标题: [转载] 美国高等教育的花费Higher Education in US: What Does It Cost? [打印本页] 作者: ououmama 时间: 2010-4-8 21:58 标题: 美国高等教育的花费Higher Education in US: What Does It Cost?
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.
然而,我们首先要说的是不同的学校会有不同的费用。私人院校比公立院校的费用高。
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.
这是个坏消息。外国学生要付的费用最高。
And these averages were only for tuition and fees. Food, housing, books and supplies can add ten to twelve thousand dollars a year.
这些费用只包括学费。而每年花费在吃饭、住房、书费和日常生活用品的费用是1万到1.2万美元。
The College Board says the average tuition at a private college was about twenty-six thousand dollars.
大学委员会的人员称一个私立大学的平均费用是2.6万美元。
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.
许多学生在公立大学(社区大学)二年级就开始省钱了。今年的平均费用是2500美元。
A few American colleges provide a free education, including the military and Merchant Marine academies. They accept some foreign students.
一些美国学院提供免费教育,其中包括军事学院和商业学院。他们也接收外国学生。
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.