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HIGHER EDUCATION IN US: what does it cost? (
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This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Today we answer a question
from a listener in Colombia. John Anderson wants to know the costs of
undergraduate and graduate study in the United States.
Well, the first thing to
know is that prices are different from school to school. Private colleges and
universities generally cost more than public ones.
Another thing to keep in
mind is that not all students pay a school's "published price."
Financial aid and scholarships may reduce the cost. Here are a few numbers for
this school year from the College Board organization.
The average published
price for undergraduate study at a four-year public college was about seven
thousand dollars. That was for students from "in state." Students
from other states as well as international students paid an average of more
than eighteen thousand dollars.
This is the bad news --
international students often have to pay the highest prices.
And these averages were
only for tuition and fees. Food, housing, books and supplies can add ten to
twelve thousand dollars a year.
The College Board says the
average tuition at a private college was about twenty-six thousand dollars.
Many students save money
by starting their education at a two-year public college, also known as a
community college. The average tuition this year was about two thousand five
hundred dollars.
A few American colleges
provide a free education, including the military and Merchant Marine academies.
They accept some foreign students.
Berea College is a small
Christian school in Berea, Kentucky, that pays all first-year costs for its
foreign students. But they are expected to pay one thousand dollars a year
after that. Summer jobs are provided to help meet this cost.
Costs for graduate study
in the United States also differ from school to school, and even from program
to program. Here too, public universities charge more for out-of-state tuition.
For example, at the University of Kentucky, out-of-state graduate tuition
averaged about eighteen thousand dollars this year. In-state was about nine
thousand.
American students often
have to take out loans to help pay for their education. President Obama
recently signed into law a bill that changes the student loan system. We'll
have more on that next week.
And international students
can learn much more about studying in the United States on our Web site. Look
for the Foreign Student Series at voaspecialenglish.com.
And that's the VOA Special
English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Steve Ember.
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