediation Certificate19100.0%$37.4970.6%
Business and Management
Collaborative Conflict Resolution10majority (exact figure withheld)too few responses100.0%
Conflict Resolution: Mediation/Third Party Intervention24majority (exact figure withheld)$55.0091.3%
Conflict Resolution: Negotiation21100.0%$50.0395.2%
Health
Community Care Licensing Officer29majority (exact figure withheld)$30.0079.2%
Primary Care Paramedicine Certificate24296.2%$33.2793.0%
Human and Social Services
BC Police Recruit Training106over 95%$42.3499.0%
Cybercrime Analysis Graduate Certificate11majority (exact figure withheld)$35.7850.0%
Emergency Management Certificate10995.4%$41.2592.2%
Family Justice Counsellor Recruitment & Individualized Training16100.0%$36.92100.0%
Fire Fighting Technologies Certificate19majority (exact figure withheld)$26.2577.8%
Fire Officer Certificate26majority (exact figure withheld)$62.0896.0%
Full Service Fire Fighter Operations59majority (exact figure withheld)$40.6637.5%
Intelligence Analysis Graduate Certificate15majority (exact figure withheld)$31.4175.0%
Interior Fire Fighter Operations43majority (exact figure withheld)$38.4931.0%
Security Officer Training6488.7%$34.0092.7%
Sheriff Recruit Training35majority (exact figure withheld)$35.0297.1%
Tactical Criminal Analysis Graduate Certificate19majority (exact figure withheld)$41.0356.3%

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 Justice Institute of British Columbia only and are measured differently in each province — don't compare them with another province's.

Tuition

Domestic students, 2025/26
$5,861 a year

(Bachelor of Emergency and Security Management Studies, not arts)

International students, 2025/26
$17,582 a year

(Bachelor of Emergency and Security Management Studies, not arts)

The Justice Institute's figures are for its Bachelor of Emergency and Security Management Studies. Its Bachelor of Law Enforcement Studies charges international students $20,831.55 in 2025/26.

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$5,861$17,582
2024/25$5,746$17,237
2023/24$5,633$16,899
2022/23$5,523$16,568
2021/22$5,414$16,243
2020/21$5,308$15,925
2019/20$5,204$15,613
2018/19$5,102$15,037
2017/18$5,002$15,007
2016/17$4,904$14,713

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 Justice Institute of British Columbia 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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