International student debt

DadTwoGirls
Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:19:35 +0000

If it is $60,000 per year, this would be insane. This is far too much debt for any university degree that does not result in your becoming a medical doctor within 4 years.

If it is $60,000 in total over four years, this is still an enormous amount of debt. You would need to have a very realistic and cautious plan to pay it off. This plan better not include the intent to stay in the US after graduation. As an international student, you will be expected to return to your home country after graduation.

Another issue is that you would need to have a very realistic and cautious plan that will explain how you intend to get someone to loan you $60,000. You probably will not be able to borrow this much from sources in the US.

If you have other options in Europe or elsewhere, then you are probably far better off to go somewhere else for university. Columbia is very good. However, it is not going to teach an undergraduate student anything that they could not have learned at hundreds of other very good universities. If you are a citizen of France for example then anything in Europe, or McGill, or the University of Montreal would most likely be a fraction of the cost of Columbia. These other universities would also provide you with an excellent education.