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[Homework]SENEWS-2010-04-08
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This is the VOA Special English education report.
Today we answer a question from a listener from Columbia. John Anderson wants to know the courses of the undergraduate and graduate study in the United States. Well, the first thing to know is prices are different from school to school. Private colleges or universities generally cost more than public ones. Another thing to keep in mind is not all the students pay a school's published price. Financial aid or scholarships may reduce the costs.
Here are a few numbers for this school year from the College Board Organization. The average published price for undergraduate's study at four-year public college was about 7,000 dollars. That was for students from in-state. Students from other states as well as international students pay than the average more than 18,000 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 10 to 12 thousand dollars a year.
The College Board says the average tuition of the private college was about 26,000 dollars. Many students save money by starting their education at the two year public college, also known as the community college. The average tuition this year was about 2,500 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 cost for its foreign students. But they are expected to pay 1,000 dollars a year after that. Summer jobs are provided to help meet this cost.
Cost 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 from out-of-state tuition. For example, at the University of Kentucky, out-of-state graduate tuition averaged about 18,000 dollars this year. In-state was about 9,000.
American students often have to take out loans to help pay their education. President Obama recently signed into law a bill that changes the student loan system. We have more on that next week. And international students can learn much more about study in the United States on our website. Look for the foreign student series at voaspecialenglish.com.
And that's the VOA Special English education report, written by Nancy S. I'm Steve Ember.
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