Education in the United States

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (National Center for Educational Statistic) the average eighth grade student in American schools has fairly mediocre skills in math and science (the term "science" - science - means the amount of skills in the field of physics, chemistry and so on). The American eighth grader received 502 points in mathematics and 515 in science. For comparison: the same age in Japan scored 579 and 550 and in Russia - 526 and 529. 

If the average education in the United States leaves much to be desired, the system of higher education is at least well developed: American universities (colleges and universities) took far from the last position in the world rankings. Their diplomas are listed as among the highest in most developed countries in the world. Among the most famous universities: Yale, Harvard, Duke and others. 

Generally, income in American families is directly dependent on the level of education. Therefore, many Americans are now deciding to continue their education and achieve higher degrees, even in the pre-retirement age. 

The Russian language is studied in American universities by nearly 24 thousand students. The most popular language studied in university is Spanish (studied by nearly 660 thousand students.) The study of the Russian language is considerably low. Latin is studied by 26 thousand students. But compared to Arabic (5.5 thousand), Russian is very popular. Generally students prefer to study a European language rather than an Asian or African dialect. 

One of the main sources of income for U.S. Schools has been the training of foreign students. For example, in the 2000-2001 academic year in U.S. Colleges, about 92 thousand foreign students were accepted (for comparison, in 1996 there were just under 65 thousand). 

The students - Foreigners are investing in the U.S. economy up to $ 11 billion annually.