According to a summary of the National University Co-op Association, the cost of private medical, dental and pharmaceutical boarding house students, which is the highest from university entrance exams to admission in 2018, is 315 yen.The cheapest national and public liberal arts home students had to spend 2,400 yen.

 From April to May 2018, the National University Cooperatives sent a questionnaire to parents of new students nationwide by mail (partially handed over), and received responses from 4 people.
According to the report, the cost from the entrance examination to admission is 127 yen for home students and 8,700 yen for private students, and 153 yen for boarding students and 500 yen for private students.There was a difference of nearly 195 million yen between the highest private medical, dental and pharmacy boarding house students and national and public liberal arts home students, including majors.

 As for the breakdown of expenses, the application fee increased by an average of 1 yen from the previous year due to the large number of private university applications, while the cost of purchasing daily necessities for boarding house students decreased for the second consecutive year.In particular, the decrease in purchase costs for home appliances and furniture is remarkable.

 In terms of cost construction method, the utilization of student insurance was the most at 49.8%, but it fell below 2011% for the first time since 50.Scholarship applications were only 32.1%, peaking at 2012% in 39.2 and continuing to decline.In addition, 35.1% of the savings were cut down, and 23.5% of the students were sent to school at home.

 Parents were most interested in choosing a university to take an examination at 56.0%, followed by the location of the university at 63.1%.Although it is said that the economy is recovering, income is not increasing, and it seems that he wants to reduce his expenses.

reference:[National Federation of University Co-ops] Summary report of "21,720 Survey of New Students Asked by Parents" collected from 2018 parents of new students

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