Admissions
Admissions statistics and reports cover the application process from the preliminary entry of a students application, to the offer, and finally to registration (acceptance of an offer, often referred to as the Yield). Data is grouped into registration periods that span May through the following April. This includes the Summer session (May - August) and the following Winter session (September - April). Note, that the registration period is not the same as the UBC Academic year which runs September through August..
We currently have data from 1995 onwards. Finalized data for registration years 1995 - 2004 were extracted on Feb-14-2006, and finalized data for the registration year 2005 onwards is extracted each March 1st. Each of the following reports includes data on Applications, Offers, and Registration numbers for the specified registration periods. The March extract is the final report completed for each registration period.
| Registration Period (Extract Date) | Applications | Offers | Yields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 (March-01-1996) | 7,411 | 2,754 | 1,597 |
| 1996 (March-01-1997) | 7,301 | 2,859 | 1,737 |
| 1997 (March-01-1998) | 7,592 | 2,860 | 1,697 |
| 1998 (March-01-1999) | 6,864 | 2,859 | 1,699 |
| 1999 (March-01-2000) | 7,549 | 3,248 | 1,989 |
| 2000 (March-01-2001) | 7,418 | 3,172 | 2,004 |
| 2001 (March-01-2002) | 7,899 | 3,268 | 2,097 |
| 2002 (March-01-2003) | 10,156 | 3,825 | 2,459 |
| 2003 (March-01-2004) | 11,778 | 3,966 | 2,663 |
| 2004 (March-01-2005) | 10,339 | 4,073 | 2,701 |
| 2005 (March-01-2006) | 9,729 | 3,900 | 2,577 |
| 2006 (March-01-2007) | 9,935 | 4,037 | 2,616 |
| 2007 (March-01-2008) | 9,719 | 4,018 | 2,606 |
| 2008 (March-01-2009) | 9,859 | 4,359 | 2,826 |
| 2009 (March-01-2010) | 11,767 | 4,775 | 3,265 |
| 2010 (March-01-2011) | 13,431 | 4,801 | 3,289 |
| 2011 (March-01-2012) | 14,151 | 4,744 | 3,242 |
1995 - 2011 Admission Process Review by Registration Year (ZIP File - Excel format - 2,044 KB)
Over a 17 year cycle - 1995 to 2011 - Graduate Studies has had a 91% increase in applications. In 1995 there were 7,411 applications. By 2011 these numbers had increased to 14,151 applications. The average increase for applications was 4.6% per year. Large year to year increases were seen in 1999 (9.98%), 2002 (28.57%), 2003 (15.97%), 2009 (19.35%), and 2010 (14.14%). Large year to year decreases were seen in 1998 (-9.59%), 2004 (-12.22%), and 2005 (-5.9%).
From an Offers perspective, there was a 72% increase in those same 17 years (a yearly average of 3.6%), going from 2,754 Offers made in 1995 to 4,744 Offers made in 2011.
The most important component, Registrations, saw a huge 103% increase in 17 years (a yearly average of 4.7%). There were 1,597 Registrations in 1995 and 3,242 Registrations in 2011.
International growth has seen two periods of significant growth - from 2001 to 2003 and from 2008 to 2011. In both 2003 and 2011 International applications surpassed Domestic applications (2003 - 51.2%, 2011 - 52.1%).
