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In Europe school actually cost this much (average), with campus and classroom. Maybe, the question is asked the wrong way in this article. Why does education co
by h1fra 13y ago
In Europe school actually cost this much (average), with campus and classroom. Maybe, the question is asked the wrong way in this article.
Why does education cost student 50000$ a year in US?
- gambiting 13y agoI was going to say the same thing. I come from a country where Higher Education is free(yes yes I know - paid for by the taxpayer), but I have personally studied in the UK paying 3450 pounds a year (~5300 USD) in one of the best universities in that country. Yes I know it went up now to 9000 pounds(~13600 USD) but still, it's a lot less than what they charge for education in the US, which I don't understand.
- yummyfajitas 13y agoWhat is the total cost of education in your country? I.e., amount paid by student + amount paid by govt? I suspect the answer will be similar to the US, but scaled down a bit since high skill labor is much cheaper in Europe.
- gambiting 13y agoIn my country it's 0 cost for the student. Apparently the average cost the government pays per year per student is around ~3000 USD. Medical students cost our government ~7000 USD per year. And as far as I know, professors are still very well paid, so I still fail to see why would the education in the US cost so much money.
- codeonfire 13y agoThere are no answers to the difference in tuition prices that don't lead to uncomfortable social comparisons of two countries. It depends on if you believe education markets are efficient or not, meaning the true value will be reflected in the price. Two things that would make a degree worth less are limited access to education and limited social mobility for degree holders. Free also does not mean unlimited access.
- Dewie 13y agoIt would seem that the market is not efficient, since the average cost of tertiary education has risen a lot in the last decade(s) (from what I've read). EDIT: in the US
- gambiting 13y agoWhat do you mean by unlimited access? Sure, there is only a limited amount of university places, but it does not matter what is your social situation or how much money you currently have - you can study law or medicine just the same as a rich guy, as long as you have good grades that allow you to get into the university in the first place. But if you did study hard and got good grades, any degree you could choose is 100% free.
- codeonfire 13y agoBy unlimited access I mean discrimination. Two key tools used to hide discrimination are extra-curriculars and subjective entrance interviews, both of which can be present in totally free schools.
- barry-cotter 13y agoIn Ireland for well over 90% of degree courses it's blind marked exams all the way. In Britain apart from Oxbridge it is again exam marks all the way (big apart from). In France I think ENA is the only school with entrance exams/interviews but much like Oxbridge acceptance means you are part of the ruling/upper class unless you choose to throw it away. German universities don't do entrance interviews, they do exam ranking and brutal weedout classes. The USA is more or less unique in the blatancy of the class values implicit in its university entrance requirements. The cancer spreads, much like professional graduate degrees but it is still most obvious in the land of origin. Gotta keep them Jews out, or nowadays them Asians. It's about the right sort of extracurricular, don't you know?
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- Dewie 13y agoA two year Master where I'm from (Scandinavia) would probably cost me 400$ for the tuition.