An Update on the Economic Impact of International Education in British Columbia

The share of this group of students increased from approximately 40% of the total number of international students in the province to almost 50% of the total student body. [...] The input-output model is built based on the input-output structure of the economy, which is essentially a set of tables describing the flows of goods and services amongst various sectors of the economy. [...] Post-Secondary Education and Training One of the main objectives of this study is to understand the number of international students in the province in different levels of study including the K-12 system, the post- secondary system, and private Languages Canada member schools. [...] We note that we have applied the average for full time undergraduate tuition fees for those in the “undergraduate” level and average for full-time graduate tuition fees for those in the “graduate” level for the number of international students in the “undergraduate” and “graduate” category in the public post-secondary institutions.4 In addition, we have included “Additional Fees” which represent c [...] For the purposes of this analysis, we have used the boundaries of eight Development Regions in the province, and collected data of international students in each of the region, and data on their spending patterns.