Questions tagged [tuition]
Fees paid by students to academic institutes they attend to cover educational expenses.
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Tuition fees vs enrolment fees?
What is the difference between tuition fees and enrolment fees? The University I'm planning to apply for MA studies, requires Non-EU students to pay 1500 euros per semester for tuition and 150 euros ...
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Pay for a Doctorate by working at institution?
A friend of mine was working on a doctorate at a local university, and they offered to hire him as an adjunct so he wouldn't have to pay for the doctorate. Is there an easier way for me to search ...
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Slow dissertation advisor: should I complain?
My doctoral advisor has regularly taken 3-4 weeks to respond to each round of my revisions on my doctoral dissertation draft.
Because of her lengthy response delays, I defended very late in the ...
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Scholarship award not being honored
I was announced as a recipient of a scholarship from an organization outside of the university, and the organization doesn't seem to be honoring the scholarship.
The announcement was made months ago ...
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How much public funding do private universities in the United States receive, directly or indirectly?
I am trying to assess how much public funding private universities in the United States receive.
I found a study that partially answers the question:
Taxpayer Subsidies for Most Colleges and ...
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How to estimate cost of a course when price is quoted per semester but program has three semesters?
I'm looking to get an MBA at University of Texas at Austin. I'm planning on working full-time while going to school, so I'm interested in their Evening MBA program.
I'm trying to understand costs. ...
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Is it normal for US PhD programs to require students to pay tuition for extra credits beyond 9 credits/semester?
Last semester I chose 12 credits, but the department said it can only pay for 9 credits, i.e. I have to pay for the extra 3 credits by myself.
No one ever told me about such rules before. I thought ...
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Why would a grad school reduce fees to a trivial amount rather than reduce stipend?
When I applied to grad schools I was accepted with full tuition wavers and stipends to all but one. That one gave me a good stipend and reduced tuition to a trivial fee ($300). They say you can even ...
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Should I pay up the rest of my tuition? [closed]
I'm from a third world country sponsored by my government to study in Canada. I messed up my last year and my full scholarship was revoked, so I had to repeat a whole year with my own money. You won't ...
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Is it normal for graduate tuition to be much cheaper than undergraduate tuition?
The undergraduate tuition in the University of Rochester is $49260 per year.
On the other hand, graduate tuition adds up to only $27684 (18 credit hours).
Am I missing something?
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Is TAing a necessary evil?
My understanding is that Masters and PhD students often need to TA -- even if they're already research assistants to a professor.
I'm a first year undergraduate who took courses heavily TA-reliant ...
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How do I pay for classes as a non-degree student?
I've already earned my degree (B.S. in Neuroscience, Psychology and Music), but need to take some pre-requisite classes before applying to a Masters in Physician Assistant Studies program. These ...
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Why didn't more people graduate with a college degree when it was "affordable"?
Adjusting for inflation, (without too much controversy, I expect), it is evident that college was more affordable in the past. See for example, this chart of Tuition and Fees and Room and Board over ...
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Why are Ph.D admission numbers low?
I am applying to a few Ph.D programs in mathematics and I found that most schools only admit about 5% of applicants. I know most programs fund students; some schools give stipends to all incoming ...
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Is it possible to pursue masters degree in the US university without getting financial back-up from family?
I am a undergraduate student majoring in Human resource management and planning to get admitted in such a university where I have great opportunity to do research.
Is it possible to pursue masters ...
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