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criteria ecuador United states
Public universities in The United States has one
Tuition or enrollment Ecuador are tuition-free, but of the most expensive
enrollment is based on an higher education systems in
aptitude test they take the world. In 2016-17, the
before they graduate from average cost of annual
secondary school. tuition in the United States
ranged from $9,700 for
About 80% of Ecuadorian public four-year institutions
college students attend to $33,500 for private four-
public universities; only year institutions.
about 20% attend private
schools.

Technician’s degree from 2 Four-year institutions in
Length of studies to 5 years the U.S. emphasizing
College’s graduate the liberal arts, interactive
(licenciado) from 4 to 6 instruction, although
years student research projects are
Magister from 1year and a of growing importance.
half to 2 years Technical schools are four-
Doctors from 3 to 6 years year institutions that
emphasize a particular trade
or set of technical skills,
primarily for the sake of
employability. Four-year
colleges usually have a
larger number of students,
offer a greater range of
studies, and provide
the bachelor's degree,
mostly the Bachelor of
Arts and Bachelor of
Science
It is estimated that less than A full-time program at most
Methodology half of university faculty is schools is 12 or 15 credit
full-time. Full-time faculty hours (four or five courses
members in the Ecuadorian per term) and a certain
system have heavy teaching number of credits must be
loads as compared to fulfilled in order to
international standards: they graduate. International
are expected to teach an
average of 20 credits/hours students are expected to
a week and fulfill additional enroll in a full-time
service and administrative program during each term.
responsibilities.
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