Tuition Fee and Scholarships in USA
About 70 percent of your total cost is the tuition fee component. Certain universities escalate the cost from year to year so check carefully when you are applying to the university or make sure you are choosing universities that have fixed costs versus those that have escalating costs. Tuition fees mentioned are the rough number of costs as it is for the year 2018.
The affordable and cheapest tuition fees are for public universities. Public universities are funded by the state and private universities are funded by self-owned sources.
Tuition fees according to the fee structure
Public universities are 20,000 - 30,000 USDper annum.
Some of the names of public universities are:
- University of Buffalo - http://www.buffalo.edu/studentaccounts/tuition-and-fees/broad-based-fees.html
- Binghamton Newyork - https://www.binghamton.edu/grad-school/cost-aid-funding/index.html
- University of Minnesota - https://onestop.umn.edu/finances/fees
- University of North Dakota - https://und.edu/one-stop/tuition-fees/index.html
- University of Florida - https://www.fa.ufl.edu/directives/2020-21-academic-year-tuition-and-fees/
- Ohio State University - http://undergrad.osu.edu/
Tuition fees of some public and Private universities are from 40,000- 50,000 USD per annum, some of the names of Private universities are:
- Harvard University - https://www.gse.harvard.efdu/financialaid/tuition
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - https://bulletin.stanford.edu/academic-policies/tuition-fees-and-housing#tuition1
- Columbia University - https://www.sfs.columbia.edu/tuition
- University of Michigan - https://ro.umich.edu/tuition-residency/tuition-fees"
- The University of Pennsylvania - https://srfs.upenn.edu/costs-budgeting/undergraduate-cost-attendance
- Yale University - https://student-accounts.yale.edu/tuition-and-fees
- Boston University - www.bu.edu/studentaccountingservices/your-bill/tuition-fees/
- New York University - https://www.nyu.edu/students/student-information-and-resources/bills-payments-and-refunds/tuition-and-fees.html
- University of California, Los Angels - https://admission.ucla.edu/tuition-aid/tuition-fees
- Duke University - https://nicholas.duke.edu/admissions/tuition-fees
Breaking down to graduate and undergraduate level Undergraduate courses for international students cost 25000 - 45000 USD. Postgraduate courses cost anywhere between USD 20000- 50000.
Types of scholarships provided by universities in the United States of America
- Financial Aid- It is a need-based scholarship here the universities will ask you for all your financial documents including the financial documents of your family
- Merit Scholarship - to get this scholarship you need to be top in either in terms of GPA/test score or extracurricular activities or your application itself or a very strong letter of recommendation and so forth. You need to be top of the top.
Some tips to get scholarships
- Apply to a few colleges where you are at the top of the candidate pool in GPA or extracurricular.
- Make sure these colleges offer full merit-based scholarships.
- Find out if there is a special application to fill out if you want to be one of the candidates for scholarships.
- Take note of the deadline and don’t submit your application in hurry.
Scholarship programs offered by different universities
- Harvard University http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/undergraduate-education/financial-aid/
- Yale University -https://admissions.yale.edu/affordability-basics
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/undergraduate-education/financial-aid/
- Princeton University - https://www.princeton.edu/admission-aid/international-students
- Stanford University Scholarships - https://financialaid.stanford.edu/undergrad/how/international.html
- Boston University -https://www.bu.edu/admissions/tuition-aid/scholarships-financial-aid/
- Clark Global University - https://www.clarku.edu/offices/financial-aid/prospective-students/international-students/