Germany has one of the lowest tuition fees

Re:Germany has one of the lowest tuition fees by tombert on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:33PM (#28606788)

> you can do first 2 years at a community college for no more than $2k/year

I'm not sure which community colleges you are going to. When my wife went to CUNY BMCC it was on the order of ~$2400/semester, so roughly $4800/year. Still not too unreasonable, but more than twice what you were saying.

Granted, this is NYC, not known for being super cheap, but I didn't think that CUNY was considered absurdly expensive either. Upon checking, the local community college where I grew up (the Orlando area) is about $1500/semester, so about $3000 a year, assuming you take summers off [2].

[1] https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/students/bursar/tuition-and-fees/

[2] https://net1.valenciacollege.edu/future-students/financial-a...

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Re:Germany has one of the lowest tuition fees by denimnerd42 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:36PM (#28606820)

In Dallas we pay around $1000 / semester.

https://www.dallascollege.edu/paying-for-college/cost-tuitio...

Even twice what I was saying is a pretty low amount compared to a private university at 60k/year.

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Re:Germany has one of the lowest tuition fees by tombert on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:54PM (#28607013)

Fair enough...maybe I should have done school when I lived in Dallas!

I don't disagree with your thesis, regardless. If you do something with the CUNY system, you're still on the hook for <$10/year (at least for tuition, rent+food is a different story). A total investment of ~$50-60k total cost is definitely worth it from an economic perspective. With the exception of eccentrics like me, generally speaking the high-paying jobs are gatekept behind academia, meaning that the tuition would pay for itself within 2-3 years, easily.

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