Education in the United States

t 4. 5 thousand higher education institutions in the country. More than fifty percent of students choose to study on a six-year program (bachelor master). Education in the United States annually receive more than half a million foreign students, more than half of them are representatives of Asian States. The cost of education is increasing every year, and this applies to both public and private universities. For a year of study it is necessary to spread from five to forty thousand dollars (depending on educational institution). However, many universities pay generous scholarships to low-income students. In colloquial speech, Americans usually call all higher education institutions colleges, even if it is not really a College, but a University.
Types of universities.
Higher education in the United States can be divided into three types. Educational institutions differ mainly in the atmosphere and the number of students. College from the University is characterized by the absence / presence of research programs and graduate school.
In colleges, students are mainly trained, and scientific work remains outside the scope of educational programs. As a rule, those colleges that require a four-year education are private and small (take up to two thousand students). Although in recent years began to form large colleges in the States for talented young people. According to American laws, such educational institutions may enter a resident of the area where they are located, but in fact it is quite difficult to do so. Since different schools have different standards of education, colleges do not trust the marks of entrants and provide for their exams.
All universities in the country are also divided into state universities funded by the government and private e