You're not majoring in a foreign language, you haven't taken one international relations course, and you never were able to master the metric system. More U.S. college students than ever are studying outside the country. U.S. students studied abroad, an 11.4 percent increase from the previous year. And it's not necessarily because more students are majoring in foreign language or international business. Dr. Elizabeth H. Andretta, Georgetown University's associate dean for international education, believes the popularity of study abroad is rising because U.S. universities provide more administrative support and consider an international experience valuable to students.
Students seem to agree.
Our interviewees say their time abroad was not only the best semester of their four years at university, but one of immense importance to them personally and professionally. Fortunately, young people eager to explore life outside the U.S. can choose from a variety of options. Important factors to consider are duration, cost, transferability of credits, student support, housing situation, and language skills. Costs of programs held during the school year do vary, but in many cases costs of tuition, room and board are the same abroad as in the United States. But before you buy that plane ticket and rail pass, research, research, research.