University tuition fees jump 3.1% on average

International student fees jump

Tuition for international undergraduate students jumped by 6.3 per cent to $25,180 last year, while fees for graduate programs increased 5.4 per cent to $16,252.  Two-thirds of international students were studying at the undergraduate level in 2017-2018, and almost a third of them were enrolled in business, management and public administration programs.  Another 14 per cent of international undergraduate students were studying engineering, which had above-average tuition fees of $28,625. While universities receive the majority of revenue from government funding, tuition fees represent a growing source of cash.

As per a reports released by Statistics Canada, University tuition fees have jumped an average of 3.1 per cent for undergraduate programs for the 2017-2018 academic year.

The average tuition has increased to $6,571, with the cost depending on what program a student is enrolled in, from $6,375 in the 2016-2017 school year.

The most expensive tuition fees for Canadian undergraduate students are:Dentistry: $22,297; Medicine: $14,444; Law: $13,642; Pharmacy: $10,279; Engineering: $8,099; Veterinary medicine: $7,667; Mathematics, computer and information sciences: $7,140; Architecture: $7,081; Business, management and public administration: $7,068; Health, parks, recreation and fitness: $6,261.

For graduate students, the average tuition is $6,907, a 1.8 per cent increase from the previous year, when it was $6,784.

At the graduate level, students in the executive (EMBA) and regular masters of business administration (MBA) programs pay the most on average: $51,891 for an EMBA and $29,293 for an MBA.