ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY N-9

2005 Sooke Rd.
Victoria, BC, Canada V9B 5Y2
Tel: (250)391-2511; 800-788-8028; Admissions: (250)391-2552; Fax: (250)391-2522; Web Site: http://www.royalroads.ca/

Description: Province-supported, upper-level, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1996. Setting: 125-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $2 million. Research spending 2002-03: $577,000. Educational spending 2002-03: $4900 per student. Total enrollment: 2,984. Full-time: 199 students, 36% women, 64% men. Part-time: 211 students, 51% women, 49% men. Students come from 10 provinces and territories, 3 other countries, 15% from out-of province, 1% international, 76% 25 or older, 0% live on campus, 58% transferred in. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; natural resources/environmental science. Calendar: continuous. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. Off campus study.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $50. Canadian resident tuition: $5625 full-time, $188 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $360 full-time, $180 per year part-time. International student tuition: $11,250 full-time. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment: Student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: rowing, mountain biking, Recycling Club. Major annual events: rowing orientation, Garden City 10K run, Christmas Dance. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. Learning Resource Centre plus 1 other with 40,000 books, 164 microform titles, 609 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $700,000. 100 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.