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发表于 2010-4-9 00:34
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[Homework]SENEWS-2010-04-08
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Today we answer a question from a listener in Colombia, John Anderson wants to know the costs of under graduate 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 schoolarships may reduce the cost. Here are a few numbers for these school a year from the college board organization, the average published price for under graduate study at a four year public colleage was about 7,000 dollors.
That was for student from in state, students from other states as well as international students paid an average of more than 18,000 dollors. 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 10,000 to 12,000 dollors a year.The colloege board says the average tuition at a private colleage was about 26,000 dollors. Many students save money by starting their education at a 2 year public colleage also known as a community colleage.
The average tuition this year was about 2,500 dollors, a few American colleges provide a free education including the millitary, 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're expected to pay 1000 dollars a year after that,summer jobs are provided to help meet these 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 for out of state tuituion, for example, at the university of Kentucky out of state graduate tuition averaged about 18,000 dollors this year.In state was about 9,000, American students often have to take out loans to help pay for their education . President Obama recently signed into a law a bill that changes the student loan stystem.
We'll have more on that next week, and international students can learn much more about studying in the United States on our website.Look For the foreign students series at the VOA special English.com.
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