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every time I read about the high tuition fees at US universities and extraordinary costs of higher education in the US, I wonder why only a small number of stud
by sasvari 16y ago
every time I read about the high tuition fees at US universities and extraordinary costs of higher education in the US, I wonder why only a small number of students are going to study in old Europe: no tuition fees in a lot of countries; good universities all around; no necessity to master the local language perfectly as there are a lot of programs with English as the language of instruction; many locations with relatively low costs of living (you can easily master your life with $800-$1000 a month in many areas/cities in Europe with very good universities); a thriving student life
- atgm 16y agoDistance from parents is probably a big one; worry about emergency situations while separated is another. After that, accreditation, I guess.
- borski 16y agoSimple: financial aid. As US citizens, if we qualify, we can attain federal financial aid and scholarships, thus lowering our overall cost of attending college significantly; sometimes lowering it so much as to be free, or nearly free. The same is not true if we attend a foreign institution.
- sasvari 16y agoif this would be true for the majority of students, there wouldn't be the discussion about extraordinary costs of higher education. or do I get something wrong here? of course I am not suggesting everybody to study abroad, I am just wondering why only few young (US-)americans are considering to study in Europe. especially with the prospect of not having to pay up a huge education credit while gaining a lot of experience as well for those without a proper financial background.
- borski 16y agoRight; and I'm not saying everyone should attend a US school. I'm just saying there is a significant number of students who are US nationals that get federal grants and funding. They would not get this funding a foreign nationals in another country. For that group of students, it is much harder to attend a foreign school. Not to mention cost of travel to visit parents and family. 4 years is a long time.
- mechanical_fish 16y agono tuition fees in a lot of countries As a foreign national? As, say, a US citizen without a work visa? Does that really work? The idea that a foreign country would subsidize one's college education is pretty alien to a US citizen. Just going to a state university in a different state costs extra money in the USA. Or are you just asking: Why would people who are already lucky enough to have some kind of "old European" citizenship ever want to study in the USA instead? I'll let those folks answer that question, since I don't really know.
- sasvari 16y agoAs a foreign national? As, say, a US citizen without a work visa? Does that really work? yes, it does. I don't know about every european country, but at least (at state universities) in Germany and Finland there are no tuition fees for non-europeans as well.
- macdonald 16y agoNon-EU students pay fees in Scotland, but these are often still cheaper than full fees for top US universities. I think in Scotland the fee is between £10,000-15,000 per year, whereas EU students don't pay anything (in an odd quirk English students still pay fees, but no more than £4,000). Related article about this: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/education/01scotland.html?pagewanted=3&_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/education/01scotland.html?...
- barry-cotter 16y agoTuition fees for all European countries [pdf] http://www.cesifo.de/pls/guestci/download/CESifo%20DICE%20Report%202007/CESifo%20DICE%20Report%204/2007/dicereport407-db5.pdf http://www.cesifo.de/pls/guestci/download/CESifo%20DICE%20Re...