{
  "title": "AdmiScan six-country MS/MBA application-fee evidence coverage",
  "asOf": "2026-10-29",
  "scope": "Active, catalogue-ready, VERIFIED, verification unexpired, full_paid_report_ready MS/MBA records from production AdmiScan global_programs joined to global_program_decision_readiness_v",
  "methodology": "Numeric application_fee_amount >=0, non-null application_fee_currency, HTTPS application_fee_source_url. Zero values are recorded zeros and may have programme/applicant-specific exceptions; missing fields remain unknown.",
  "populationCaveat": "An internal paid-report-ready subset, not all courses, institutions or applicants. Uneven sample size by country, no random sampling; do not infer country-wide fee prevalence or prices for Fall 2027.",
  "countries": [
    {
      "country": "Australia",
      "code": "AUSTRALIA",
      "ready": 343,
      "withSource": 163,
      "positive": 163,
      "zero": 0,
      "missing": 180,
      "coveragePercent": 47.5
    },
    {
      "country": "Germany",
      "code": "GERMANY",
      "ready": 176,
      "withSource": 75,
      "positive": 61,
      "zero": 14,
      "missing": 101,
      "coveragePercent": 42.6
    },
    {
      "country": "Ireland",
      "code": "IRELAND",
      "ready": 272,
      "withSource": 265,
      "positive": 265,
      "zero": 0,
      "missing": 7,
      "coveragePercent": 97.4
    },
    {
      "country": "Netherlands",
      "code": "NETHERLANDS",
      "ready": 102,
      "withSource": 17,
      "positive": 16,
      "zero": 1,
      "missing": 85,
      "coveragePercent": 16.7
    },
    {
      "country": "United Kingdom",
      "code": "UK",
      "ready": 653,
      "withSource": 178,
      "positive": 21,
      "zero": 157,
      "missing": 475,
      "coveragePercent": 27.3
    },
    {
      "country": "United States",
      "code": "USA",
      "ready": 125,
      "withSource": 103,
      "positive": 90,
      "zero": 13,
      "missing": 22,
      "coveragePercent": 82.4
    }
  ],
  "total": {
    "ready": 1671,
    "withSource": 801,
    "positive": 616,
    "zero": 185,
    "missing": 870,
    "coveragePercent": 47.9
  },
  "officialExamples": [
    {
      "name": "University of Reading — master’s application fee policy",
      "url": "https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/how-to-apply/masters-how-to-apply"
    },
    {
      "name": "University of Surrey — postgraduate application fee FAQ",
      "url": "https://www.surrey.ac.uk/apply/postgraduate/taught-frequently-asked-questions"
    }
  ]
}