BU Facts and Figures

Bishop's campus

ACADEMIC PROFILE

  • Small, residential, undergraduate university
  • Over 100 majors offered within 5 academic division
    • 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: 22
  • Student to faculty ratio: 14:1

ENROLMENT PROFILE (2009-10)

  • Full-time undergraduate: 1,854
  • Part-time undergraduate: 551
  • Total undergraduate: 2,405

By Academic Division

  • Business: 25%
  • Education: 15%
  • Humanities: 22%
  • Social Sciences: 26%
  • Natural Sciences & Mathematics: 11%

By Gender

  • Female: 44%
  • Male: 56%

Geographic Distribution

  • Quebec: 44%
  • Rest of Canada: 43%
  • International: 13%

Students enrolled from all Canadian provinces and territories, 22 states (US), and 40 countries world-wide.

Applications for 2010 were up 20% over 2009.
Average entering student in 2010 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 - 0%
  • 71-90 students - 3%
  • 51-70 students -  14%
  • 31-50 students - 23%
  • fewer than 30 students - 60%