Quote (Indent @ May 8 2013 09:05pm)
People often complain about taxes in Canada, but students here do not end up indentured servants to debt. Our education is heavily subsidized through tax payers, and I paid about 6.5 thousand a year. I had a 4k entrance scholarship (renewable) along with scholarships, grants and bursaries, so I actually got a little spending money and no debt.
This is a state-to-state problem here. I got a undergrad degree spending almost none of my money over 3.5 years (4k/year in-state tuition in my cheaper home state, university close enough that I could drive from my parents' house) via scholarships and by virtue of living in a much cheaper state, tuitions are much much higher in some states and housing can amplify the costs.