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From a purely educational perspective, going to the US doesn't make any sense. You can get the same thing in Europe for about 10 times cheaper. Of course, European universities don't have the marketing budget to compete, so it's not how things appear.

PhD-level education in the US seems to be worth it, because you get more resources than elsewhere in the world. Below that level, an education in the US is either social signaling, or a way to "have a foot in" to be able to work in the US afterwards.



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