Masters degree - Postgraduate in English in Los Angeles, California 2024

Los Angeles is the second largest city in America. Usually Los Angeles evokes associations with the famous Hollywood, palm trees, bright sun, magnificent beaches. At the same time, a high level of development is inherent not only in the field of entertainment and exciting leisure activities: Los Angeles is known for achievements in education, economics, and science. On the territory of Los Angeles, the largest center of the aerospace and electronics industry, a large and significant center of education in the United States, has been created. More than 1.5 million foreign students study in Los Angeles.

More than 40 universities are successfully operating in Los Angeles. Los Angeles has three campuses of the University of California, seven campuses of California State University, and over 20 private universities and colleges. Los Angeles is home to the largest research universities: the University of California and the University of Southern California. The latter has been receiving the largest number of foreign applicants for many years, the number of which exceeds 7 thousand per year.

• Representatives of over 140 countries of the world live and study in Los Angeles. Los Angeles has the status of an international center: approximately 1/3 of the population is immigrants. A special mention deserves a creative and positive atmosphere, creating a truly homely atmosphere for the foreign students.
• Los Angeles is universally recognized as a tourist center, on the territory of which there are dozens of interesting cultural objects and attractions.
• Los Angeles is recognized as the brightest and most beautiful city among all countries of the world. Los Angeles has a mild subtropical Mediterranean climate. For most of the year, the sun shines over the city, Los Angeles has the status of a city of flowers and sunlight.
• Los Angeles is a creative city: a large number of famous and popular actors live on its territory. Los Angeles is recognized and considered the capital of cinema in the USA. Los Angeles and its suburbs are home to the largest and most famous film studios: Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures. Fascinating excursions are organized to famous American film studios.

Studying on Master degree in English in Miami costs on average from 12,000 to 35,000 USD per year. The tuition fee depends on the chosen specialty, the prestige of educational institution, its location. The high cost of education in the USA is compensated by the presence of many grants, scholarships and other financial assistance programs for students.

There are two main types of financial help for the international students of Master programs in Los Angeles:

• Fellowship – a scholarship that covers the costs of tuition, accommodation, medical insurance and does not require any retaliatory actions on the part of the student (except for regular attendance of classes at the university);
• Assistantship is a scholarship that partially or completely covers the costs of tuition, accommodation, etc., and assumes that the student works off the money received in one way or another. Undergraduates receiving an Assistantship help their supervisor in conducting research, work in the international department on the university campus, teach undergraduate students.

The source of this kind of funding is usually the universities themselves. In addition to universities, scholarship programs and grants for studying are provided by various public and private foundations, commercial organizations. Among the foreign students, the Fulbright Program remains the most popular international program providing grants for master's degree studies in the United States.

The foreign students must provide the International Student Certification of Finances, which guarantees the availability of sufficient funds for studying. If an applicant needs financial assistance from the university, the relevant documents must be submitted to the admissions committee along with the main package of papers.

The main package of documents includes the following ones:

• International language certificate (TOEFL or IELTS)
• Bachelor’s degree and transcript with grades for admission to the master's course (the requirements for the average score vary from faculty to faculty).
• In case of enrolling on Master degree MBA in New York, the foreign student must provide one of the following certificates – GRE or GMAT.

Documents confirming certain merits of the applicant will not be superfluous: diplomas, certificates, diplomas, etc. Also it is necessary to provide motivation letter, where the applicant argues his desire to study at this university.

Sometimes the staff of the admissions committee invite applicants for an interview, which is conducted via Skype. The application is submitted online, but it is recommended to send copies of paper documents in advance.