Statistic Report on Tuition Fee in Mainland China
A STATISTICAL REPORT OF
THE TUITION FEE OF
UNIVERSITIES
IN MAINLAND CHINA
Nov 20th 2008
CONTENTS
PAGE
BACKGROUND ……………………………………………………………………………… 3
OBJECTIVES ……………………………………………………………………………… 3
METHODOLOGY ……………………………………………………………………………… 4
ANALYSIS ……………………………………………………………………………… 5 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TUITION FEE AND THE RANKING 5 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TUITION FEE AND THE WORLD STANDARD 6 PROVINCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HYPOTHESIS 8
CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………………………………… 11
LIMITATIONS ……………………………………………………………………………… 12
APPENDIX 1 ……………………………………………………………………………… 13
APPENDIX 2 ……………………………………………………………………………… 15
BACKGROUND
In today’s world, human resource is a significant factor to determine the strength of a country or a district. And university education is considered as a core part to develop the human resource. When talking about a university, the tuition fee will be the topic people concern about.
As we know, the tuition fee of all Hong Kong universities is HK$ 42,100 for local students, which is different from the situation in Mainland China. First, tuition fee always varies in different universities, even in different majors of the same university. Second, except for some art academies, the range of tuition fee is from RMB 3,000 to 8,000 per year, which seems much less than that in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, it is often reported in the news that some students from poor families dropped out of school because of the economic pressure. Even some families in the rural areas sell their houses or cattle to support their children to get access to university education.
How do these differences come about? Do universities with higher ranking charge higher tuition fee? In respect
THE TUITION FEE OF
UNIVERSITIES
IN MAINLAND CHINA
Nov 20th 2008
CONTENTS
PAGE
BACKGROUND ……………………………………………………………………………… 3
OBJECTIVES ……………………………………………………………………………… 3
METHODOLOGY ……………………………………………………………………………… 4
ANALYSIS ……………………………………………………………………………… 5 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TUITION FEE AND THE RANKING 5 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TUITION FEE AND THE WORLD STANDARD 6 PROVINCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HYPOTHESIS 8
CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………………………………… 11
LIMITATIONS ……………………………………………………………………………… 12
APPENDIX 1 ……………………………………………………………………………… 13
APPENDIX 2 ……………………………………………………………………………… 15
BACKGROUND
In today’s world, human resource is a significant factor to determine the strength of a country or a district. And university education is considered as a core part to develop the human resource. When talking about a university, the tuition fee will be the topic people concern about.
As we know, the tuition fee of all Hong Kong universities is HK$ 42,100 for local students, which is different from the situation in Mainland China. First, tuition fee always varies in different universities, even in different majors of the same university. Second, except for some art academies, the range of tuition fee is from RMB 3,000 to 8,000 per year, which seems much less than that in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, it is often reported in the news that some students from poor families dropped out of school because of the economic pressure. Even some families in the rural areas sell their houses or cattle to support their children to get access to university education.
How do these differences come about? Do universities with higher ranking charge higher tuition fee? In respect