Foreign Students Help Keep Tuition In Check For US College Students

 This is the University of Washington’s new math: 18 percent of its freshmen come from abroad, most from China. Each pays tuition of $28,059, about three times as much as students from Washington State. And that, according to the dean of admissions, is how low-income Washingtonians — more than a quarter of the class — get a free ride. university officials decided to pull back on admissions offers to Washington residents, and increase them to students overseas. Foreign students in the United States contribute about $21 billion a year to the national economy. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/education/international-students-pay-top-dollar-at-us-colleges.html?partner=rss&emc=rss