Cost of Studying in U.S.

US exchange program : HK$100,000

American private secondary school : HK$200,000

American boarding school : HK$350,000

Therefore, the 9th to 12th grade in American high schools is Form 3 to Form 6.

The lowest price is HK$700,000: In the first year, students complete Form 3 through the US exchange program , and then spend the remaining three years of high school in a US private high school , living with a host family.

The most expensive is HK$1.4 million: All four years of high school in the United States are completed in a boarding school in the United States .

Tuition fees for American universities are divided into three categories: less than HK$200,000, HK$200,000-300,000, and HK$300,000-600,000.

• Below HK$200,000: Usually large state universities, such as California State University and SUNY (State University of New York)
• HK$200,000-300,000: Usually a US university ranked in the region
• HK$300,000 and above: Usually from American universities that are ranked high in the US and are ranked among world universities , such as the University of California , etc.

Therefore, the total tuition for 4 years in an American university is HK$800,000 to HK$2.4 million, and the living expenses are as follows. If you open the article on American university tuition , you will see American universities with tuition fees below HK$200,000 per year .

Of course, you can complete the first two years of university courses through a community college , and then connect to year 3&4 of university. This arrangement can save 200,000-700,000 Hong Kong dollars, depending on the state and the connecting university. That is, through a community college , the tuition fee cost is 400,000-1.7 million Hong Kong dollars. For details, see: Community College

There are nearly 20,000 cities in the United States. Of course, it is impossible to list the cost of living in all cities, but the most expensive ones are as follows:

California: $30,000 per month (San Francisco, San Diego, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara)

California: 15,000 per month (other cities)

Honolulu: 33,000

Seattle, Miami, New Jersey: HK$31,000 per month

New York, Boston, Chicago: HK$26,000 per month

Portland (Oregon): HK$24,000 per month

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