Abstract: The purpose of my paper is to examine why American students choose to attend higher education institutions in the United States, where tuition is skyrocketing, as opposed to in Europe, where tuition costs are very low or, in some cases, non existent. While privatization of universities in the United States has placed the burden of tuition on students and families, it has increased the availability of resources at universities, which offers students more opportunities to work closely with professors and gain experience in their field prior to graduation. These opportunities also translate into increased employability of students after graduation, and even increased graduation rates in the United States. Works Cited “College Access and Affordability: USA vs. the World.” Value Colleges, www.valuecolleges.com/collegecosts/ . Doerr, Neriko Musha. “Learner Subjects in Study Abroad: Discourse of Immersion, Hierarchy of Experience and Their Subversion through Situated Learn