In higher education, gaining an international perspective is very beneficial when working toward a career with a major company. When employers see that students have had experience in other countries, they value them almost instantly. There are many reasons for this. Now that most businesses have reached the international level, they are faced with language and cultural differences that students who study abroad are faced with and can learn how to solve. With less than one percent of American Students studying abroad, companies reward those who do greatly.
You may be asking yourself: If studying abroad is so helpful, then why don't more students do it? There are many reasons for this as well. The first being a common misconception: studying abroad is expensive. Students generally feel that studying in another country is much more expensive than studying at their home institution, and for this reason, they do not even consider it as an option. However, the fact is that studying abroad is, in some cases, cheaper than studying at home. The cost of studying abroad is generally about the same as tuition at home. For this reason, out-of-state students generally pay in-state tuition when they study abroad through a program specific to their university, which saves them quite a bit. Another reason many students choose not to study abroad is the fear of going so far away from home for so long. If they do not know anybody else who is going, or if they have never been out of the country before, students are sometimes afraid of what they may find in the other country. They do not know what to expect. Schools could help alleviate this problem by having students who have studied abroad give presentations, and by providing cultural workshops for students who are about to go abroad so that they do know what to expect.
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