every time I read about the high tuition fees at US universities and extraordinary costs of higher education in the US, I wonder why only a small number of students are going to study in old Europe: no tuition fees in a lot of countries; good universities all around; no necessity to master the local language perfectly as there are a lot of programs with English as the language of instruction; many locations with relatively low costs of living (you can easily master your life with $800-$1000 a month in many areas/cities in Europe with very good universities); a thriving student life