BU Facts and Figures

Bishop's campus

ACADEMIC PROFILE

  • Small, residential, undergraduate university
  • Over 100 majors offered within 5 academic divisions
    • Williams School of Business
    • School of Education
    • Division of Humanities
    • Division of Social Sciences
    • Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  • Language of instruction: English
  • Average class size: 25
  • Student to faculty ratio: 16:1

ENROLMENT PROFILE (2011-12)

  • Full-time undergraduate: 2,262
  • Part-time undergraduate: 462
  • Total undergraduate: 2,724

By Academic Division

  • Business: 27%
  • Education: 12%
  • Humanities: 20%
  • Social Sciences: 27%
  • Natural Sciences & Mathematics: 14%

By Gender

  • Female: 56%
  • Male: 44%

Geographic Distribution

  • Quebec: 43%
  • Rest of Canada: 43%
  • International: 14%

Students enrolled from all Canadian provinces and territories, 22 states (US), and 47 countries world-wide.

Applications for 2011 were up 32% over 2010.
Average entering student in 2011 had an 84% average.
Over 84% of students are active in club, varsity or intramural sports.
96% of students live within walking distance of campus.

FIRST YEAR CLASS SIZES

  • 100 or more students - 2%
  • 71-90 students - 7%
  • 51-70 students -  9%
  • 31-50 students - 26%
  • fewer than 30 students - 56%