International Student Tuition Fees from a Global Perspective

The In Focus section of the magazine IAU Horizons (Vol. 19 No.3) includes 10 papers focusing on the theme: Student Tuition Fees – perspectives from around the world.
International Student Tuition Fees from a Global Perspective, by Daniel J. Guhr, Managing Director (guhr@ illuminategroup.com)and Nelson Furtado, Analyst (furtado@illuminategroup. com), Illuminate Consulting Group, USA
Few topics in higher education are as salient, as well as polarizing, as tuition fees. Tuition fees for international students are no exception. Over the last two decades, these fees have become an ever growing aspect of international education. In 2012, international students across all levels of study contributed USD 120-130 billion (ICG estimate) to their host countries, with tuition fees accounting for about one third of this amount.
Higher education accounted for the bulk of the spending on international education. By contrast to the often modest expenditures of international students in the decades after WW II, today’s international university students often have to invest USD 150,000 or more in an undergraduate degree, or USD 40,000 in a one-year master’s degree.
Read more in the magazine IAU Horizons (Vol. 19 No.3).