2005-3-9
I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report.
We continue our series for students in other countries who want
to study in the United States.
Last week, we talked about the University of Southern California.
Students at U.S.C. get to experience life in America's
second-largest city, Los Angeles, on the West Coast. This week, we
discuss another school with a large number of foreign students. It
is all the way across the country, in New York City.
New York University has forty-eight thousand students. More than
four thousand of them are from outside the United States.
N.Y.U. offers many different programs of study. Also, students
get to experience life in America's largest city. In fact, Gail
Szenes tells us that N.Y.U. is the coolest school in the United
States. Her opinion may have something to do with her job: she is
director of the International Student Office at N.Y.U.
The foreign students at New York University come from more than
one hundred forty countries. Most are from South Korea, India,
Canada, China and Japan. Foreign students are studying in all
fourteen schools within the university. These include arts and
sciences, law, business and education. More than three thousand of
the foreign students are in graduate and professional schools. About
eight hundred are undergraduates.
The cost of attending New York University for one year is about
fifty thousand dollars for undergraduates. That includes housing and
health insurance. The cost for graduate students is different in
each of the schools.
Bachelor's degree students at N.Y.U. can borrow money from
financial institutions to help pay for their studies. Foreign
students in graduate school at N.Y.U. can get teaching or research
jobs at the university. They can also get loans from financial
institutions or the university. Gail Szenes say limits on university
loans have increased this year.
N.Y.U. also offers English language training at its American
Language Institute.
Internet users can learn all about New York University at
nyu.edu. Our Foreign Student Series continues next week. Our reports
are all online at WWW.testbig.com.
This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy
Steinbach. I'm Gwen Outen.