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Ask HN: Student loan for international students?
1 points by rustymirror 3695 days ago
Hi All, I got an offer for MS CS at NYU. You know any loan provider that give loan of around $70k without an US Cosigner? It's really difficult to get a loan of such huge amount in my country.
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$70K for a Master's is too much (IMO). Surely there are better options!

1.) Go to a less expensive school (http://www.news.gatech.edu/2013/05/14/georgia-tech-announces... for ~$7k, all online) (http://cs.mwsu.edu/ ~$10K/yr. in Texas, did my MS there)

2.) Go for a PhD instead. Just about every good school will pay you a stipend to attend and waive your tuition. You often earn a Master's on the way up, and I have known some people to quit after earning the Masters (although the school will not encourage this).