According to a recently released report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, The cost of attending college in the United States has increased by over 400% over the last 25 years.  The report grades US States in several categories including college preparation, college graduation, and access to college.  It also provides international comparisons on everything from enrollment to graduation rates.

I thought this might be interesting to an African Scholar audience, simply because cost tends to be the biggest obsticle to individuals interested in pursuing a higher education.  I don’t have numbers on other countries that are frequently chosen as the destination of choice for African students, but talking with friends around the world, my unofficial assessment is that there are several other places that offer quality education and should be considered heavily for further studies.

The UK, Australia, India, Germany, France and South Africa are countries that usually end up hosting African Students interested in furthering their education in a foreign land.  In most cases African students don’t have the luxury, yes I said luxury, of getting loans.  So, for those bent on studying in the United States, I suggest you think twice, unless you or your parents are loaded of course or unless you have a sizable scholarship lined up.  The latter is very possible, by the way.  However, barring the above there are so many other great choices for an education outside of your own country.

We hope to give you more specific information about these opportunities around the world, when we relaunch Africanscholar.com In the meantime, if you have experiences you’d like to share or think others can benefit from, please do send us email at africanscholar@gmail.com

For those of you interested in reading the report…you can find it here