page_title: Education in Chile
section_title: Costs
hierarchical_section_title: Education in Chile / Primary and secondary education / Costs
caption_attribution_description: Español: Un grupo disertando sobre América.
context_page_description: Education in Chile is divided in preschool, primary school, secondary school, and technical or higher education.The levels of education in Chile are:
  Pre-school: For children up to 5 years old.
  Primary school: for children aged 6–14 years old, divided into 8 grades.
  Secondary school: for teenagers aged 15–18 years old, divided into 4 grades. Schools are divided by curriculum into:
  "Scientific-humanities". Geared to prepare students to enter university. From 11th grade, students can choose a subject in either science, or humanities, for more advanced lessons.
  "Technical-professional". Designed to allow students to quickly enter the workforce after secondary education. Students are taught practical lessons in technical areas, such as electricity, mechanics, metal assembly, etc.
  Higher education:
  University: These are divided between "traditional" universities and private institutions.
  Professional Institute: Private institutions offering professional degrees, except for those given exclusively by universities. They were created in 1981.
  Technical Schooling Center: Also created in 1981, they are private institutions offering technical degrees only.
context_section_description: Voluntary tuition
  Public schools and subsidized private schools may charge a fee for the selection process, an annual price of enrollment (which, as of 2011, cannot be higher than CLP$3,500, or about US$7) and a monthly tuition fee (financiamiento compartido or "shared funding", also known as copago or "copayment"), which is voluntary for the parent. Enrollment and tuition fees are forbidden in pre-primary and primary school in these institutions. A fee to the so-called Parents Center (Centro de Padres) is voluntary and cannot be higher than 0.5 UTM (Unidad Tributaria Mensual or "Monthly Tax Unit") a year (payable in up to ten installments), which was CLP$19,143 (about US$40) in 2011.
  Mandatory tuition
  Public schools and subsidized private schools have the same selection and annual enrollment costs as in schools with voluntary tuition, but they are allowed to charge a mandatory monthly tuition, which cannot be higher than 4 USE (Unidad de Subvención Educacional or "Education Subsidy Unit"). This was equal to CLP$72,763 in 2011 (about US$150) in both primary and secondary school. A Parents Center fee is the same as in schools with voluntary tuition.
  Non-subsidized private schools are free to set the price, which may include enrollment and tuition costs, as well as a fee for applying to the school (paid once) and one for being admitted to the school (also paid once, and can be quite high in some exclusive schools). There may be other payments, such as to the Parents Center or for school materials, which may be included as part of the tuition fee.
  There is a third type of public school, the so-called Delegated Administration schools, which are owned by the State but managed and financed by private corporations. These cannot charge a selection fee. The annual enrollment cost is voluntary and the same as in schools with voluntary tuition. They are allowed to charge for tuition, but it is up to the parent to decide how much to pay. The maximum cost is 1.5 UTM annually, which was CLP$57,430 (about US$119) in 2011. A Parents Center fee is voluntary.
  There is a fourth type of public school, administered by the Ministry of Education and completely financed by the State. Currently, there is only one such school: Escuela Villa Las Estrellas in Antártica.
caption: Chilean students presenting a PowerPoint about America, in Escuela Barreales, 2008.
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