A few days ago
Anonymous

If you are an American who get’s a degree in Europe, will it be worth less?

Not me, but a friend wants to get his bachelors in Germany, because university is really cheap there. Will his degree be worth anything back in the USA?

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A few days ago
rollie

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Not if you go to an international or American university abroad.Their degrees are accredited in the U.S. as well as other specified European countries.

Here`s a website with all the schools:

http://www.cois.org

just click on find schools ,choose the country you would like to go

and press search,and if you don`t have a country in mind just hit

search with nothing there and see all the schools.It`s really cool

it tells you their total student body, acceptance rate of international

students(you),tuition,financial aid,and A LOT more.

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A few days ago
Misty Dawn
The degree would not be worth less, but it might be somewhat confusing for your friend when he is applying to graduate schools–depending upon which school in Germany he goes to.

Many schools have switched over to the B.A./M.A. system that we have in th US, but some are still using the old system (consisting of nine or ten semesters with an intermediate examination in the middle of the studies. At the end of these semesters, a student receives the title M.A. which is equivalent to the M.A. that American universities give to their students). It could be quite confusing for your friend if he is only going for his bachelor, and decides on a school that follows the old system.

Since there are also many universities in Germany which follow the B.A/M.A. system, it has become practice in Germany that completing the intermediate examination, along with two additional semesters, is equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree.

As you can see, it is all very confusing. But that doesn’t mean that your friend’s degree would be any less valuable. In fact, there are many great schools in Germany!

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A few days ago
Soon2BMrsB
I think it would be the other way around. Europe has some GREAT schools, and it would probably be a good thing to put on his future resumes. I mean what sounds better, some rinky community college degree in the US, or a degree from a university in Germany?

Not to mention the wonderful experience he’d get! I’d tell him to go for it!

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A few days ago
Michael B – Prop. 8 Repealed!
I never heard of a European degree being “worth” less in the U.S. Unfortunately, I have seen instances where people from the Phillipines had degrees from their country, came to the U.S. and ended up working in a fast food restaurant. I’m not sure if it was due to the degree being worth less or the fact that they had a poor command of English.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
It’s depends on what his degree is in. If he wants to study law for example, it would be quite useless in the States. He’d have to take the bar or do the whole degree over. But if it’s in English for example, it’s won’t be worthless because its an universial degree.
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A few days ago
house_md
no actaully educaition from england is worth alot and more than some colleges here– good luck— i want 2 go 2 oxford
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