• Camelbeard@lemmy.world
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    The world isn’t this black and white, so you can’t just compare things at a basic level like this

    For example the Netherlands has intuition fee’s for universities. It’s about 2500 euro per student per year. I’d much rather have it free, but it’s still nothing compared to the 50K or 100K some people pay for an American University

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      And the UK for that matter. You only get free education up to A Levels (18 years old).

      If you want a degree then you pay for it.

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        Hey, leave Scotland out of this. We get tuition fees paid plus a student loan which you can just sort of never pay back 👌

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      Similar in Canada. It may not be free, but it’s ridiculously cheap compared to what the US deals with and we still have great financial assistance for those who can’t afford that.

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      Exactly. Germany also has free Universities but there are mandatory charges you have to pay in order to study. Its just not a university fee but a fee for a mandatory university service (still mutch lower than other countries with university fees).