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Academic Year
Duration: About 32 weeks; usually divided into two terms of 16 weeks each. Some institutions adopt quarter system which consists of three terms of II weeks each. Very few adopt trisemester which consists of three equal terms of 15 weeks each. Short term summer school consists of six to eight weeks period.

Commencement: Between late August to late September.

Holidays
: Depending on institutions, holidays for a week to a month are given.

How much it costs? While in community colleges and technical institutes charges are comparatively lower it is quite an expensive affair to pursue higher education in universities and four year colleges in the United States as you may have to incur anything between US $20,000 to US $30,000 (in public universities) and US $30,000 to US $40,000 (in private universities) approximately for one academic year.

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