Higher education plays an economic role in the Greater Victoria
area being as both students and staff of the many post secondary
schools number well over 50,000.

The University of Victoria is the
largest school on the island enrolling 19,475 students in 2006/2007
and employing 4,124 staff.    Website

Royal Roads University is much smaller
with 2,268 students and 680 staff.  Website

 
Camosun College is also located
on a few campuses across the Greater Victoria region and has 17,000
students and almost 1,000 staff (though close to half of the
students are under the distance education umbrella). Website

Malaspina University-College
is Vancouver Island's other main university with its main campus in Nanaimo,
as well as other campuses in Duncan, Parksville and Powell River.
Malaspina represents a unique combination of a degree-granting
university and a practical college.  Website

University Canada West, located in
central Victoria, rounds out the list of degree granting institutions.
There are also numerous community colleges and international education centres. Website

 
Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific is an international school
dedicated to the promotion of world peace, cooperation, and coexistence.
It is named after former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Website

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