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It was interesting to see the breakdown of country of origin for students at my alma mater. The undergrad program was by and large Americans, the masters progra
by electricslpnsld 8y ago
It was interesting to see the breakdown of country of origin for students at my alma mater. The undergrad program was by and large Americans, the masters program mostly students from China and India, while the PhD program was roughly 50/50 students from China and the US. Sorting by price, the masters degree was by far the most expensive, undergrad was fairly pricey but with tons of financial aid available, while the Ph.D. students were all paid a stipend of 30K a year. At ~50K a year in tuition for the masters program, the CS department was making bank by inflating the size of masters cohort. Seemed kind of unfair to the masters students, from my perspective.
- ams6110 8y ago> Seemed kind of unfair to the masters students Many of them don't care, as long as the university stamps a MS degree for them after two years.
- darkerside 8y agoWhat's unfair? Admitting so many of them, or charging so much?
- crunchiebones 8y agounfair to who? charging so much is unfair to the masters students who are paying too much for something worth far less and admitting so many of them is unfair to the other students (especially asians who are not from china) and staff, whose reputation they damage
- Latteland 8y agoIt's unfair because the school gets used to the far higher tuition charged for international students, and they don't allow domestic students in. Or they set aside a max % that can be foreign. The schools need the money. But foreign students take the place of domestic students, especially at selective institutions.
- forkLding 8y agoI've noticed that undergrad international students pay a lot more in terms of tuition fees, usually 3x that of an average domestic student.