Canadian 4-Year Institutions' Revenues Down Compared to US Counterparts

According to a new report from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Canadian (PDF) 4-year institutions have fallen behind their US counterparts in gross revenue-per-student terms.

In spite of welcome government investments in postsecondary education in recent years, revenues per student in the general operating budgets at Canadian universities are much lower than at American public universities.

The latest volume of Trends in higher education, released today by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada shows overall revenues to support teaching and research per student at Canadian universities have fallen significantly since the 1980s and have remained virtually unchanged since 2000. Canadian universities had $2,000 per student more than their U.S. public peers in 1980-81 and now have $8,000 less per student to fund teaching and research. Canadian universities also have less per student than U.K universities.