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Computer ScienceDegree programRecognized strength✓ Listed officially

Computer Science

at University of British Columbia · Vancouver, British Columbia · On the official programs page ↗

A+
Program score
Data transparencyStrong

How well this program's existence and the school's data are sourced. 81/100

Value scoreA

Quality adjusted for the school's cost. 92/100 · see how University of British Columbia compares

Admission

Unverified · official page ↗
Not publishedNo published average

The school doesn't publish an admission average for this program, and we don't estimate one. Competitive years run high; confirm on the program's own admissions page.

Prerequisites
Faculty of Science requirements: a Grade 12 calculus-track math (BC: Pre-Calculus 12), plus one Grade 12 science (Biology/Chemistry/Physics), and Grade 11 Chemistry and Grade 11 Physics; English-language competency.
Supplementary requirements
Personal Profile required as part of the UBC application.

Admission to Computer Science depends on more than grades. Confirm current requirements on the official program page.

How this program ranks

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Among Canadian universities offering Computer Science, Computer Science at University of British Columbia ranks #2 of 76 on our program score: verified school-wide outcomes (40%), recognized strength in Computer Science (25%), data transparency (20%) and value (15%). Here's exactly how its 95/100 was reached:

How we calculated this 95/100: the real numbers95/100

Verified school-wide outcomes 40% · recognized strength in Computer Science 25% · data transparency 20% · value 15%.

  1. Verified school-wide outcomes
    88/100: University of British Columbia's verified outcome score, inherited (no fabricated per-program number)
    × 40% → 35 pts
    35 pts
  2. Recognised strength in Computer Science
    100/100: University of British Columbia is recognized for Computer Science
    × 25% → 25 pts
    25 pts
  3. Program data transparency
    81/100: this program's transparency score (below)
    × 20% → 16 pts
    16 pts
  4. Value
    92/100: quality adjusted for University of British Columbia's cost
    × 15% → 14 pts
    14 pts

+5 pts: paid co-op, which genuinely differentiates Computer Science programs.

Program score95/100

We don't yet publish verified program-LEVEL outcomes, so this program inherits its school's verified figures, labelled as such: never a per-program number we can't source.

Compared with other Computer Science programs

Transparency

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The one program-level signal we can verify today is whether this program is listed on University of British Columbia's official programs page. The rest is University of British Columbia's own data transparency, inherited and labelled; we don't yet have verified per-program stats.

Program listed on the school's official programs pageThis program
Existence confirmed on vancouver.calendar.ubc.ca
source ↗1/1
Publishes student outcomesSchool-level
2 of 3 outcome metrics sourced
source ↗1/2
Keeps published data currentSchool-level
latest figure as of 2023
source ↗1/2
Sources its competitive entry averageSchool-level
admitted average documented on an official page (2024/25)
source ↗1/1
Backs facts with verified official linksSchool-level
2 verified source links
source ↗2/2
How we calculated this 81/100: the real numbers81/100

30% (listed on the school's official programs page) + 70% (the school's own data-transparency score).

  1. Program listed on an official pageThis program
    Yes: existence confirmed on the school's official programs page (1/1)
    × 30% → 30 pts
    30 pts

    Existence confirmed on vancouver.calendar.ubc.ca

    Sourceofficial source ↗
  2. University of British Columbia's data-transparency scoreSchool-level
    73/100: the school's own rubric (shown on its profile)
    × 70% → 51 pts
    51 pts
Program transparency81/100

The one genuinely program-level signal we can verify today is whether the program is listed officially. The rest is the school's transparency, inherited and labelled.

Outcomes (school-wide)

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We don't yet publish program-level outcomes, so Computer Science inherits University of British Columbia's verified school-wide figures. These are what feed its program score, never a per-program number we can't source.

First-year retention
95%
Graduation rate
84%
How we calculated this 88/100: the real numbers88/100

Each verified outcome is scored 0-100 against the range its peers actually publish, then blended by weight and renormalised over the 2 of 3 metrics University of British Columbia publishes.

  1. First-year retention
    95%: first-year retention
    scaled within the 80-95% range across the 16 peers that publish it → 100/100, weighted 46%
    46 pts
    “95% of the 2023/24 cohort of first-year undergraduate students were retained into 2024/25 (UBC Vancouver)”
    Extracted fromUBC Planning, Analytics & Institutional Research, Annual Enrolment Report 2024/25 ↗· as of 2023-24
  2. Graduation rate
    84%: graduation rate
    scaled within the 62.3-90% range across the 20 peers that publish it → 78/100, weighted 54%
    42 pts
    “84% of UBC Vancouver students [2018/19 cohort] completed their programs within six years”
    Extracted fromUBC Planning, Analytics & Institutional Research, Annual Enrolment Report 2024/25 ↗· as of 2018-19 cohort
Outcome score88/100

Scored on 2 of 3 outcome metrics: the rest aren't published with a verifiable source, so they're left out rather than estimated.

Program facts

Field
Computer Science
Credential
Degree program
School
University of British Columbia
Domestic tuition
$6,230/yr
Avg. entering grade
90%
Existence
vancouver.calendar.ubc.ca ↗

Per-program stats are honestly Unverified until a program-level figure is sourced. Data as of June 2026.

Full school profile

Computer Science is one program at University of British Columbia. See the school's grades, verified outcomes, transparency and every other program.

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