UNBC Holds Fourth Spot

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UNBC remains in the number four position for the small undergraduate university category  in the Macleans Magazine annual ranking.  That makes it the best small university in all of Western Canada as those that outranked it  were in Atlantic Canada.

UNBC scored high  on  seveal points:

• Class sizes, nearly 70% of first and second-year classes have fewer than 25 students.  

• The quality of students at UNBC is very high.  The average entering grade of all first-year students is nearly 82%.  

• UNBC faculty receive a large number of national awards and have one of the highest rates in the country for achieving a doctoral degree. Their ability to attract national research funding – particularly in the social sciences and humanities – has been rewarded with a #2 ranking.
 
• Likewise, the UNBC Library is second for the proportion of its budget that it spends on new acquisitions. Last year, the Geoffrey R. Weller Library spent $1.5 million on new materials, 42% of which was directed to acquiring electronic library resources (mostly through online services).  

“Even though it’s pleasing to see how we’ve succeeded in Maclean’s, it’s more important to us that we’re making investments in areas that simply make us a better university,” says UNBC President Don Cozzetto. “We’re awarding more scholarships and bursaries than ever before, we’re attracting more students, we’ve seen a huge increase in our research activity, we’re offering more courses in northern BC communities, and we’re developing new and popular programs. These kinds of activities don’t always pay off in Maclean’s but they make us more relevant to the province and to the North.”  

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