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Why don't Americans go to Europe for their University degree?

• roel_v 11y ago
  - Because they'd have to live in Europe for the duration of that degree - Because loans are harder to get or impossible, depending on circumstances - Because grants are exceedingly rare in such a case - Because despite (some) American's belief about Europe, it still costs money to study here, and living here is just as expensive as in the US. You won't be able to afford a car, for example, as a student (yes yes not all US students have one either, what I'm saying is that it's a significant adjustment to what many of them are used to) - Because it results in a European degree, which may be only a small problem for some (US) employers, but is probably somewhere between 'hmm, peculiar' and 'hell no' for most of them - Because they'd be away from 'home' for 4 years or more, unless they'd spend 5-10k over the course of those 4 years traveling back and forth - Because outside of STEM (and even then), language issues are non-negligible