This city for many years, through its higher learning institutions has been offering students an incomparable education based on career-focussed programmes. One of the famous school in the city is Universidad Centroamerica de Ciencias Empresariales.

Costa Rica offers a sponsored and at the same time students-friendly higher learning curriculums. The country has 20 public and 44 private universities with the leading three public universities being University of Costa Rica, The national university and Costa Rican Institute of Technology.

Academic institutions around the world offer a BSc or Bachelor of Science. This popular undergraduate degree is helpful in preparing students for the workplace or for advanced degree programs. The average BSc takes three to five years to complete.