2010年英语专业四级 短文1

Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, is a medium-sized university. It has 11,000 students. 12% of them were international students, mostly graduate students.
The University has schools for law, medicine, and social work. It also has a Business School, a School of Design and Visual Arts, and a School of Engineering and Applied Science. But more than 60% of courses are taught Arts and Sciences program.
The new school year that begins this fall will cost about $50,000 for undergraduates. That includes 12 months of living expenses estimated at $20,000.
Graduate tuition differs by programme. Tuition for the Master of Social Work programme, for example, will cost $27,000 in the coming year. The Master of Business Administration programme will cost about $38,000.
The university offers financial assistance to international students, including first-year students, but says its resources are limited.
Scholarships are available. The university also offers a monthly payment plan to spread out the cost of tuition.
It offers loan programmes. International students in the United States generally cannot receive federal students loans. But they may be able to lake out private loans, as many American students do.
Washington University in Saint Louis was named Eliot Seminary when it opened in 1853. Later, the name was changed to honor the first American president George Washington.