Vancouver Community College

college · British Columbia

Students: 7,914
International: 39.8%
Graduates: 3,189
Women: 60.5%

Enrolment over time

2009 to 2023 — -20.2% over the period.

2009: 9,9182023: 7,914

What students study

Business, management, marketing and related support services24%

Health professions and related programs17%

Culinary, entertainment, and personal services10%

Indigenous and foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics9%

High school/secondary diploma and certificate programs6%

Education6%

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities5%

Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians4%

Family and consumer sciences/human sciences4%

Computer and information sciences and support services4%

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	78	85.7%	$84,175 a year	—	89.4%	26.3%
Diplomas	922	88.6%	—	$27.00 an hour	79.4%	16.9%
Certificates	1,184	90.1%	—	$28.00 an hour	86.9%	29.5%
Trades foundation	973	79.7%	—	$19.50 an hour	76.5%	not asked
Apprenticeships	94	93.5%	—	$25.00 an hour	96.5%	not asked

Bachelor's degrees by programme (3)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median salary, a year	Job related
Business and Management
Bachelor of Hospitality Management	21	majority (exact figure withheld)	$48,219	82.4%
Health
Bachelor of Science in Nursing	41	majority (exact figure withheld)	$93,528	100.0%
Visual and Performing Arts
Bachelor of Applied Music	16	60.0%	$34,485	55.6%

Diplomas by programme (19)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median wage, an hour	Job related
Business and Management
Accounting Diploma	17	majority (exact figure withheld)	$24.50	53.8%
Business & Project Management	120	87.3%	$24.05	69.3%
Business Management Post-Degree Diploma	15	majority (exact figure withheld)	too few responses	63.6%
Canadian Business Management	98	90.4%	$20.00	71.1%
Hospitality Management	153	85.8%	$20.00	82.1%
Marketing Technology Diploma	16	majority (exact figure withheld)	$24.50	30.8%
Education
Instructor Development Training	208	91.8%	$51.15	88.9%
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) and 3D Building Information Modelling (BIM) Technician	36	majority (exact figure withheld)	$29.89	93.5%
Computer Systems Technology	21	76.2%	$20.73	43.8%
NETT - Administration and Security	33	81.8%	$20.49	42.3%
Health
Dental Hygiene	17	100.0%	$58.00	100.0%
Dental Technology Sciences	10	majority (exact figure withheld)	$24.50	100.0%
Occupational/Physical Therapist Assistant	27	100.0%	$30.92	96.0%
Human and Social Services
Early Childhood Education Diploma (Domestic)	18	majority (exact figure withheld)	$27.33	93.8%
Early Childhood Education Diploma (International)	16	majority (exact figure withheld)	$26.81	100.0%
Early Childhood Post Basic	19	100.0%	$26.14	100.0%
Visual and Performing Arts
Graphic Design Diploma	38	majority (exact figure withheld)	$22.50	78.1%
Jewellery Art & Design	21	majority (exact figure withheld)	$20.00	82.4%
Music	14	majority (exact figure withheld)	$30.00	50.0%

Certificates by programme (24)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median wage, an hour	Job related
Arts and Sciences
ASL and Deaf Studies	40	70.0%	$22.00	35.7%
Counselling Skills Foundation	27	majority (exact figure withheld)	$28.00	75.0%
University Transfer Science Certificate	10	too few responses	too few responses	25.0%
Business and Management
Administrative Professional	45	71.1%	$23.57	68.8%
Office Administration	10	too few responses	too few responses	87.5%
Education
Online-E-learning Instruction	11	100.0%	$36.00	90.9%
Trades Instructor	27	majority (exact figure withheld)	$50.00	100.0%
Train the Trainer	35	majority (exact figure withheld)	$44.05	91.2%
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Steel Construction Model Technician	11	majority (exact figure withheld)	$26.00	100.0%
Health
Acute Care for Health Care	19	100.0%	$28.00	100.0%
Certified Dental Assisting	64	majority (exact figure withheld)	$30.00	98.3%
Dental Reception Coordinator	52	82.0%	$24.00	82.9%
Health Care Assistant	187	95.1%	$27.29	93.7%
Health Unit Coordinator	28	100.0%	$26.14	92.9%
Medical Device Reprocessing Technician	100	majority (exact figure withheld)	$27.00	84.2%
Medical Lab Assistant	78	85.5%	$28.00	76.9%
Medical Office Assistant	52	88.2%	$23.00	88.9%
Medical Transcriptionist	14	majority (exact figure withheld)	$24.54	91.7%
Pharmacy Technician	21	majority (exact figure withheld)	$29.90	85.0%
Practical Nursing	101	majority (exact figure withheld)	$31.00	98.9%
Human and Social Services
Early Childhood Care and Education	65	89.1%	$24.65	96.4%
Legal Administrative Assistant	28	majority (exact figure withheld)	$24.63	92.0%
Paralegal - Corporate	11	100.0%	$39.86	60.0%
Paralegal - Litigation	22	majority (exact figure withheld)	$37.48	100.0%

Trades foundation by programme (17)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median wage, an hour	Job related
Automotive and Other Mechanics
Auto Collision & Refinishing	45	majority (exact figure withheld)	$21.30	74.4%
Auto Service Technician Harmonized	34	70.6%	$22.00	91.7%
Auto Service Technician Harmonized Foundation HS	16	majority (exact figure withheld)	$18.50	50.0%
Automotive Collision and Refinishing Foundation Certificate	35	majority (exact figure withheld)	$19.50	90.6%
Automotive Service Technician	40	majority (exact figure withheld)	$21.41	83.8%
Culinary Arts and Personal Services
Asian Culinary Arts-Chinese Cuisine	31	76.7%	$19.59	82.6%
Baking & Pastry Arts	99	82.3%	$20.00	84.8%
Baking Foundation	18	72.2%	$17.75	76.9%
Culinary Arts	118	83.9%	$20.00	81.6%
Esthetics & Spa Therapy	136	73.3%	$18.00	63.8%
Hairstylist	172	67.3%	$18.00	58.3%
Hairstylist - High School	11	100.0%	$17.20	50.0%
Professional Cook 1 ITA Youth	47	68.1%	$18.00	90.3%
Professional Cook 1 Plus	56	87.5%	$18.20	89.8%
Professional Cook 2 Advanced	40	majority (exact figure withheld)	$20.00	89.2%
Industrial and Heavy Duty Mechanics and Other Repair Trades
Electronics Repair Technology	17	100.0%	$25.00	56.3%
Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation	45	majority (exact figure withheld)	$29.25	90.0%

Apprenticeships by programme (4)

Programme	Respondents	Working	Median wage, an hour	Job related
Automotive and Other Mechanics
Automotive Service Technician Apprenticeship - Progressive	29	majority (exact figure withheld)	$25.00	100.0%
Automotive Service Technician Apprenticeship - Traditional	11	majority (exact figure withheld)	$38.75	100.0%
Culinary Arts and Personal Services
Professional Cook 2 - Workplace Entry - Progressive	13	majority (exact figure withheld)	$20.00	83.3%
Professional Cook 3 - Workplace Entry - Traditional	12	majority (exact figure withheld)	$25.00	100.0%

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

Tuition

Domestic students, 2025/26: $3,079 a year
International students, 2025/26: $18,949 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	$3,079	$18,949
2024/25	$3,019	$18,578
2023/24	$2,960	$18,037
2022/23	$2,902	$17,343
2021/22	$2,845	$16,676
2020/21	$2,789	$16,349
2019/20	$2,735	$16,028
2018/19	$2,681	$15,714
2017/18	$2,628	$15,406
2016/17	$2,577	$15,104

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 Vancouver Community 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 Douglas College15,960

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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