The reason why student debt is basically unheard of in Denmark since college is free (although to make that happen, the Danish government poses high taxation towards citizens like they do in order to maintain stable social security nets like subsidised healthcare and public housing, also why they have less homelessness).
Mainly Danish, Swiss and European citizens are eligible to study without stressing over student debt upon graduation. It stems from this: Danish government is more on for the people while American government is more on caring about themselves plus nepotism on the side (MORE & HIGHER TAXES TOO ON TOP OF THAT).
If you were a student in the USA with American citizenship you’d pay similar or nothing. Most state unis, you’d go for free, and plenty of ivy league schools would have given you massively discounted or free tuition depending on your parents income.
The German education system, from top to bottom, is fundamentally different than the USA one. for starters. All students go to the same secondary schools, we don’t have Gynasium, Hochschule, or Realschule.
You can’t directly compare USA education to German, our universities are very different. Most Germans live at home when they go to university, most Americans, live in on campus.
A more apt comparison would be UK or Canada schools vs USA.
I’ve attended university in USA, Germany, and Canada. I have direct experience with all three systems.
Disclaimer to others: the comment I’m replying to has been almost completely rewritten while I was typing my reply so I’m quoting things that are no longer there. I will still leave my reply as it is.
In Germany, every EU citizen pays next to nothing. Doesn’t matter which university or what grades. As long as you qualify for university (i.e. you have finished high school), you are able to get a degree if you want. No “if”, no “I wouldn’t have to worry”, no “top student”, no “cheap”. There is no tuition, period. Most universities ask for a small administrative fee of less than 200€, most of which finances additional benefits that cannot legally be paid with taxes, such as a student council.
As mentioned, for non-EU students, there is a fixed tuition of at most 1050€ per semester. Again, no “if”, no “you wouldn’t have to worry”, no “top student”.
Also note, that I never, not even once complained about American tuition fees. If you re-read my comments, you will only find the stated fact that the tuition for non-EU students is lower than “most US tuition fees”. Which, by your own admission, is true. I never claimed that it is lower than the lowest possible US tuition, I never said anything about this being good or bad.
So please stop projecting your own rage onto something I have never said and stop insulting people. You are entitled to your opinion and I will gladly fight for your right to state it. What you are not entitled to is being rude to strangers. For that, I will downvote and possibly report you.
dude, right, you just make threats instead, so mature and respectful of you.
I’m glad you feel insulted by my factual refutations of your ignorance of the finances of the American education system. Here is another fact you may not know, our education system is largely private, and our public ones are run by states. We have no national universities or national education policies/systems.
But please, as a German who has never been to the USA keep telling us how we are doing it wrong. Clearly you know better than me and every other America…