In the 2012/2013 academic year, nearly 820,000 international students chose to study in the USA. The growth was driven mainly by those hailing from China and Saudi Arabia, with the former having over 200,000 students in U.S colleges. The most popular states to study in were those that harboured an internationally renowned college, such as New York with Columbia University and California with UCLA.


Bar the high standards of the colleges, what each state and the country as a whole has to offer are second to none. From visiting the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and experiencing Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to going to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City, the opportunities available to a student studying in America are endless.


Most institutions are in one of two categories; public and private. The former is traditionally less expensive, particularly for in-state residents and offer a wide range of courses, arguably due to their vast size, for both undergraduates and graduates. The latter is usually more prestigious, with the more well-known private universities being Harvard and Yale. Both types of colleges expect their students to undertake a variety of different courses during, usually, their


first year before specialising in a particular subject, their ‘major’. Students are also encouraged to begin a ‘minor’ in another subject that they are passionate about.


The tuition fees in America are not different for international students, but fees do vary from each college. In 2012, UCLA advised international students to set aside over $55,000 a year. However, the financial aid available to international students is rather substantial, with many


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