About United States of America

Named after Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci, USA is one of the most sought after country for education, career and immigration. Today the word “super” is used more often with Amercia than any other country in perspective. The United States has been a leader in scientific research and technological innovation since the late 19th century. The United States leads the world in scientific research papers and impact factor. Americans possess high levels of technological consumer goods, and almost half of U.S. households have broadband Internet access.

The United States population is projected by the U.S. Census Bureau to be 306,994,000, including an estimated 11.2 million illegal immigrants. The United States is the third most populous nation in the world, after China and India with a growth rate of 0.89%.

The United States, with its large size and geographic variety, includes most climate types. To the east the climate ranges from humid continental in the north to humid subtropical in the south. The southern tip of Florida is tropical, as is Hawaii. The Great Plains west of the 100th meridian are semi-arid. Much of the Western mountains are alpine. The climate is arid in the Great Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal California, and oceanic in coastal Oregon and Washington and southern Alaska. Most of Alaska is subarctic or polar. Extreme weather is not uncommon—the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico are prone to hurricanes, and most of the world's tornadoes occur within the country, mainly in the Midwest's Tornado Alley.

New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelhpia and San Diego.

There are three icons of Amercian culture are American Flag, apple pie and baseball. Having fifty one states USA is easily the only country with fifty one different flavors of culture.

The United States is a multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of ethnic groups, traditions, and values. There is no American ethnicity; aside from the now small Native American and Native Hawaiian populations, nearly all Americans or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. The culture held in common by most Americans—mainstream American culture—is a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of European immigrants with influences from many other sources, such as traditions brought by slaves from Africa. More recent immigration from Asia and especially Latin America has added to a cultural mix that has been described as both a homogenizing melting pot and a heterogeneous salad bowl in which immigrants and their descendants retain distinctive cultural characteristics.

Transportation in the United States is facilitated by road, air, rail, and water networks. The vast majority of passenger travel occurs by automobile for shorter distances, and airplane for longer distances. In descending order, most cargoes travel by railroad, truck, pipeline, or boat; air shipping is typically used only for perishables and premium express shipments.

Out of the many choices that are available for passengers the bus, in most cases, is the least expensive way to travel long distances in the United States.

Higher education in the United States refers to a variety of institutions of higher education in the United States. Strong research and funding have helped make American colleges and universities among the world's most prestigious, which is particularly attractive to international students, professors and researchers in the pursuit of academic excellence.

According to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities, more than 30 of the highest-ranked 45 institutions are in the United States.

The American university system, like the primary and secondary education system, is largely decentralized, in large part because as all the powers are not granted to Federal Government.

American universities have developed independent accreditation organizations to vouch for the quality of the degrees they offer. The accreditation agencies rate universities and colleges on criteria such as academic quality—the quality of their libraries, the publishing records of their faculty, and the degrees which their faculty hold.

Colleges and universities in the U.S. vary in terms of goals: some may emphasize a vocational, business, engineering, or technical curriculum while others may emphasize a liberal arts curriculum. Many combine some or all of the above.

2 year Colleges offer Associate Degree

4 year colleges offer Under Graduates / Bachelor degree and limited Graduate programs

Universities are research-oriented institutions which provide both undergraduate and graduate education. For historical reasons, some universities—such as Boston College, Dartmouth College, and the College of William & Mary—have retained the term "college," while some institutions granting few graduate degrees, such as Wesleyan University, use the term "university."

Study Costs?

How much shall I need to pay for my degree is the most troubling questions as they are bombarded with different costs each time they ask someone. According to Federal Census Bureau based on the reports from various colleges the average study costs come are calculated as under:

• College years 1 to 2: $9489 (per year)
• College years 3 to 4: $11901 (per year)

Total, four year schooling: $42780

• College years 5 or plus: $13669 (per year)
• Vocational, technical, business or other: $7401 (per year)

Independent Estimations for Study Costs:

Living Costs:

The approximate annual living expenses are about $10,000, including accommodation and other major living expenses. However, the expenses should be treated as estimation only as they depend on the state you choose to live and your lifestyle. The main expenses can be split up as:

Muslims in the United States have increasingly contributed to American culture; there are various Muslim comedy groups, rap groups, Scout troops and magazines, and Muslims have been vocal in other forms of media as well. The total Muslim population is a disputed estimate as each organization has different survey methodolgies but according to an educated guess Muslims have believed to touch a 10 million mark.

Muslims enjoy the right to practice their religion without any troubles and compulsions. USA has more than 1209 mosques with the largest mosque being located in Deobran, Michigan.