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With a global recession unfolding, it’s tough to come up with funding for college these days, perhaps even more so if your destination is one of the world’s most expensive universities.

Aside from the general problem of rising tuition fees, the credit crunch has dented endowments. Not good news for many private American colleges and universities, which are the priciest in the world. The most expensive in terms of tuition and fees: Washington, D.C.’s George Washington University, with a sticker price of $40,437 for the 2008-2009 school year. Others in the top five are Sarah Lawrence College ($40,350), Kenyon College ($40,240), Vassar College ($40,210) and Bucknell University ($36,652).

This shouldn’t be too surprising. These schools were also the five most expensive for tuition and fees last year. By contrast, expensive colleges in other countries include Canada’s Quest University (about $20,500 for tuition in U.S. dollars), National University of Singapore ($24,000) and Imperial College London ($27,800 for non-British and European Union students).

What about the elite Ivy league institutions, like Harvard and Yale? They’re in the same ballpark – $36,173 for Harvard, $35,300 for Yale – but not quite as pricey as many smaller private schools. Factor in cost of living, books, transportation and other expenses and they’re about the same as the U.S. schools listed above. Other institutions, like Carnegie Mellon University, Wesleyan and the University of Chicago are in the same league as far as overall costs go.

Bottom line: If you’re paying more than $45,000 for a college education, you’re attending one of the world’s most expensive universities.

American-style universities also fetch the highest dollars outside the U.S. For example, Franklin University, located in the hills above Lugano, Switzerland, is fully accredited in the U.S. It costs $33,100 per year to attend; add another $7,510 for housing and $2,900 for a meal plan, mandatory for all freshmen, according to the school’s estimates.

The American University of Paris, located near the Eiffel Tower, runs close to $33,000 per year in tuition, fees and health insurance. Need books and a place to live? Budget in another $13,000.

For tuition and fees alone, George Washington University remains the most expensive in the U.S. – and perhaps the world. The total cost of a GWU education – including books, room and board and other expenses – is about $53,000 annually.That said, there are still some pretty expensive non-American style schools overseas. The University of Melbourne is one of the priciest in Australia at about $20,200 per year. The cost of living in Melbourne could tack on another $20,000 to the bill.

And the National University of Singapore, considered one of the world’s elite schools, is among the most expensive in Asia, at an estimated $31,000 per year.

In compiling our list of the priciest four-year colleges and universities, we relied on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2008-2009 ranking of tuition and fees for U.S. schools. In many countries, higher education is subsidized by the federal government. However, we scoured dozens of private schools abroad to obtain a snapshot of the priciest colleges overseas.

Last year, Forbes.com readers took us to task for not incorporating financial aid, room and board or a school’s estimate of total cost in our rankings. We maintain that tuition and fees are the most transparent aspects of a college’s sticker price. Other factors vary too much from school to school. Some charge a comprehensive fee for tuition, room and board; some are more generous than others with financial aid; many don’t incorporate travel expenses or the cost of living in places like New York, Chicago or Washington, D.C., in their calculations.

Whatever their differences in cost estimates, the price to attend is going up, even as the economy slows down. For the five U.S. universities with the highest tuition and fees, those items increased by 4.8 percent from 2007 to 2008. That may sound like a lot, but it’s less than the 6 percent or 7 percent tuition hikes that schools like Dickinson College and Villanova University have imposed, says the The Chronicle.Meanwhile, university endowments fell by 23 percent from July to November 2008, according to information released last week by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, which surveyed 435 schools in the U.S. and Canada.

Not all news is bad, however. For example, George Washington University plans to increase institutional financial aid this year to about $120 million, from last year’s $118 million. Last spring, President Bush signed a bill that increases the amount of federal loans students can apply for by $2,000, taking some of the pressure off the need for pricier private funding. The stimulus plan the House of Representatives passed last week includes a $2,500 tax credit for college tuition and $490 million in funding for work-study programs.

Of course, for students having trouble coming up with the cash for private schools – particularly those who aren’t among the most elite – there’s always the public route.

“You may find the selective, competitive public colleges are now looking better for those families,” says Bruce Johnstone, a professor of comparative education at the State University of New York-Buffalo.

Pakistan Management Scholarships 2009

We are pleased to offer Management International Scholarships to Pakistani undergraduate students starting their studies in the Management School in September 2009.

The scholarships are worth £1,500 per year each.

Eligibility and Award Criteria:

• You must hold an offer of a study place and begin your undergraduate studies in September 2009 in the Management School.
• You must be classified as overseas for tuition fee purposes.
• The scholarships will be awarded automatically – no application is required in first or subsequent years.
• The scholarships will be awarded unconditionally in the first year of studies. Award in subsequent years of study is subject to the achievement of 60% overall average mark.
• The scholarships will take the form of a tuition fee reduction.

Pakistan 50% International Scholarships

There are two Pakistan 50% Undergraduate Scholarships available for Pakistani students starting their undergraduate degree studies in September 2009.

Each scholarship is worth 50% of your undergraduate course tuition fee per year. The scholarship will take the form of a tuition fee reduction.

To be eligible for the Pakistan 50% Undergraduate Scholarship 2009, applicants must be a Pakistani national or permanently domiciled in Pakistan, apply for a study place by 01 May 2009 and hold an offer of a study place for entry in September 2009.

The Pakistan 50% Undergraduate Scholarship 2009 is awarded on the basis of academic merit.

If you wish to be considered for this scholarship you need to apply. Applicants cannot apply for the scholarship before being offered a study place at Sheffield.

Postgraduate Scholarships eg MA, MSc

The University offers a range of scholarships for Pakistani students students who show exceptional academic potential starting a postgraduate Taught Masters programme at the University of Sheffield in September 2009.

Pakistan Sheffield Scholarships 2009

We are pleased to offer the Pakistan Sheffield Scholarship 2009 to all Pakistani students starting a Taught Masters programme in September 2009.

The scholarships are;

£1,500 each for students paying fees between £10,420 – £11,600
£2,000 each for students paying fees of £11,601 and upwards

Eligibility and Award Criteria:

• You must hold an offer of a study place and begin your postgraduate Taught Masters programme in September 2009.
• You must be an Pakistani national or permanently domiciled in Pakistan.
• You must be classified as overseas for fee purposes.
• The scholarships will be awarded automatically – no application is required.
• The scholarships will take the form of a tuition fee reduction.

Pakistan 50% Postgraduate Scholarship 2009

There is one Pakistan 50% Postgraduate Scholarship, available for Pakistani students starting their postgraduate taught masters degree studies in September 2009.

This scholarship is worth 50% of your postgraduate taught masters degree tuition fee for one year of study. The scholarship will take the form of a tuition fee reduction.

Eligibility:

• To be eligible for the Pakistan 50% Postgraduate Scholarship 2009, applicants must be an Pakistani national or permanently domiciled in Pakistan, apply for a study place by 5 June 2009 and hold an offer of a study place for entry in September 2009.
• The Pakistan 50% Postgraduate Scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic merit.

If you wish to be considered for this scholarship you need to apply. Eligible students will automatically be sent details of how to apply from January 2009 onwards.

To apply for all the above visit http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/international/howtoapply

We feel pride and pleasure that our Foreign Study Support Desk has helped a number of students in seeking admissions to the foreign educational institutions. Also, the students are given due support for preparation of transfer of credit hours, course selection, files preparation and visa processing.

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