NVIT's Quick Facts

NVIT is proud of its diverse First Nations student population. With over 75% of its student body coming from outside of the Nicola Valley and across Western Canada, we have a breadth of Aboriginal traditions and values throughout the student body and Institute. As BC's Aboriginal public post-secondar institute, we're please to share that in 2008-09 NVIT’s student body reflected 60% (122) of BC’s First Nations communities, as well as First Nations communities in seven other provinces and territories.

Our student demographics for the fiscal year 2007-08 are as follows*:

Number of individual students: 1159


Age Ranges
4% 17 and under
30% 18 to 24
15% 25 to 29
21% 0 to 39
19% 40 to 49
10% 50 to 64
1% 65 and over

Gender:
67% female
33% male

Aboriginal Status:
61% Aboriginal
39% Non-Aboriginal

*This information is drawn from the Post-Secondary Central Data Warehouse Standard Reports available at: http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/datawarehouse/.   Student  FTEs are from NVIT's Audited FTE Report