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For Middile Class Students – Who is Paying for Your Higher Education Expenses?

Raghuram Sukumar —  August 4, 2012 — 37 Comments

Can you answer this 2 questions about your source of funding for higher education?

  •  How much is your cost of education in USA, Canada or other countries?
  • Who is paying for your education?

Example Reply

  • University – USC
  • Source of funding – Parents, Loan, Part-Time job
  • Expenses – $30,000 (Tuition fees)
  • Cost of Living – $5,000

Read the discussion I’m From Middle Class Family and My Dream of Studying in America is Fading Away

If you can share your sources of funding, it should encourage other students who are worried about paying for the higher education.

 

 

 

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37 responses to For Middile Class Students – Who is Paying for Your Higher Education Expenses?

  1. hi HB,
    Iam swathi.Ihad completed my B.Pharmacy.
    Pleasa check my profile for spring aug-2013
    B.Parmacy-80%
    X11-90.3%
    X-87.5%
    still i doesnt appear for my gre and toefl.im yet to give.Iwant to do my masters in Pharmacy .please any one suggest me best universities for masters in pharmacy.
    How to i attain funding program or scholarship .
    By giving only TOEFL we can seek any admission for college.what is the target score for both GREand TOEFL to seek admission in top most Universities.Currently im staying in us under h4 visa at maryland .When we have to apply for university?Before giving our gre and toefl or when?

    plez give me reply.

  2. Guys,

    Please clearly mention tutions fees is per annum or or it is total fees?

  3. Hii HSB, firstly thanks for providing every essential information regarding studying in abord.
    Evaluate my profile and suggest me universites in both u.s and canada. Also, where I can recieve scholarship or fellowship.

    Xth- 78%
    XIIth- 75%
    Current GPA- 3.5 out of 4.
    Now, Im studying at final year of B.pharmacy.
    Also, give suggestion to make my Profile more strong.
    Please,help me out….
    Thank You…!!

  4. Please tell about the “CPT” option?
    Thanks
    Nikhil

    • sry but I dnt know whats the ‘CPT’.
      And also I forget to inform that my GRE score is 295.
      Please, suggest univesites where I can apply.

  5. Naveen Chandra August 5, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    Networking means, I refer good candidates for their ENTRY LEVEL JOBS. They are ready to pay me for my COLLEGE FEE.
    I am NETWORKING with FRIENDS to JOIN the ENTRY LEVEL JOBS and I get paid for my school fee

  6. Hi,
    I have a doubt regarding the payment of fee for Canada.
    Should we pay the entire fee before the admission? OR
    Should we pay the fee before the commencement of each semester?

  7. Hi…
    iam pursuing my b.tech 4th year in computer sciences…..Iam plannig to do my ph.d
    Can i get admitted to ph.d, just with my bachelors degree without doing m.s??????
    plzzz reply me……

  8. Please evaluate my profile for spring 2013
    My profile:
    Class x-85%
    class xi-76%
    b.tech in computer science engineering from west bengal university of technology
    cgpa/dgpa-8.63
    gre score-310 verbal-152 quanti-158
    toefl-yet to give
    please suggest some universitites dat may provide me with full funding in phd/ms in computer science.
    Chosen universities:
    Michigan State University
    Ohio state university
    John hopkins uni
    University of utah
    universiyt of florida
    Texas tech university
    university of oklahama
    University of pittsburg
    Rochester state uni
    PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEE SOMEBODY DO GIVE REPLY

    • i think you should leave michigan and choose others on basis of the coures offered in MS and out of state tution fees.

  9. One correction $36k is amount mentioned on I-20 and not tuition fee.. tuition fee totally depends on how many credits you take. For me it’s 8 per semester and i’ll be paying $1260 per credit. so tuition fee comes around $20240 per semester.

    I’ll be joining NEU this Fall and graduating in 2014.. .as I haven’t completed a single semester , can’t tell whether the school is good or not. But from the info I got from my seniors, the school is very good , then there is co-op program which lets you work full time for one semester (for CS everybody get’s co-op), you get internships, on-campus jobs. many people had saved enough to pay a semester or twos tuition.So frm what my seniors told me it’s worth spending 36L (although we’ll end up spending not more than 20L)

  10. None encouraging advice here…. sad :(

  11. Naveen Chandra August 4, 2012 at 9:43 PM

    I am networking closely with a US based consultancy. I have an excellent advise that I got. I never heard about it. Its simple yet fetching. I cannot imagine that they do so much to students.
    I can do “NETWORKING” and PAY OFF MY SCHOOL FEE.
    NO BURDEN to PARENTS, NO LOANS, NO PART TIME JOBS

    All but LEGAL and FRIENDLY Suggestions

    Naveen Chandra

  12. Hi

    I am working in the USA on H1 visa. I got visa in Jan 2012 ,i can stay here next 5 years. I have not done any education in USA.
    Now I am planning to do MBA (Finance) ,But i need help from you guys.
    Which option is better for me
    1)Part time MBA in USA
    2)Full time MBA in India.

    -Priay.

  13. Why don’t you research the Universities’ websites and find out for yourself?
    - Vignesh

  14. University – Cornell University, M.Eng. in ECE
    Source of funding – Mostly self, around 20% from parents.
    Expenses – $45,000 (Tuition)
    Cost of Living – $10,000

  15. Hello HSB,
    Can you please share some idea about Ph.D in biosciences (subjects like molecular biology & biochemistry) from USA.
    Orelse, are you only for helping out students from Engineering background?
    I did my MSc in biochemistry.
    Please do something about this matter.
    It would be of great help to people like us.
    Waiting for the response from HSB and its followers.
    Thanks.

  16. Example Reply

    University – Portland State University
    Source of funding – Parents, Graduate AssistantShip
    Expenses – $21,000 (Tuition fees)
    Cost of Living – $9,000
    This cost is for 1 year and I hope to pay approximately 20,000 dollars with Assistantship, whcih is like a employment but pays a lot.

  17. metla sushmitha August 4, 2012 at 1:21 PM

    hi,
    im for Long island university,ceutics
    tution fee-22000$( per year)
    living expences-15000$( as per mentioned in i-20 but it will lesser since we wont stay oncampus)
    Sponsors-father,loan and part time jobs

  18. I have been got selected at Florida Institute of Technology for Bachelor of Science program in Software Engineering for spring 2013.Even have received scholarship on the basis of merit is of $10,000 annually but still have to pay $19360 annually to pursue further studies.
    If there is any other scholarship exam or any other stuff to obtain at least near to that amount as my parents are worried about my fees.well it’s Financial Problem.
    Suggest some scholarship task?

  19. University – University of Ontario, Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, Canada
    Source of funding – Parents,Part-Time job
    Expenses – $16,000/year
    Cost of Living – Will be living with my brother in Canada.

  20. ?University – Stratford (Current)
    ?Source of funding – Worked on CPT and paid off.
    ?Expenses – $25,000 (Tuition fees)
    ?Cost of Living – $10,000 p.a

  21. University – Northeastern University
    Source of funding – Loan, Parents
    Expenses – $36,800 (Tuition fees)
    Cost of Living – $6,800

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