International fees

Hey!

I wanted to know: do you think that paying an international fee rate is worth it at Oxford uni?
To explain: for an international non-EU student, it would probably cost upwards of £80,000 which is.... A really large amount of money...

Obviously - even if I applied, I probably wouldn't get offered a place. I'm definitely not trying to insinuate that I would or anything like that! Equally, I'm not saying that there is a right or wrong answer - but it would be helpful to have some opinions.
So, I guess my question is: considering that it is so expensive, do you think an undergrad degree from Oxford is worth it?

Hey!

I wanted to know: do you think that paying an international fee rate is worth it at Oxford uni?
To explain: for an international non-EU student, it would probably cost upwards of £80,000 which is.... A really large amount of money...

Obviously - even if I applied, I probably wouldn't get offered a place. I'm definitely not trying to insinuate that I would or anything like that! Equally, I'm not saying that there is a right or wrong answer - but it would be helpful to have some opinions.
So, I guess my question is: considering that it is so expensive, do you think an undergrad degree from Oxford is worth it?

International fees at other "top" universities are also high.

And check out the fee for Medicine at Cambridge... £70k per year plus college fees, and accommodation/living costs.
https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/international-students/fees#tuition

You could always apply to an ivy league, far cheaper...$70,000 roughly a year, before books which runs about $2,000 a semester in the US.

You could always apply to an ivy league, far cheaper...$70,000 roughly a year, before books which runs about $2,000 a semester in the US.

Yes, I know! It's also so expensive... Is it worth it, though?
Because, well, putting yourself into that much debt before you can support a full-time job - that's a really large commitment.

(But - thank heavens that I'm not looking to do medicine at Cambridge! I thought £80k for three years at Oxford was bad! The thought of £70k per year just makes me shudder!!)

According to my pocket calculator $70k per year is not less than the OP's £80k total for their course.

To be honest only you can really make that judgement call. More than 10% of Oxford undergrads are international so they must reckon it's worth it.

https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/facts-and-figures/admissions-statistics/undergraduate-students/current/overall-numbers?wssl=1

According to my pocket calculator $70k per year is not less than the OP's £80k total for their course.

I was being heavily sarcastic, (im an american in UK even though i am an EU student if education was better ranked and cheaper why wouldnt i be there? Im fully aware england is still cheap in comparison.) as in saying look at similarly ranked competition and in the air of oxbridge you do need to look to the ivy league for price comparisons, in order for OP to see he is getting value for money.

You could always apply to an ivy league, far cheaper...$70,000 roughly a year, before books which runs about $2,000 a semester in the US.

You need stronger sarcasm skillz dude. I've read it 5 times and no sarcasm is detected. Must be your German genes coming through...

Before books...who pays for books in europe? And $2,000 a semester is preposterous lol.

Hey!

I wanted to know: do you think that paying an international fee rate is worth it at Oxford uni?
To explain: for an international non-EU student, it would probably cost upwards of £80,000 for a three year degree which is.... A really large amount of money...

Obviously - even if I applied, I probably wouldn't get offered a place. I'm definitely not trying to insinuate that I would or anything like that! Equally, I'm not saying that there is a right or wrong answer - but it would be helpful to have some opinions.
So, I guess my question is: considering that it is so expensive, do you think an undergrad degree from Oxford is worth it?

FWIW, I (or more accurately, my family) paid international fees to do law at Oxford (undergrad + postgrad).

I really don't think there's a right or wrong answer per se. Whether it is "worth it" depends on so many factors (e.g. desired career path, personal motivation, how affordable 80k pounds is to you/your family).

In my case, I think it was worth it - I had a wonderful experience (which I don't think I would have gotten back home) and would do it all over again. I also don't think I'd be in my current job had I gone to a local university, and I knew I wanted the experience of studying overseas since I was in my early teens. At the same time, because it was so expensive, I also decided that I could only justify going overseas if the quality of education/ level of prestige I was going to get would be better than what I would have gotten at home.

TL: DR Your mileage will vary.

Thank you so much - that's really helpful to know! And really kind of you to share your experience, too!

If you don't mind me asking - As I understand it, the law programme at Oxford is really good and has a high prestige. Are you aware of how some of their other humanities-based courses hold up?