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Studying in Costa Rica

60 universities, colleges and schools here, with the subjects they teach.

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Universities and colleges in Costa Rica

60 places to study, 54 of them universities. Search by name, or start with your subject.

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Universities 54Colleges 3Research institutes and doctoral schools 3

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Study a subject in Costa Rica

Choose a field to see the universities and colleges here recorded as teaching it.

Business and management

1 place

Law

1 place

Agriculture and environment

1 place

Hospitality and tourism

1 place

Only subjects that our official course data shows for Costa Rica are listed. For anything else, open a university and check the course list on its website.

Money

What it costs, honestly

We do not yet publish tuition figures for Costa Rica. Rather than print a range we cannot source, the planners below work from what the institution itself charges and what the visa office asks you to show.

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Tuition, rent, food and transport in your own currency.

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Scholarships

Who pays, how much, and when the deadline really is.

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Scholarships by nationality

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What next?

1Universities in Costa Rica60 places to study, with what each teaches2Work out your first yearTuition, living, visa money, in your own currency3Scholarships to study hereGovernment schemes, matched to your nationality

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