Abstract Education has become a symbol of the national power。 Every year a great number of students from all over the world come to American for studying. On the contrary, China as an ancient country civilization with over five thousand years, only have several famous universities。 This paper aims to study the difference of higher education between China and America and find out the merit of American education. Then take the essence and discard the dregs to improve the quality of our own education。 Key words: Higher Education; Difference; China; American Introduction Higher education is an educational level that follows a completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, or a gymnasium. Higher education is normally taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education vocational education and training. Colleges, universities and institutes of technology are the main institutions that provide higher education. In many developed countries, a high proportion of the population, now enter higher education at some time in their lives. Higher education is therefore very important to national economi c, both as a significant industry in its own right and as a source of trained and educated personnel for the rest of the economy。 College educated workers command a significant wage premium and are much less likely to become unemp