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The following shows that the US has more, proportionally, people with four year college degrees than do those in the UK:
1. Canada
2. Israel
3. Japan 4. United States
5. New Zealand
6. South Korea 7. United Kingdom
8. Finland
9. Australia
10. Ireland
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My husband says the entrance requirements for colleges and universities in the UK are more stringent. The US is much larger and we have a lot more colleges with varying entrance requirements, but I thought that the same must be true for the UK, but on a smaller level. Am I wrong?
Good for Finland and South Korea. I have not known anyone from these two countries.
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I couldn't say but I just wanted to point out that colleges in the UK are a completely different thing. It's a secondary school, not post-secondary or higher education. If you use the word college in the UK to refer to university, there will be a lot of confusion. Use "university" or "uni" for short instead.
My impression has been that the UK came to the point where the Masters is the new Bachelors later than the US did. So a much greater proportion of people finished with a Bachelors and got a job.
As for admissions, they tended to be more competitive and less dependent on your financial status than in the US. That is changing too.
I couldn't say but I just wanted to point out that colleges in the UK are a completely different thing. It's a secondary school, not post-secondary or higher education. If you use the word college in the UK to refer to university, there will be a lot of confusion. Use "university" or "uni" for short instead.
The College of education in UK? University higher? You talking about this or not?
Bachelor degrees in Europe (which the UK is part of) usually take 3 years.
The American bachelor degree transcripts that I have translated in the past 20 years all included minor subjects which had virtually nothing to do with the major subject. Most European degrees are the opposite, people study one subject only. So I would argue that Europeans studying psychology or business for 3 years cover about the same amount of specialised knowledge in those subjects that Americans need 4 years for.
The 4-year bachelor courses in Europe usually include internships or a year spent at universities abroad.
The College of education in UK? University higher? You talking about this or not?
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. I'm saying that the terminology for university level education is different in the UK than in the US. In the US, "college" and "university" mean the same thing but in the UK, they are different things.
It won't be long before China has more college graduates than the total population if the US.
There are great universities in both countries and poor universities in both. It's becoming harder and harder to get into good US universities. It's much tougher, longer and more intensive to become a professional here I.e a Doctor, dentist, psychologist or professor. I would say that once you get outside the top 20 universities in the UK they aren't worth much.
I couldn't say but I just wanted to point out that colleges in the UK are a completely different thing. It's a secondary school, not post-secondary or higher education. If you use the word college in the UK to refer to university, there will be a lot of confusion. Use "university" or "uni" for short instead.
Thank you.
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