也許你認為經濟不景氣, 國外大學學費會便宜些, 但事實上卻相反, 比起去年還是上漲了一些, 再加上食宿的費用, 每年基本費用就差不多要台幣100萬(中等的大學可能80萬也跑不掉), 若是沒有獎學金的補助的話, 其實現今的留學真的很傷.

下面幾所美國大學是出名的貴, 每年費用可能超過台幣150萬, 故沒有強而有力的資金後盾的話, 就得詳加考慮一下了:

College	Total Cost
1. Sarah Lawrence College	$53,166
2. George Washington University	$50,312
3. New York University	$50,182
4. Georgetown University	$49,689
5. Connecticut College	$49,385
6. Bates College	$49,350
7. Johns Hopkins University	$49,278
8. Skidmore College	$49,266
9. Scripps College	$49,236
10. Middlebury College	$49,210
11. Carnegie Mellon University	$49,200
12. Boston College	$49,020
13. Wesleyan University	$49,000
14. Colgate University	$48,900
15. Claremont McKenna College	$48,755
16. Vassar College	$48,675
17. Haverford College	$48,625
18. University of Chicago	$48,588
19. Union College (NY)	$48,552
20. Colby College	$48,520
21. Mount Holyoke College	$48,500
22. Tufts University	$48,470
23. Bard College at Simon's Rock	$48,460
24. Franklin & Marshall College	$48,450
25. Bard College	$48,438

(此處的費用是學費+食宿費用-美金)