Cost of university in Bolivia

Dec 03, 2009

cost of university in Bolivia
by: BoliviaBella

Hi LP
It really depends on which university you attend, but in comparison to the US, Bolivian universities (both state and private) are very inexpensive, ranging from just a few hundred dollars a year to a few hundred dollars a month. Nowhere near the tens of thousands it costs to attend in the US.

Bolivian universities don't have on-campus living quarters (dorms) so that's where your real costs will come in. Here in Santa Cruz, university students can often rent small rooms (just a room, not an apartment) for about $100 a month - but apartments at this time are costing upwards of $300 a month (up to $1000 a month depending on what area of town you choose and the size of apartment).

Food, water, electricity, Cable TV, and gas for cooking are all very inexpensive. I pay about $2 a month for cooking gas, about $10 a month for water, about $25 a month for over 100 Cable stations, about $60 a month for electricity, and about $200 a month for food (3 people).

Renting a phone (landline) costs about $20 a month and having a cellphone is even cheaper. Internet is way more expensive here than in the US because Bolivia doesn't have its own satellites (yet). So it borrows fiber optic lines from neighboring countries. Internet at the slowest speed costs about $30 a month - at the speed I use (since I build websites) it's upwards of $140 a month. Yikes!

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Hi LP It really depends on which university you attend, but in comparison to the US, Bolivian universities (both state and private) are very inexpensive, ranging from just a few hundred dollars a year to a few hundred dollars a month. Nowhere near the tens of thousands it costs to attend in the US. Bolivian universities don't have on-campus living quarters (dorms) so that's where your real costs will come in. Here in Santa Cruz, university students can often rent small rooms (just a room, not an apartment) for about $100 a month - but apartments at this time are costing upwards of $300 a month (up to $1000 a month depending on what area of town you choose and the size of apartment). Food, water, electricity, Cable TV, and gas for cooking are all very inexpensive. I pay about $2 a month for cooking gas, about $10 a month for water, about $25 a month for over 100 Cable stations, about $60 a month for electricity, and about $200 a month for food (3 people). Renting a phone (landline) costs about $20 a month and having a cellphone is even cheaper. Internet is way more expensive here than in the US because Bolivia doesn't have its own satellites (yet). So it borrows fiber optic lines from neighboring countries. Internet at the slowest speed costs about $30 a month - at the speed I use (since I build websites) it's upwards of $140 a month. Yikes! Does this help?

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