US College Degrees: Still the Best? (skills, masters degree, schools, masters)
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If I could do it over again, I would have gone straight to the UK after undergrad to get a law degree. 3 years of law school, then 1 year of training afterward, and I still could have come back to the US to get a JD to practice in both countries. Even for foreign students, the best UK universities are cheaper than the best American universities.
I'm now considering getting my masters degree in South Korea. Many programs are taught in English, and I'd gain Korean language skills to boot. I think the US is still the gold standard for graduate programs, but we're slipping for undergrad.
If you take a Top 100 school, no matter what country they are in, then you are going to get a very good education. I think the problem is different. There is going to be an increasing gap between the Top 100 and the rest as investment money is more and more directed to those top schools and as those schools can start to command higher fees from students.
If I could do it over again, I would have gone straight to the UK after undergrad to get a law degree. 3 years of law school, then 1 year of training afterward, and I still could have come back to the US to get a JD to practice in both countries. Even for foreign students, the best UK universities are cheaper than the best American universities.
I'm now considering getting my masters degree in South Korea. Many programs are taught in English, and I'd gain Korean language skills to boot. I think the US is still the gold standard for graduate programs, but we're slipping for undergrad.
I agree with this. My son went to the University of Glasgow (Scotland) which is a Top 100 school. When my son was there, he graduated about 5 years ago, I was paying around $12,000/year in fees (7,200 pounds) plus another $12,000 for living expenses. That compares very favorably with what I would have paid for an equivalent school in the US. The main drawback is that most US employers do not really understand a UK degree. They need to see a GPA.
If I could do it over again, I would have gone straight to the UK after undergrad to get a law degree. 3 years of law school, then 1 year of training afterward, and I still could have come back to the US to get a JD to practice in both countries. Even for foreign students, the best UK universities are cheaper than the best American universities.
I'm now considering getting my masters degree in South Korea. Many programs are taught in English, and I'd gain Korean language skills to boot. I think the US is still the gold standard for graduate programs, but we're slipping for undergrad.
What information do you use to make that determination?
I agree with this. My son went to the University of Glasgow (Scotland) which is a Top 100 school. When my son was there, he graduated about 5 years ago, I was paying around $12,000/year in fees (7,200 pounds) plus another $12,000 for living expenses. That compares very favorably with what I would have paid for an equivalent school in the US. The main drawback is that most US employers do not really understand a UK degree. They need to see a GPA.
Outside of academia, even a degree from Oxbridge means little in the US.
Often work against you more likely.
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