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What studying in the USA really costs
US universities publish a cost of attendance, but international students also pay SEVIS and visa fees and mandatory health insurance. Build the real number here.
- Tuition after scholarship (4 years)
- $140,000
- Living costs ($1,500 per month)
- $54,000
- Student health insurance
- $10,000
- SEVIS I-901 fee
- $350
- F-1 visa application fee
- $185
- Estimated total
- $204,535
For your visa you will typically need to show around $48,500, being one academic year of tuition plus nine months of living costs, which is what your university will ask you to evidence before issuing the I-20.
Estimates only. US tuition varies enormously between public and private institutions, and in state and out of state rates do not apply to international students. Health insurance is usually charged by the university. Confirm figures on the university cost of attendance page before budgeting.
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