Was it worth it?
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Every consultancy publishes placement percentages. Nobody publishes what the degree actually cost, what the salary actually was, and whether the student would do it again. That data indicts their business model — so they hide it. We’re collecting it in the open.
Brochures show the admits. Loan agents show the approvals. Nobody shows the full math: total spent, total earned, years to break even, and the honest answer to “would you do it again?” Over time, these reports become the only public “was it worth it” ranking in study-abroad — built from real graduates, not marketing decks.
- Anonymous by default. Share a nickname or nothing at all.
- Aggregates only. We publish trends and ranges, never your personal details.
- Nothing published without your permission. Your numbers help the dataset even if your story never appears.
- No cherry-picking. The bad outcomes stay in. That’s the entire point.
What graduates report so far
No outcome reports published yet — this dataset starts with you. We’d rather show an empty table than an invented one. Once reports arrive, this section shows real medians: total cost, time to break even, and the “would do it again” rate, split by field and country.
Every journey here falls into one of three arcs — the ones who thrived, the ones who struggled, the ones still deciding. We publish all three, unedited. Your report, good or bad, is what makes the pattern real.
Share your outcome (3 minutes)
Already past the admit stage — studying, graduated, working, or back home? Your 3 minutes becomes someone else’s clearest data point.
Still deciding? Start with Should I even go? — the 2-minute self-assessment — or run your numbers in the ROI calculator.