The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is located in the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also has five populated and numerous unpopulated territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean. United States is the world’s fourth-largest country by total area and third most populous. It is one of the world’s most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations with large-scale immigration from many countries. By the end of 19th century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean and its economy, driven in large part by the Industrial Revolution, began to soar. The United States emerged from World War II as a global “superpower”, the first country to develop nuclear weapons, the only country to use them in warfare, and as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the world’s sole superpower. The United States is a developed country and has the world’s largest economy by GDP, benefiting from an abundance of natural resources and high worker productivity. While the U.S. economy is considered post-industrial, the country continues to be one of the world’s largest manufacturers. It is the world’s foremost economic and military power, a prominent political and cultural force, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations.

America Education System

Elementary and High School

• Pre School : Age 3 – 5 Years
• Elementary (Primary) School : Grades 1 – 5
• Junior High School : Grades 6 – 8
• High School (Senior High School) : Grade 9 – 12

Associate at Community College

• Many students choose to study at a community college in order to complete the first two years of prerequisite courses. They will earn an Associate of Arts (AA) transfer degree and then transfer to a four-year university or college.

Undergraduate at College / University

• It takes four years to earn a bachelor’s degree. First two years of study requires taking a wide variety of classes in different subjects, commonly known as prerequisite courses: literature,science, the social sciences, the arts, history, and so forth.
• Bachelor’s degree: 4 years; Year 1 = Freshman, Year 2 = Sophomore, Year 3 = Junior, and Year 4 = Senior.
• The two types of bachelor’s degrees typically offered by these institutions are BA (Bachelor of Arts) or BS (Bachelor of Science). Students pick a “major” at a certain point as they are working toward such degrees. A major is the specific field of study in which degree is focused and consists of the courses within a degree program that most interest the student.

Graduate at College / University

• A graduate program is usually a division of a university or college.
• Graduate programs in pursuit of a master’s degree typically take one to two years to complete.
• The majority of a master’s program is spent in classroom study and a graduate student must prepare a long research paper called a master’s thesis or complete a master’s project.

Doctorate at University

• Most graduate schools requires minimum master’s degree as the first step towards earning a PhD (doctorate). It may take three years or more to earn a PhD degree.
• Doctoral degrees can be academic or professional in nature. To receive their degrees, students need to pass an examination and complete an original piece of research and submit a dissertation.