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University of Northern British Columbia

university · British Columbia

Students
3,351

2,196 full-time

International
20.9%

699 students

Graduates
819

in the latest year

Women
60.9%

Enrolment over time

2009 to 2023 — -15.7% over the period.

2009: 3,9752023: 3,351

What students study

Biological and biomedical sciences17%
Health professions and related programs14%
Business, management, marketing and related support services12%
Psychology8%
Natural resources and conservation8%
Education6%
Computer and information sciences and support services6%
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities6%
Engineering5%
Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies4%

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 yearJob related to programmeWent on to study
Bachelor's degrees51481.6%$69,171 a year82.8%46.5%
Bachelor's degrees by programme (14)
ProgrammeRespondentsWorkingMedian salary, a yearJob related
Biological Science and Life Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies10majority (exact figure withheld)$62,64333.3%
Bachelor of Health Sciences3735.1%$63,03746.2%
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2548.0%$39,70675.0%
Bachelor of Science in Biology1154.5%too few responses50.0%
Business and Management
Bachelor of Commerce in Business6290.2%$67,50087.3%
Education
Bachelor of Education38majority (exact figure withheld)$65,50097.3%
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Engineering26majority (exact figure withheld)$75,00063.6%
Bachelor of Science in Ecosystem Science and Management Forestry25majority (exact figure withheld)$67,50091.3%
Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management21majority (exact figure withheld)$61,65573.7%
Health
Bachelor of Science in Nursing71majority (exact figure withheld)$90,088100.0%
Human and Social Services
Bachelor of Social Work41majority (exact figure withheld)$69,68895.0%
Humanities
Bachelor of Arts in English11majority (exact figure withheld)$63,29560.0%
Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts in History11majority (exact figure withheld)$58,79990.0%
Bachelor of Science in Psychology3177.4%$60,73183.3%

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

Tuition

Domestic students, 2025/26
$6,109 a year

full-time undergraduate arts

International students, 2025/26
$28,893 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$6,109$28,893
2024/25$5,989$26,753
2023/24$5,872$24,771
2022/23$5,756$23,818
2021/22$5,644$22,461
2020/21$5,533$22,021
2019/20$5,424$21,589
2018/19$5,318$18,612
2017/18$5,213$18,247
2016/17$5,111$17,889

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).

By field of study, for Canadian students

Statistics Canada's averages for the Prince George area, where — on our mapping — this is the only degree-granting institution. Statistics Canada publishes average undergraduate tuition for Canadian students by field of study for census areas, not institutions, combining every institution in an area. We show an area's figures only where, on our own mapping, it holds one degree-granting institution, and where Statistics Canada's figure for one field matches that institution's own fee in B.C.'s data (to within a dollar of rounding) in every year from 2016/17 to 2025/26 — a check that the figures are that institution's, not a guarantee that no other institution is counted. 2026/2027 figures are preliminary. They take no account of financial aid or tax rebates.

Field of study2025/20262026/2027 (preliminary)
Education$6,109$6,231
Humanities$6,109$6,231
Social and behavioural sciences, and legal studies$6,109$6,231
Business management and public administration$6,109$6,231
Physical and life sciences and technologies$6,109$6,231
Mathematics, computer and information sciences$6,109$6,231
Engineering$6,109$6,231
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation$6,109$6,231
Nursing$6,109$6,231
Other health, parks, recreation and fitness$6,109$6,231
Other, field of study$6,109$6,231
All fields (Statistics Canada's weighted average)$6,109$6,231

A field not listed has no figure for this area. Statistics Canada's and B.C.'s figures are built differently, so the two tables don't always agree.

What isn't here

B.C. publishes one tuition figure per institution, for one typical programme (arts at most institutions) — check University of Northern 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.

Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 37-10-0120-01, Undergraduate tuition fees, Canadian students, by selected standard geographic areas and by field of study, 2025/2026 and 2026/2027. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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

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