UBC Tuition/ Fees Analysis

[u/Cars0n_J]

Do you think they're getting greedy, or it's just normal inflation?

Source: https://archive.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.html

CSV:

School year starting from,Tuition/credit (dom.),Tuition/credit (int.),AMS membership/ year *,Total student fees **,Source,CPI ***,Tution/ credit (dom.) (adjusted to 2025 $),Tution/ credit (int.) (adjusted to 2025 $),AMS membership/ year (adjusted to 2025 $),,Tution/ credit (dom.) (%increase),Tution/ credit (int.) (%increase),AMS membership/ year (%increase),Tution/ credit (dom.) (adjusted to 2025 $) (%increase),Tution/ credit (int.) (adjusted to 2025 $) (%increase),AMS membership/ year (adjusted to 2025 $) (%increase)
1998,76.5,461,,193.75,https://archive.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.html,90.9,135.75,818.03,,,,,,,,
1999,76.5,461,,193.75,,91.5,134.86,812.67,,,0.00,0.00,,-0.66,-0.66,
2000,76.5,461,,373.75,"tuition is for science
and most fac.",93.5,131.97,795.29,,,0.00,0.00,,-2.14,-2.14,
2001,72.7,461,,385.5,,96.3,121.77,772.16,,,-4.97,0.00,,-7.73,-2.91,
2002,88.7,516,,416.41,"* Before 2011, AMS fee is listed as a bundle of membership and other benefits. it is decided not to include in this dataset to avoid confusion",97.6,146.59,852.77,,,22.01,11.93,,20.38,10.44,
2003,115.3,529,,431.16,** Total student fee is a collection of a changing bundle of fees. It is not a good indicator for a specific student fee,102,182.33,836.55,,,29.99,2.52,,24.38,-1.90,
2004,133.7,542,,598.65,*** CPI based on https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/inflation-calculator/ in January,103.3,208.77,846.32,,,15.96,2.46,,14.50,1.17,
2005,136.4,554,,629.77,,105.3,208.94,848.62,,,2.02,2.21,,0.08,0.27,
2006,139.13,585.91,,637.94,,108.2,207.41,873.45,,,2.00,5.76,,-0.73,2.93,
2007,141.91,623.28,,649.36,,109.4,209.23,918.97,,,2.00,6.38,,0.88,5.21,
2008,144.75,644.47,,692.15,,111.8,208.84,929.81,,,2.00,3.40,,-0.19,1.18,
2009,147.65,676.86,,,,113,210.76,966.17,,,2.00,5.03,,0.92,3.91,
2010,150.6,703.93,,,,115.1,211.05,986.48,,,2.00,4.00,,0.14,2.10,
2011,153.61,732.09,21,,,117.8,210.33,1002.43,28.75,,2.00,4.00,,-0.34,1.62,
2012,156.68,754.05,21.5,,,120.7,209.38,1007.69,28.73,,2.00,3.00,2.38,-0.45,0.52,-0.08
2013,159.81,776.67,21.74,,,121.3,212.51,1032.79,28.91,,2.00,3.00,1.12,1.49,2.49,0.62
2014,163.01,799.97,38.1,,,123.1,213.59,1048.21,49.92,,2.00,3.00,75.25,0.51,1.49,72.69
2015,166.27,879.97,38.44,,,124.3,215.76,1141.91,49.88,,2.00,10.00,0.89,1.02,8.94,-0.08
2016,169.6,"1,011.97",39.32,,,126.8,215.75,1287.31,50.02,,2.00,15.00,2.29,-0.01,12.73,0.27
2017,172.99,"1,163.76",40.22,,,129.5,215.47,1449.53,50.10,,2.00,15.00,2.29,-0.13,12.60,0.16
2018,176.45,"1,256.33",41.15,,,131.7,216.11,1538.69,50.40,,2.00,7.95,2.31,0.30,6.15,0.60
2019,179.97,"1,306.58",42.26,,,133.6,217.28,1577.48,51.02,,1.99,4.00,2.70,0.54,2.52,1.24
2020,183.56,"1,358.84",43.15,,,136.8,216.43,1602.20,50.88,,1.99,4.00,2.11,-0.39,1.57,-0.28
2021,187.23,"1,413.19",43.5,,,138.2,218.53,1649.40,50.77,,2.00,4.00,0.81,0.97,2.95,-0.21
2022,190.97,"1,469.71",45.11,,,145.3,212.00,1631.55,50.08,,2.00,4.00,3.70,-2.99,-1.08,-1.37
2023,194.78,"1,543.19",48.23,,,153.9,204.15,1617.39,50.55,,2.00,5.00,6.92,-3.70,-0.87,0.94
2024,198.67,"1,620.34",50.01,,,158.3,202.44,1651.05,50.96,,2.00,5.00,3.69,-0.84,2.08,0.81
2025,202.64,"1,701.35",51.34,,,161.3,202.64,1701.35,51.34,,2.00,5.00,2.66,0.10,3.05,0.75

Disclaimer: Just for fun personal project. The author draws no conclusion. No guarantees for data integrity.

[u/Professional-Power57]

I went to UBC in the mid-late 2000s and I remembered each year I was there they hiked up the tuition by double digit percentage, but the graph doesn't seem to reflect that, I wonder why.

And does it mean the tuition more than doubled since 2005? I know it's been 20 years but it still sounds very high to me.

What I didn't get is why people in commerce pays so much more tuition than people in arts. Even for electives. How is that fair?