How to pay for Education in the US

Bobby159

Hi, our daughter has chance to go to the US to study and play sport but we will have to contribute some money towards it. We are looking for some help as to the best way to do it?

C.M.

Best options IMO would really be bursaries (if available), savings - ornif neither are possible then potentially long term 0% money transfer cards.

Only use option 3 if you can afford to pay it back before the interest free period expires

TrickyDicky101

How much money are you talking (in total and per annum)?

Voyager2002

If she is really good at sport then it might be worthwhile, and the college could arrange a sports bursary.

Otherwise this would be a bad move: while some US universities are outstandingly good at graduate level, at undergraduate level standards are almost universally lower than in Britain or most of Europe.

zagubov

Voyager2002 wrote: »

If she is really good at sport then it might be worthwhile, and the college could arrange a sports bursary.

Otherwise this would be a bad move: while some US universities are outstandingly good at graduate level, at undergraduate level standards are almost universally lower than in Britain or most of Europe.

Seconded! I'd be very wary of this. There are thousands of universities and colleges in the US but their freshman and the first half of their sophomore years are like our A levels. Their honours degrees are like our ordinary degrees and their Masters are like our honours degrees. IIRC, only their doctoral degrees are like ours.

They've got a massive quantity of higher education over there but the quality isn't recognised internationally as being at proper degree level.

Herzlos

Is any funding available from wherever the opportunity is? I did an exchange program for a semester, paid for by my uni.

Caroline_a

My daughter was approached by several US universities to go with a full bursary that included fees, accommodation, medical, all sports-related expenses and a couple of trips home's flights. She chose in the end not to go. She was at the time pretty high up in her sport, so that isn't the norm.

If your daughter can get that sort of bursary it would probably be worth it.

saker75

Have a look at the Fulbright Commission which has lots of information and resources to help with funding higher education in the US.