Questions tagged [tuition]
Fees paid by students to academic institutes they attend to cover educational expenses.
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Why can't universities work around the proposed reclassification of tuition remission as taxable income, by not charging tuition?
There has been a lot of press about how the new tax proposals currently being considered by Congress could hurt grad students because one of the plans would treat remitted tuition as taxable income.
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Why do American universities cost so much?
Being from Russia, the idea of paying 5-6 digit sums for a university education sounds ludicrous. I understand that prices in the US are different but surely there have to be cheaper options. Besides, ...
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Does it cost universities less to teach online?
As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts
The article talks about students demanding tuition cuts because online classes are less effective, and because lots of things they pay for ...
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Is education in Europe really this cheap?
Is tuition in Europe really US$300 or €200 a year? That is one tenth the cost of the tuition in the developing country university where I took my bachelor's and master's.
Is it really true that some ...
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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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What consequences are there if, having already graduated and received my degree, I do not pay up my tuition fees?
Background: I just graduated from a US university. I have also received my diploma (both in paper form mailed to me and also in electronic form) certifying that I have received such-and-such a degree.
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What is the socio-economic argument or historical basis for university tuition fees?
One of the major differences between Europe (here I am mainly referring to Scandinavia) and Northern America, from an academic viewpoint, is the perspective towards higher education. In Scandinavia ...
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Does any country have free college & open admissions?
Here's my rough understanding of differences in higher education in different countries:
In the U.S., college is paid for in general by the individual student, not the state. On the other hand, ...
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Will doing a chargeback on tuition hurt my chances at getting into the same university for grad school?
I'm taking an independent phys ed course at my local university. I'm also currently studying for the GRE and I'm hoping to start grad school here in a totally different department in fall 2021. There'...
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Why are tuition fees for PhD students so high in the USA, despite not taking any class?
As a PhD student in a US university, my tuition fees are ~44,000 USD per year, despite the fact that I don't take any class: only 6 classes are required during the PhD program, and I've completed them ...
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What percentage of a professor's salary is paid for by tuition?
Is it possible to determine what percentage of a tenure track/tenured professor's salary is paid for by tuition? At my UK university, our school budget includes income from student fees (we only get a ...
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Why is college tuition high, but academic salaries low?
Where is the money going to?
How can it be that interested students pay so much, but many academic salaries are so low (excluding the obvious full professor in a field where the industry pays for ...
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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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How realistic is it to pay for one's living and tuition with a student job? [closed]
How do people pay for a Bsc without taking massive loans? Is there enough time in a waking day to both study and financially support yourself with a job that is relevant to your field of study? Is it ...
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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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