B.C. ranked seventh lowest for undergraduate tuition and third highest for graduate rates in Canada, according to Statistics Canada's annual report on national tuition rates released Wednesday.
The province limits its post-secondary institutions to a maximum two per cent tuition hike each year.
That puts it just below the national average increase of 3.2 per cent for the 2015-16 school year, nearly the same as the 3.3 per cent rise from the year before.
In that time, between July 2014 and July 2015, inflation was 1.3 per cent.
In Prince George, both boards at University of Northern B.C. and the College of New Caledonia opted to increase tuition by the maximum two per cent to start the school year.
In B.C., the average undergrad pays $5,305 compared to the national average of almost $6,200.
Ontario leads the pack with an average tuition that tops $7,800.
Meanwhile, most B.C. graduate students pay about $7,800, behind Ontario's leading $8,971 in average tuition and Nova Scotia's $8,500.
International students were hit with the highest increases, however, rising 6.5 per cent across the country.
That builds on the previous years 5.3 per cent increase for foreign students.
The report also said dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and law undergraduate degrees remain the most expensive.
For masters students, dentistry and business administration degrees cost the most money.
