Like the most cities in the country, higher education centres in San José are bilingual. That means students opting to use; Germany, English or Spanish can undertake their diploma and degree courses without any difficulties.

Students who are interested in working in a financial institution may want to take some classes in banking. Some common topics include banking principles, management principles, business law, finance, marketing principles, information technology and statistics.

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.