A question suddenly popped into my head. Student loans in the US are outrageous, and universities are incredibly expensive, so why not choose to study abroad? It seems like you could easily study in Japan, South Korea, or even some second-tier countries with decent educational systems. The cost of studying in second-tier countries shouldn't be higher than in the US, especially considering the significant exchange rate difference. Can anyone answer this?
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Many people do, but it’s not as simple as that, because you still have to live. You have to pay rent, buy food, and you’re going to have a much harder time getting a job in a country where you don’t speak the language.
Wealthy people do this because you can’t generally work on a student visa so someone else has to pay for 100% of your expenses for four years, even if college is free. Lower class doesn’t have that luxury.
Good luck not being able to work while you live somewhere else.
Also, not every university offers courses in English.
If you don’t want to live abroad it’s not really worth it for most people to go to school abroad.
Also, some fields and employers do not recognize foreign diplomas.
They keep us dumb so we don’t consider non us options
If you go abroad to go to college, you generally have to get private student loans to pay for tuition and living expenses anyway. Just because college is cheap or free for citizens of said country, doesn’t mean it’s free for a foreign student. Also, In many countries you aren’t allowed to work while attending college on a student visa. Finally, you have to have the money to go abroad to begin with.