Think of study Master degree at USA

Few days ago,

just hang out with Michelle - my bestie in childcare centre when I was 10 years old.

Both of us stayed very near to each other,

she stayed at Taman Sentosa and I asked at Bukit Istana,

so she could just fetched me out any time to anywhere!

The first place,

we went Simply Fish restaurant sat down and ordered  a big Australian Steak on the menu,

the portion is exactly enough for both of us to shared.

Now,

she is studying accounting at USA and her elder brother is studying accounting at Australia Brisbane.

Both of us talked about the culture difference between USA and Australia.

We talked about safety, living cost and course duration.

Honestly,

I am a little bit regret choose to study in Australia :(

She told me USA has more attraction such as disney land and Australia is more relaxed,

plus she said living costs at USA is much cheaper.

My inner wild make my heart itchy!

Because I even think of the California disney land that I went when I was 16.

The unlimited roller coaster attractions and the irresistible fascinating park made my heart melt.

She asked me how much is my weekly rental?

I said weekly aussie dollar $250, one month cost $1000.

She said same there! She is staying US dollar $1000 too!

When I asked her about the currency,

she said 3.3 ! Same as Australia!

She asked me go over USA study master degree when I graduate!

Yeap! I am planning. 

After a rich research from Google,

I think I will be going USA for my master degree.

She even laughed at my lifestyle in Australia,

she said

'I am sure you are pretty bored at Australia because from your pictures in Facebook, I can see out you always go beach and high tea. Because Australia is basically a beach country. My brother study at Brisbane, he also always went beach! Hahaha!'

I asked

'What about UK?'

She said

'UK also not bad, but USA got more attraction. UK is more urbanization but nothing much on attraction, the advantage of study in UK is their tuition fees cheaper.'

I said

'But from the world map, UK very small ones right?'

She said

'Anah! Smaller than Australia and USA. That is why I said UK nothing much on attraction. They only focus in the city like they got a lot of cafes like that only.'

I said

'Australia also got a lot of cafes but Adelaide, my place not many only. But the rest state a lot, like I visited Melbourne and Sydney, the whole street is all beautiful cafes. Tasmania is same like Adelaide, but cooler only.'

She said

'For UK is a lot of things to eat, because they got a lot of restaurant and cafes.'

I said

'Anoh! I got friend study at UK, she always post the foods and drinks she had at cafes.'

She said

'You come USA lah, more attraction, a lot roller coaster and shopping, high tea and beach all got.'

I said

'Of course lah! You know USA is 10 times bigger than Australia?'

She laughed and said

'Hahaha! I dont know the size, I only know USA is bigger than Australia only. The tuition fees in USA is cheaper than Australia, but the living costs are the same. You go Google survey the university lah, come here study master with me lah.'

I said

'Ok ok, I go back survey.'

After surveyed,

I really think of study Master degree at USA !

Look ! USA is cheaper and she said got a lot of attractions some more!

 

Australia, USA and UK are the three most expensive countries for foreign students, said a study by HSBC. The study was done on data available on higher education in 13 countries around the world. The study also found the cost of education was lower in Germany, with low tuition costs and cost of living.

 

According to the study, Australia is the most expensive country for overseas students with the  combined annual average cost of university fees and living expenses at over $38,000 per year for international students.

 

The second most expensive country is USA, with the combined annual average cost of university fees and living expenses at over $35,000 for international students. However, overseas students in Ivy League universities could pay over two thirds (67%) on top of this amount, with average total costs reaching US$58,760 a year. 

 

The UK was third most expensive overall with annual fees of $19,291 and living costs of $10,177. 

 

International student costs in UAE, Singapore and Hong Kong are all above $20,000 per year, as a result of higher costs of living in these three premier emerging market destinations. 

 

International students studying in Germany pay an average $635 for study costs and a further $5,650 in living costs, bringing the annual total to $6,285, a sixth of the cost of studying Australia, the study said.

 

Malik Sarwar, HSBC spokesperson said, ''Those who wish to educate their children overseas need to consider more factors than simply tuition fees, such as living costs, exchange rates and inflation in their estimates of total costs. On average, living expenses can comprise at least a third of total costs and parents need to budget for travels back home during school holidays. As such, there is a need for parents to ensure their children’s education forms an important part of their financial planning.”

Average annual cost of studying abroad for international students
Country	Annual Fees	Annual Cost of Living	Annual Total
Australia	$25,375	$13,140	$38,516
United States	$25,226	$10,479	$35,705
United Aram Emirates	$21,371	$6,004	$27,375
United Kingdom	$19,291	$11,034	$30,325
Canada	$18,474	$7,537	$26,011
Singapore	$14,885	$9,363	$24,248
Hong Kong	$13,182	$9,261	$22,443
Japan	$6,522	$12,642	$19,164
Russia	$3,131	$6,310	$9,441
China	$3,983	$4,783	$8,766
Taiwan	$3,270	$4,987	$8,257
Spain	$1,002	$6,004	$7,006
Germany	$635	$5,650	$6,285
in US$/per year