US vs UK uni reputations

webrocker
Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:21:03 +0000

Hey, I have got into both University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in USA and University of Manchester in UK for Mechanical Engineering and having a hard time deciding where to go…
BTW I am an international to both places…At UIUC it would be a bachelors course and the fee would be 160K USD, meaning I would have to take a 80K loan, which I am scared would burden me for life…
At Manchester, it is a 4 years(masters) course and the fee would be 130K USD… cheaper than USA and if I do masters also in UIUC it would go to 240K!!!
So Manchester seems to be of greater value but I would like to study in the States…
I am also not sure about the rep. of manchester…
In the QS rankings Manchester is ranked higher than UIUC but in the other ranking Manchester is non-existent while UIUC is at the top…
So Im in a predicament hope to get some views to help me decide which is better…
Thank You.