Table B.2.11
Average undergraduate and graduate university tuition fees,Note 1 full-time Canadian students, by field of study, Canada, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

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Table B.2.11
Average undergraduate and graduate university tuition fees,Note 1 full-time Canadian students, by field of study, Canada, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of average undergraduate and graduate university tuition fees. This information is grouped by academic year 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012 (appearing as column headers), calculated using current dollars as a unit of measure.
  Academic yearNote 2
2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011Note 3 2011/2012Note 4
current dollars
Undergraduate programs  
Dentistry 12,516 13,290 13,917 15,062Note r 16,024Note p
Medicine 10,029 9,821 9,815 10,867Note r 11,345Note p
Pharmacy 4,215 8,366 8,783 9,014Note r 9,806Note p
Law 7,382 8,030 8,229 8,657Note r 9,214Note p
Engineering 5,099 5,319 5,577 5,992Note r 6,326Note p
Veterinary medicine 4,296 4,959Note r 5,609Note r 5,612Note r 5,889Note p
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 4,746 4,987 5,299 5,526Note r 5,811Note p
Business, management and public administration 4,637 4,978 5,191 5,386Note r 5,711Note p
Architecture and related services 3,999 4,503 4,826 5,179Note r 5,424Note p
Physical and life sciences and technologies 4,534 4,679 4,885 5,049Note r 5,247Note p
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 4,064 4,366 4,697 4,803Note r 5,023Note p
Other health, parks, recreation and fitness 4,400 4,539 4,477 4,698Note r 4,874Note p
Nursing 4,267 4,422 4,558 4,662Note r 4,809Note p
Humanities 4,342 4,364 4,525 4,638Note r 4,791Note p
Social and behavioural sciences 4,165 4,251 4,431 4,586Note r 4,759Note p
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 4,239 4,377 4,592 4,748Note r 4,731Note p
Education 3,545 3,652 3,739 3,850Note r 3,970Note p
Graduate programsNote 2, Note 5  
Executive Master of Business Administration 22,142 29,893 27,963 37,032Note r 37,501Note p
Regular Master of Business Administration 14,545 19,376 19,727 20,336Note r 21,528Note p
Business, management and public administration 5,225 5,760 6,175 8,132Note r 8,391Note p
Other health, parks, recreation and fitness 4,305 5,092 5,430 7,017Note r 7,433Note p
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 4,042 4,277 5,488 5,735Note r 5,922Note p
Engineering 4,287 4,593 5,312 5,522Note r 5,793Note p
Physical and life sciences and technologies 4,067 4,437 5,239 5,477Note r 5,712Note p
Pharmacy 1,909 6,195 5,247 5,411 5,572Note p
Law 3,813 3,773 4,477 4,487Note r 5,414Note p
Nursing 4,286 4,892 4,925 5,090Note r 5,307Note p
Education 4,353 4,697 4,410 4,981Note r 5,094Note p
Architecture and related services 4,068 4,293 4,672 4,834 5,019Note p
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 3,873 3,921 4,636 4,821Note r 4,972Note p
Social and behavioural sciences 3,709 3,990 4,109 4,605Note r 4,776Note p
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 3,759 4,255 4,562 4,834Note r 4,621Note p
Dentistry 7,187 3,171 3,218 4,337 4,438Note p
Humanities 3,460 3,767 3,979 4,239Note r 4,392Note p
Veterinary medicine 2,774 3,304Note r 3,675Note r 3,435 3,433Note p
Medicine 5,811 .. .. .. ..
.. not available for a specific reference period
p preliminary
r revised
1. Tuition data do not include additional compulsory fees such as athletics, health services or student association fees. Using the most current enrolment data available, average tuition fees have been weighted by the number of students enrolled by institution and field of study. Foreign students are not included.
2. A major redesign of the Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students (TLAC) questionnaire was implemented for the 2007/2008 collection cycle, when fields of study based on the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) were used. Executive Master of Business Administration and Regular Master of Business Administration previously included in the "Business, management and public administration" category were presented independently under the graduate programs; this change had a substantial impact. In 2010/2011, MBA programs were excluded from the national and provincial weighted averages to eliminate the impact of the high cost of these programs on the overall tuition fee averages.
3. The 2010/2011data were preliminary; that is, they may have included estimates that were provided by responding institutions when final fees were not available before the reporting due date. These data have now been revised and finalized.
4. The 2011/2012 data may include estimates that were provided by responding institutions when final fees were not available before the reporting due date.
5. Residency programs in dentistry, medicine and veterinary medicine offered in teaching hospitals and similar locations that may lead to advanced professional certification have been excluded from the graduate tuition fees.
Notes: Since the distribution of enrolment across various programs varies from period to period, caution should be exercised when making historical comparisons.
To convert this current dollar data to constant dollar amounts for comparison over time, it is suggested that the September Consumer Price Index corresponding with the beginning of the university academic year (September to August) be used. For the index and further details on converting, see Table F.1.4.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Statistics Canada, Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students at Canadian Degree-granting Institutions Survey (TLAC), data released September 16, 2011.
Updated December 14, 2011.
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