NZ Universities
Nov 13th 2006, 2:18 am
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NZ Universities
Really thinking ahead here. I've googled "New Zealand university" and have started a bit of reading. Our daughter just turned 5, so really wondering about her future. If we stay in the US, we would *have* to help her through college. My US niece and nephew recently got put through uni in the US, to the tune of about US$40,000 *each* ... per year. Seriously, this is quite a major factor to wanting to move elsewhere. What are the fees like for residents / citizens (as we would be in 13 years' time)? In the US you basically can't get anything above a petrol station job or fast food job unless you have a degree. Which takes 4 years as they don't specialise at all until their 2nd year at college (daft!!!). If you want to file papers for a "living", you need a university degree.
Any pointers?
Ta!
(and sorry for the mini rant )
Any pointers?
Ta!
(and sorry for the mini rant )
Nov 13th 2006, 2:47 am
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Re: NZ Universities
Originally Posted by Maz
Really thinking ahead here. I've googled "New Zealand university" and have started a bit of reading. Our daughter just turned 5, so really wondering about her future. If we stay in the US, we would *have* to help her through college. My US niece and nephew recently got put through uni in the US, to the tune of about US$40,000 *each* ... per year. Seriously, this is quite a major factor to wanting to move elsewhere. What are the fees like for residents / citizens (as we would be in 13 years' time)? In the US you basically can't get anything above a petrol station job or fast food job unless you have a degree. Which takes 4 years as they don't specialise at all until their 2nd year at college (daft!!!). If you want to file papers for a "living", you need a university degree.
Any pointers?
Ta! (and sorry for the mini rant )
Any pointers?
Ta!
(and sorry for the mini rant )look at sorted.org.nz, under students. Courses cost between 3 and 5k per year, some degrees are 3 years and some (like engineering) 4
most students take out a student loan, because its the cheapest money you will ever get, and the money gets paid back as a deduction from your paycheck once you start working.
student loans are being used as a vote-getting tool in every election, recently the interest on outstanding student debts were written off if you stayed in nz after graduating, (or something like that)
Nov 13th 2006, 3:07 am
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Re: NZ Universities
Originally Posted by newkiwi
youre certainly thinking way ahead
look at sorted.org.nz, under students. Courses cost between 3 and 5k per year, some degrees are 3 years and some (like engineering) 4
most students take out a student loan, because its the cheapest money you will ever get, and the money gets paid back as a deduction from your paycheck once you start working.
student loans are being used as a vote-getting tool in every election, recently the interest on outstanding student debts were written off if you stayed in nz after graduating, (or something like that)
look at sorted.org.nz, under students. Courses cost between 3 and 5k per year, some degrees are 3 years and some (like engineering) 4
most students take out a student loan, because its the cheapest money you will ever get, and the money gets paid back as a deduction from your paycheck once you start working.
student loans are being used as a vote-getting tool in every election, recently the interest on outstanding student debts were written off if you stayed in nz after graduating, (or something like that)
Most of the seven uni's offer the same generic courses - eg BA, BSoc Sci, B Ed BCom, and all of the seven have a degree of specialisation, eg law, medicine, vet, agricultural, engineering etc etc.
Some of the universities are in cheaper places to live (eg Palmerston North, Dunedin when compared to Auckland), so the cost can be a lot lower over the length of a degree.
A component of the student loan system is relating to course costs, ie fees, books etc, and a component is for living costs (which used to means tested on parents income, not sure if it is now).
