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You can get any graduate degree, masters or Ph.D. in whatever you want. What do you choose?

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm european. That's already how these things work.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Same. * high fives *

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

True, only in the GOOD parts 😛

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That’s wonderful. I’m glad education is accessible.

I’m going to go cry in the back corner now, because haha… America #1… in student loan debt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In the US, PhDs, in STEM at least, are fully funded. Either by research or teaching assistanship. This is the same as in Europe and students are frequently exchanged.

You'll only be paying for yourself if you're in art history or something stupid like that (even then you could get a TA) or you haven't demonstrated that you're smart enough to get a PhD.

Edit: it's so weird how this completely factual statement has been so controversial. I actually went through this process.