{"id":180215,"date":"2017-06-22T18:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=180215"},"modified":"2017-06-22T17:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:41:14","slug":"a-look-at-the-5-most-expensive-schools-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/180215\/a-look-at-the-5-most-expensive-schools-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the 5 most expensive schools in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

ExpatFinder.com<\/a> has released its International School Fee Survey for 2017, revealing which five schools come out as the most expensive in the world.<\/p>\n

The survey is based on a comprehensive market survey of 1,576 international schools across 117 countries, and examines the growing financial burden of international education faced by expats worldwide.<\/p>\n

Switzerland is home to the world’s most expensive school – the Leysin American School (LAS), which carries an annual cost of US$1.078 million (R14.1 million).<\/p>\n

The mountainous country also has the most expensive schools overall, with a median annual tuition fee cost of US$29,711 (just over R388,000 a year).<\/p>\n

LAS is located in the alpine resort village of Leysin, Vaud, Switzerland, two hours east of Geneva. The international school is home to 345 students from fifty countries – approximately 12% of whom are American.<\/p>\n

The school’s facilities include various classroom layouts (including open-plan classrooms), a media center, libraries, black box theater, performance hall, computer lab, an art center, and access to horseback riding, ice skating, tennis, hockey, and swimming.<\/p>\n

The faculty to student ratio at LAS is 1:8 and the average class size is 12.<\/p>\n

Three of the top five most expensive schools in the world are in Switzerland, with one school in the USA (THINK Global School), and one in the UK (Bellerbys College).<\/p>\n

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Read: Inside one of South Africa\u2019s most elite schools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leysin American School, Switzerland\u00a0–<\/strong>\u00a0US$1,078,188<\/b><\/p>\n

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