“العقول الأمريكية, Canada’s gain,” trumpeted the headline of a recent جلوب اند ميل قصة.

This article reported that “at a time when many U.S families are finding they have fewer dollars than they expected to spend on higher education, the price of a Canadian undergraduate degree is looking attractive.”

هذا الربيع, many Canadian universities reported an increase in applications from U.S. students, and a growing number of those students are saying “نعم” to offers from Canadian schools:

At Montreal’s McGill University, where there is a long tradition of U.S. recruiting, شكلت الأميركيين لل 12 per cent of this year’s freshman class…..

McGill has seen a steady increase in American students, with numbers rising by 22 per cent in the past five years.

أكثر من 9,000 Americans are currently attending colleges and universities in Canada. In the mid-1900s, that number was barely over 2,000.

Canadian university education is government subsidized, so most Canadian university students pay less than $5,000 لاقساطهم السنوي. حتى بالنسبة للطلاب القادمين من خارج كندا, التعليم الدولي لا يزال متوسط ​​معقول نسبيا $13,200 سنويا.

و جلوب اند ميل article compared overall annual costs for a student from the U.S. attending Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia versus Boston University:

…Dalhousie estimates that دروس, كتب, housing and health insurance run $23,636 a year. في جامعة بوسطن, a school that often competes for the same U.S. students, Ùˆ equivalent annual cost comes to $61,794.

If you or a family member is considering education in Canada, هنا الموارد للمساعدة في بدء البحث المدرسة:

The Canadian Council of Ministers of Education has created a useful website for students looking at Canadian post-secondary eduation. It includes an overview of Canada’s university system, معلومات عن التكاليف والمساعدات المالية, and a search function that lets you identify schools and programs across the country.

Another helpful tool is the العالم الحرم الجامعي المستكشف, الذي يتيح لك compare features of various Canadian universities.

And if you’d like to share your experiences about studying in Canada, please leave a comment below.

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