What does it cost to study at a Colombian university?

Can anyone give an indication what it costs to study at a Columbian university? I'm looking into signing up for an insurance policy for my kid (now 7). The insurance company Delima Marsh is showing me some options, but first I would like to be able to get an idea what a (five year) University course runs nowadays in Colombia. COP 6 million per year?, 10 million?, 20 million? All reactions would be appreciated. Thanks.

By BushLawyer on Aug 26, 2007, 10:48 in Friendly Talkzone.

morphus says on Aug 26, 2007, 12:02:

Its cheap. My girlfriend in Medellin was paying something like 2 million pesos a semester at a decent university in Sabaneta.

juancegomez says on Aug 26, 2007, 12:12:

Varies a lot, depending on the major/courses and the university itself.

Generally speaking, you can find some major/courses that go for COP 2-3 million or so, but others require 6-7 and up.

Also, the National University is very cheap (though I'm not up to date on current fees) and quite good, "disciplinary" issues aside, but getting in is not usually easy (you need to take a test).

Philly says on Aug 26, 2007, 18:04:

University de Caldas in Manizales cost anywhere from free and up a semester. University de Pamplona cost from 200,000 and up for a semester.

vicshere says on Aug 26, 2007, 18:06:

woow thats cheap phil ..

listo

adela says on Aug 27, 2007, 00:33:

Well, I'm not sure about the range of prices you, guys, are talking to. We all know public universities, or colleges have lower rates per semester than anyone. Also, the quality is used to be better than the private ones. However great public universities set the rates of payment based in two important things, remarkable the first one:
-how much the kid/parents payed monthly on the previous school during the last course(11o. grade)

-what is the stata of the neighborhood the kid lives.

Also, the price depends of what undergraduate program you choose. Medicine, Ingeniery, Dentistry, etc are expensives than mathematics or philosophy.

In Cali, a semester in Medicin could cost between 80,000 COP(40USD) and 4'500,000 COP (USD2000) for two classmates in same class, same university, same program.

The private universities have the same price for everyone in the program depending of number of credits.

CaliCalor

goin_south says on Aug 27, 2007, 00:39:

Was that the University of Virgin-ia en Sabaneta, morph?

and, thank you.

BushLawyer says on Aug 27, 2007, 08:17:

Hey guys, thanks for your input so far. I'm beginning to get a clearer picture. Obviously the kid doesn't know yet what profession she wants to chose, or what her parents can afford, but if she wanted to study medicine in Cali for example it seems affordable (ref. Adela). The insurance policy I'm looking at is speaking of an accumulated amount of about COP 50 million, which I guess should indeed cover a full University study. Anyhow, additional comments would certainly be appreciated, also on the topic of the insurance thing (my references so far: Delima Marsh, who apparently is the broker for Suramericana de Seguros ('EducacionSURA' / Renta Educativa) and Royal Sun Alliance. Thanks again.

Cerealkiller says on Aug 27, 2007, 08:28:

It depends on the school and the course. In Los Andes in Bogota, I used to pay 8 600 000 pesos per semester and I know medicine has reached 13 million pesos per semester. It increases about 12% per year...so it isnt cheap for colombia but many of its courses are accredited in the US which makes it very attractive because it is waaay less than the 35 - 40 k USD a year people have to pay in the US.

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Conchale Vale!! says on Aug 27, 2007, 21:19:

Cost really depends on what the ultimate goal of the education is. If there were ever a idea of leaving Colombia and using that education in another country then what university is selected is very important as not that many will receive accreditation. The ones that do will cost more and are harder to enter. Also from having interviewed and hired personnel for our office in Bogotá which university graduated from also has a big impact on employment potential....more so that it would in the US. Most to the people working in many of the international companies earning above average salaries went to one of a few universities. I have no actual idea of what the cost of those schools programs are however.

Buongone says on Aug 28, 2007, 22:43:

Universidad de Libre in Cali. Surgury-Medicina, 5.8M pesos a semester. Then books, seminars, Uniforms, Projects, and etc.10 semesters. 50M pesos wont make it. Check them out on the net. Universidad de Libre. Lol