• Zloubida@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    In France, college is free only if you’re from a underpriviledged social class, and only for a limited time.

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      18 days ago

      I didn’t qualify as “boursier”, my tuition was around 400€/year through out bachlore and master degrees (école d’ingénieurs). It’s not so expensive. I still was able to claim 90€/month of help for housing (CAF). My friends who qualified paid 0€ for tuition, and they also got more for housing but I don’t remember how much. This was from 2011~2016.

      In south Germany today, a foreigner, who can’t claim any financial help, has to pay 3000~4000€/semester 1500€/semester.

      Still far far away from what education costs in USA from what I’ve heard.

      Edit: Corrected the price of tuition in Germany.

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            19 days ago

            Some have different tuition for if you’re in state or from out of state, so around 10K usually for in state and around 20K for out of state, but some are 30K to 60K for the fancier universities in my state.

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        I’m a foreigner without access to financial aid paying ~€400/semester in middle Germany for a master’s degree (bachelor’s is €100/semester less). Granted, I’m now married to a German, but I wasn’t when I started the program and the cost didn’t change when I got married.

        I would honestly shop around a little if I were you, other universities should be much cheaper. Unless you’re including rent, I guess.