U.S. Students Look To The U.K. For A Relatively Cheap Higher Education

When final-year economics undergraduate Robert Rogers transferred from Georgetown University to the London School of Economics, his annual tuition fees plummeted to around $20,000 a year from around $41,000. Mr. Rogers said that his reasons for moving to the LSE weren't financially motivated. But finances drive others to follow him. As tuition at U.S. colleges increasingly becomes less affordable for many—and as spots at the most competitive institutions more and more resemble gold dust—some American high schoolers are looking to the United Kingdom to meet their educational needs. By U.S. standards, universities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland remain a "cheap" place to get an education. Read more at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704563204575641621042415364.html?mod=googlenews_wsj