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In Germany university is for free (except a half yearly sum around 270€) and we have some fairly good universities I believe.
42 is free, their main campus is in Paris, but they opened a branch in the US recently: https://www.42.us.org/
42 is free, their main campus is in Paris, but they opened a branch in the US recently: https://www.42.us.org/
In Germany university is for free (except a half yearly sum around 270€) and we have some fairly good universities I believe.
Are you sure? I checked the site of my local UT and it seems it's not free for non-EU residents (1200-1600 euro per semester).
So a couple of question to pose first:
- Can you live at home? If so, do you plan on living at home?
- Are you looking for scholarships?
- Are you working while at school?
- Why are you going for absolute cheapest? Why not best value?
I ask these because they are important questions that will shape what you look for.
I hesitate to say "cheapest" because like many other things, you will get what you pay for. If you go to a crappy college that does not have any prospects of getting you a EE job, then you just wasted a lot of money. I think best value is looking into a 2-year community college that will transfer to a state school in state. Make sure the in state school is a decent engineering school, and it has partnerships with engineering companies. Those schools are generally "feeders" into companies, and will offer internships and jobs after college.
Housing is not a negligible cost either. If living at home is an option (understandably, it may not be), that will also save a lot of money as well. If that is not an option, you will likely have to work while in school to keep costs down. I personally worked as a Resident Assistant and I got free room, board, and a food allowance. But you can also find paid internships during the year that are full time in the summer that will defer costs. My brother did that, and was offered a full time job at a major company afterwards.
On the other hand, there are scholarships as well. I know that many government jobs offer full ride scholarships in exchange for working for then for x years afterwards (usually 4 years). ROTC will not only give you a scholarship, but will offer subsidies as well.
This is a ranking vs cost issue somewhat. Ga tech is a good school in the top 5 but not as cheap as the Wyoming state schools for cost[0].
[0]: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/04/10-states-with-the-cheapest-...
42 is free, their main campus is in Paris, but they opened a branch in the US recently: https://www.42.us.org/
That's neither a degree, not EE, is it?
In Germany university is for free (except a half yearly sum around 270€) and we have some fairly good universities I believe.
Are you sure? I checked the site of my local UT and it seems it's not free for non-EU residents (1200-1600 euro per semester).
The reason this is posted on HN is because Google doesn't seem to understand this query. Google comes up with entries such as "The 25 most affordable Engineering schools" or "The 50 best Engineering degree programs". If the cheapest "value" on these lists is around $12,000/yr, then that might be considered affordable by some people -- but I'm looking for the absolute cheapest. Please post if you know of an EE program…
You literally want the cheapest degree possible? No consideration for value or quality whatsoever? You can probably find some institution somewhere in the world which will give you a degree that is legal according to their local laws for $5 and no time. Is that what you want? But even cheaper than that in terms of money would be free via a full scholarship, which you can get any many institutions if you're good enoug…