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Institutional Research and Planning
Institutional Research and Planning
An interactive UFV quick facts dashboard is also available.
| Founded as Fraser Valley College | April 4, 1974 |
| University status as University of the Fraser Valley | April 21, 2008 |
| Bachelor's degrees awarded (2022/23) | 1,230 |
| Total credentials awarded (2022/23) | 2,907 |
| Dr. Jo-ann Archibald, Chancellor |
| Mr. John Pankratz, Chair, Board of Governors |
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Dr. James Mandigo, President and Vice-Chancellor |
| Dr. Tracy Ryder Glass, Acting Provost and Vice-President Academic |
| 11,460 |
Total number of students as of November 1, 2023 for Fall 2023 |
| 15,960 | Total number of students in Fiscal 2022/23 |
| 894 | Total self-declared Indigenous students |
| 55.7%, 41.5%, 0.8%, 2.0% | Student Gender by Female, Male, Non-Binary, and Unknown |
| 52% | Full-time students taking 9 credits or more in a semester |
| 85.8% | Year 1 to 2 retention rate for students in the 2020 Cohort who are new to UFV and have registered in a Bachelor's degree program. |
| 24 | Average class size |
| Over 50,000 | Alumni |
| 2,904 | Number of international students |
| 65 | Countries represented |
| 18% | Share of the total student population made up of international |
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Top 5 home countries are India, China, Nepal, Nigeria and Vietnam. |
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| The 2024 Canadian University Survey Consortium middle-year university student reports that: | |
| 88% | of UFV middle-year undergraduate students are satisfied/very satisfied with their decision to attend UFV |
| 84% | of UFV middle-year undergraduate students agreed/strongly agreed they are generally satisfied with quality of teaching they received |
| 95% |
of UFV middle-year undergraduate students agreed or strongly agreed that professors seem knowledgeable in their fields |
| 80% |
of UFV middle-year undergraduate students say their university experiences met/exceeded their expectations |
| The 2023 National Survey of Student Engagement of first - year and senior students indicates that: | |
| 76% | of UFV first-year students rate their overall education experience at the university as excellent or good |
| 86% | of first-year students responded if they could start over again, they would definitely/probably go to UFV |
| 76% | of senior students rate their overall educational experience at the university as excellent or good |
| 83% | of senior students responded if they could start over again, they would definitely/probably go to UFV |
| The 2023 Baccalaureate Graduate Survey reports that: | |
| 90% | of UFV degree graduates are satisfied/very satisfied with their education |
| 91% | rate the quality of instruction as good/very good |
| 87% | identified UFV as being helpful/very helpful in their skill development |
| 880 |
Faculty members (fiscal year 2023/24) |
| 908 | Staff & administrators (fiscal year 2023/24) |
| College of Arts |
| Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies |
| Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Faculty of Business and Computing |
| Faculty of Science |
| School of Graduate Studies |
| 64 | Undergraduate certificate, diploma, & associate degree programs |
| 20 | Bachelor degree programs, with majors, minors, & extended minors in more than 40 program areas |
| 11 | Master’s degree, graduate certificate, & post-baccalaureate programs |
| 20 | Trades & apprenticeship programs |
| 20 | Adult training, continuing education certificates, upgrading, and ESL programs |
| 83 | Study abroad programs |
| 20 | Program that offer co-operative education |
| The 5 largest academic departments are School of Business, School of Computing, Mathematics & Statistics, Psychology, and Social, Cultural, & Media Studies | |
| 425 | Student research assistant positions |
| 200 | Students living on campus |
| 65+ | Student clubs and associations |
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Varsity sports in soccer, basketball, volleyball, and golf; Club sports in rowing, baseball, and rugby sevens |
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| Team name — Cascades | |
| Mascot name — Sasq’ets | |
| Colours — forest green, spring green, and black | |
| Abbotsford — main campus, Aerospace Training Centre |
| Chilliwack — Canada Education Park (CEP) |
| Mission and Hope |
| Clearbrook Centre |
| Online activity comprises 30% of total instruction |