Next time someone says students should work their way through college, show them this map

ucbalumnus
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:34:56 +0000

f2000sa:

In UK Oxford, If you are a Home (UK) or EU student undertaking your first undergraduate degree, the tuition fee for 2016 will be £9,000.

How does Oxford survive with that tuition? why US colleges can not do that?

£9,000 is about US$13,769 or so according to http://www.oanda.com . State universities in the US often have tuition and fees that are that amount or lower for their state residents. Of course, they receive subsidies from the state governments, much like Oxford receives subsidies from the UK government.

Living costs are not included in the above numbers. Oxford estimates £8,727 to £12,894 (US$13,351 to US$19,726) for the 9 month academic year, so the total is not too different from what state universities in the US cost for their state residents. (Of course, books and some other expenses need to be considered as well.)