[melvinmt]

You have to realize that European college education is heavily subsidized for their citizens. If a student from a developing country comes to Europe to study, they'll have to pay the full prize, which often comes down to €10,000+/year.

[legulere]

Do you know in which countries it's this way? The information I found about Germany I found says that they also don't have to pay tuition fees. I guess most countries don't need extra fees for foreigners because of the language barrier.

[tephra]

I can only speak for how it is in Sweden.

We used to have free university education for anyone in the world. But that's now changed so that anyone not in the EU, European Economic Area or Switzerland have to pay tuition.

A three year Bachelor program would cost about 63000 USD for anyone not in those countries that are part of the above organizations.

[zanny]

My bill at my school in the US was 57,000 USD a semester. Albeit I didn't actually pay any of that (besides the required stafford loans).

[jgross206]

what school was that??

[zanny]

Tiny liberal arts college in PA called Moravian. I think they broke 60k this year, I graduated a year ago now.

Albeit, that factors in the 2k and 8k per semester for food / housing (and the school requires you live on campus if your home is >20 miles away, and you can't get an apartment off) and you have to take that meal plan.

It is like $12k in classes per semester, plus the room / board, and a bunch of other line item expenses that add up.

[abraham_s]

Even universities in USA has two tuition rates, the in-state tuition being 1/3 of the "normal" rate, but non-citizens can also avail the in-state tuition if they have residency.

[trhtrsh]

These days, closer to 1/2.

[btian]

UK for example. International tuition fees are more than twice the rate for EU citizens.

[p4bl0]

You're wrong. At least in France, education is free (well, almost, we have something like 200€ / year of administrative fees), for foreigners too. Depending on which school/uni you enter, you might even get a stipend and/or a room.