<p>Many of the Helsinki School of Economics’ courses are taught in English and most of its degree programs are available entirely in English. C’mon, guys. Finland is not some isolated backwater. It’s a fully integrated member of the European Union with a modern, dynamic, globally export-oriented economy, a very high standard of living, the highest literacy rate in the world, and some of the world’s most tech-savvy people and corporations, with rates of internet and mobile phone use that dwarf those in the US. The choice is not between working in Finland or not; nor does going there require you to speak Finnish. Most people in Helsinki speak English which is taught in the schools as a mandatory subject from the elementary grades on up. English is the language of global business and the language of EU-scale business, the scales on which Finnish firms need to compete because their domestic market is so small. English is also increasingly the language of academia, especially as EU academic institutions become more integrated into an EU-wide system. So the choice is not between studying in English and studying in Finnish, nor it is between working in the US and working in Finland. The choice is between working in the EU or in the US, basically. And for someone from New Zealand (as I take it the OP is), that’s not such an easy or obvious call.</p>
<p>That said, I don’t know a darned thing about the school. It’s said to be the top school in Finland for economics and business, and educational standards are generally pretty high in that country. It also appears to be highly respected within the European Union. Beyond that, I wouldn’t know enough to be able to compare it to BC or any other U.S. university. The Financial Times, a British publication, ranks Helsinki School of Economics the #20 business school in the EU. US News ranks Boston College the #25 U.S. undergraduate business program. Make of that what you will.</p>