School Enrolment Trends and Presence of International Students

Brock University, located in St. Catharines, is home to just over 18,500 students. The majority of students (over 90 percent) are enrolled in undergraduate programs. Just over 25 per cent of Brock students are from Niagara, 40 per cent from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), 30 per cent from the rest of Ontario, 1 per cent from the rest of Canada, and 4 per cent from outside Canada.

Brock University Head Count Enrolment Report, Fall 2013 – Fall 2016
Brock University	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2016
All Students	18,688	18,824	18,462	18,704
Undergraduate Students	16,999	17,154	16,813	17,014
Graduate Students	1,689	1,670	1,649	1,690

Source: Brock University Head Count Enrolment Report, Fall 2014 and Fall 2016
Retrieved from: https://brocku.ca/institutional-analysis/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/HeadCountReport-Full-2014.pdf and https://brocku.ca/institutional-analysis/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/HeadCountReport-Full-2016.pdf

Students at Brock University – 2014
Headcount (Nov. 1, 2014)
	Undergraduate	Graduate	Total	Total %
Full-Time	14,911	1,259	16,170	86%
Part-Time	2,243	411	2,654	14%
Total	17,154	1,670	18,824
Male	7,439	588	8,027	43%
Female	9,715	1,082	10,797	57%
Origin of International Students:
	Undergraduate	Graduate	Total	Total %
Asia	885	490	1,375	73%
Europe	113	38	151	8%
Africa	88	36	124	7%
North America	16	19	35	2%
C&S America & Caribbean	171	6	177	9%
Oceania	16	2	18	1%
Total	1,289	591	1,880	100%
Origin of New Full-Time Year 1 Undergraduates (Fall 2014):
Region	Direct entry from Secondary School		Other		Total
Niagara	26%		28%		26%
GTA	43%		26%		40%
Rest of Ontario	31%		22%		29%
Rest of Canada	0%		5%		1%
Outside Canada	0.1%		19%		4%
	100%		100%		100%

Source: All about Brock 2014-15
Retrieved from: https://brocku.ca/webfm_send/34950

Niagara College campuses are located in Welland, Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Niagara Falls. The College has more than 9,000 full-time students enrolled in over 100 diploma, graduate certificate, apprenticeship and Bachelor’s Degree programs. In addition, over 15,000 students are registered in over 600 credit, vocational and general interest programs.

For the 2017-2018 school year, 110 full-time programs are offered and delivered through 12 schools within Niagara College. This includes 65 diploma programs; 13 1-year certificate programs; 3, 4-year degree programs; 14, 3-year advanced diploma programs; 15, 1-year graduate certificate programs.

The College anticipates total full-time postsecondary enrolments will increase by 4.8%, in 2017-2018, reflecting a 15.7% increase in international student enrolment and a slight increase of 1.1% in domestic student enrolment. Some programs are seeing reduced admissions due to regional and provincial demographic trends, including declining student population in Niagara’s K-12 schools. The College is counteracting that trend by adding new intakes of popular programs in non-traditional terms (winter/spring), and increasing recruitment outreach in both domestic and international markets.

Source: Niagara College Annual Business Plan 2017-2018
Retrieved from: http://www.niagaracollege.ca/wp-content/uploads/business-plan-2017-2018.pdf

International Student Population in Canada: Canada saw an 83% increase in international student population between 2008 and 2014, illustrated by the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) infographic. In 2015, Nigerians were the fastest growing international student population in Canada, followed by Chinese students, who made up 33% of the international student population.

International Student Enrolment at Brock University: A data visualization tool illustrates Brock international students by country of citizenship. From 2011 to date, Brock international enrolment has increased by 479 students. As of September, 2014, the university’s international student population totaled 2,408, including ESL (English as a Second Language) students. Since then, international student population numbers have begun to level off and stabilize at 1,900 enrolments.

Brock’s Fall 2016 Headcount Enrolment Report shows 1,903 International Students from a total of 96 countries. Almost 64 per cent of these students are Chinese citizens. The top 5 countries by number of students are China (1,211); Nigeria (100); India (79); Saudi Arabia (37); and Germany (25). Of the International Students, 1,307 (68.7 per cent) are enrolled in undergraduate programs, and 596 (31.3 per cent) are in graduate programs. Over 60 (sixty) per cent of the International students enrolled in Master’s degree programs are pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

Source: Brock University Headcount Enrolment Report Fall 2016
Retrieved from: https://brocku.ca/webfm_send/43594

International Student Enrolment at Niagara College: The college projects its number of International Students to increase by 15.7% for the 2017-2018 school year, to total more than 3,000 students from over 80 countries. This is an increase over the number (2,350) of International Students at Niagara College cited in the Living in Niagara-2014 report. International tuition is projected to comprise 26% of College 2017-2018 revenues.

Source: Niagara College Annual Business Plan 2017-2018
Retrieved from: http://www.niagaracollege.ca/wp-content/uploads/business-plan-2017-2018.pdf

Niagara College International Students by Country of Citizenship – Fall, 2017
Country of Citizenship (Top 5)	Enrolment, Fall 2017 (Full Time)	Per cent of Enrolment, Fall 2017 (Full Time)
India	1,553	54.7 %
China	279	9.9 %
South Korea	154	5.5 %
Vietnam	123	4.4 %
Bahamas	98	3.5 %
Philippines	98	3.5 %
All Other Countries	517	18.5 %
Total	2,802	Enrolment data reflect Day 10 full-time post-secondary counts, Fall 2017