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A public university that charges by the credit, in Spanish.

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학비
연 ~$1.1–2.7k
Private universities charge considerably more. This prices the public route.
생활비
월 ~$1,150
Single student, all in. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level behind it prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.
교육
Central American reference point
Research impact 5th percentile globally — median of 2 ranked universities (CWTS Leiden Open Edition 2025). Research output, not teaching quality; it informs the band, it does not set the score. Two Costa Rican universities clear the ranking’s publication threshold, so the median rests on almost nothing.
졸업 후 취업
No post-study route; an employer, and a protected labour market
치안
Mid
Second in North and Central America behind Canada, and far ahead of its neighbours

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학비연 ~$1.1–2.7k

The University of Costa Rica publishes a separate arancel for foreign students and it is 3.64 times the Costa Rican one: ₡58,410 a credit against ₡16,050, with charging capped at twelve credits per ciclo lectivo — the table gives that cap as ₡700,920, which is exactly twelve credits, and the university states that a full-time student enrolled in twelve or more credits pays twelve as the ceiling. Two ciclos lectivos make ₡1,401,840 a year. The Tecnológico de Costa Rica charges ₡23,180 a credit for a bachillerato with the same twelve-credit ceiling and publishes no foreign differential at all, so ₡556,320 a year. Recorded at the median of the two, ₡979,080 a year. One reading was checked and discarded on the way: the ₡29,205 figure alongside is the crédito por suficiencia, the charge for a credit taken by examination, not the tuition credit.

Private universities charge considerably more. This prices the public route.

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2026-09
생활비월 ~$1,150

Pathoff judgement directed by evidence, not computed from it: the country’s position comes from the World Bank household consumption price level for 2024 (0.637 of the United States, CC BY 4.0 — the ICP benchmark carried forward annually by the World Bank’s own method); the US reference budget is ours. See the Pathoff method, section 12.

Single student, all in. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level behind it prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.

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교육Central American reference point

Pathoff education rubric (the Pathoff method, section 9-1), degree band "Locally solid, externally unknown": The University of Costa Rica is the reference institution for Central America and the qualification works well in the region. Outside it the degree needs a credential assessment.

Research impact 5th percentile globally — median of 2 ranked universities (CWTS Leiden Open Edition 2025). Research output, not teaching quality; it informs the band, it does not set the score. Two Costa Rican universities clear the ranking’s publication threshold, so the median rests on almost nothing.

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졸업 후 취업No post-study route; an employer, and a protected labour market

Pathoff outcome rubric (the Pathoff method, section 10-2), degree outcome band "A route that needs an employer": Graduation confers no period to stay and look for work, and a work permit is granted against a job in a labour market that protects Costa Rican workers. Low in the band for the absence of any grace period.

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2026-09
치안Mid

Global Peace Index 2026: rank 62 of 163, score 1.86. Converted by the Pathoff GPI formula (GPI in lib/scoring.ts)

Second in North and Central America behind Canada, and far ahead of its neighbours

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The University of Costa Rica charges by the credit at a rate that works out in the hundreds of dollars a year, which makes it one of the cheapest degrees on this site. It is also taught in Spanish, the institutions are not names outside Central America, and there is no post-study route — staying means finding an employer or qualifying for residence some other way.

절차는 이렇습니다

1

Have the secondary qualification recognised

Foreign school-leaving certificates need convalidation before admission.

⏱ 2–6 months
2

Student residence category

Applied for through the immigration authority once a place is confirmed.

⏱ 3–6 months

유학생이 가는 곳

San Pedro, San José
The University of Costa Rica and the student quarter around it

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