International students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University are bracing their wallets for a serious hit as the post-secondary institution plans to increase tuition by 15 per cent over the next two years.
But Kwantlen isn’t alone.
Across the province, international students pay far more for classes than Canadians, with some programs costing international students as much as three to four times more than domestic students.
Domestic tuition rates are protected from rising more than two per cent annually because of provincial policy in place, but nothing exists to control the amount institutions can increase international students tuition.
Aran Armutlu with the
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