u/unconventional_wooly

I am an international student looking for an education loan to fund my graduate studies in the USA. The total tuition and mandatory fees exceed $100K (cost of living and etc. is not included).

I came across MPower and Prodigy Finance, these two are extensively promoted everywhere online. Any idea about the interest rates !!??

I am also exploring options with a U.S. based cosigner. I came across options like Sallie Mae, College Ave, SoFi and many others. Please tell me are any of these actually worth it? Since my total cost of program exceeds $150K (including living expenses) what should I do? Which of these offers lowest interest rate for this big amount??

What is the best way to fund my education? I am open to all suggestions. One thing's for sure that my university will not provide any funding opportunities like scholarship/financial aid, even if they do it would be just $5000-$10,000, which probably does not make much difference.

Please share your opinions and suggestions!!!!! : ))

I am considering allied healthcare professional prorgam

I am an international student looking for an education loan to fund my graduate studies in the USA. The total tuition and mandatory fees exceed $100K (cost of living and etc. is not included).

I came across MPower and Prodigy Finance, these two are extensively promoted everywhere online. Any idea about the interest rates !!??

I am also exploring options with a U.S. based cosigner. I came across options like Sallie Mae, College Ave, SoFi and many others. Please tell me are any of these actually worth it? Since my total cost of program exceeds $150K (including living expenses) what should I do? Which of these offers lowest interest rate for this big amount??

What is the best way to fund my education? I am open to all suggestions. One thing's for sure that my university will not provide any funding opportunities like scholarship/financial aid, even if they do it would be just $5000-$10,000, which probably does not make much difference.

Please share your opinions and suggestions!!!!! : ))

I am considering allied healthcare professional prorgam

I plan to study MPH in Australia, but I am able to decide what university I should go to, primarily because of the regional/non-regional PSWV duration difference. I am also not planning to go to the UoSydney, Monash and UoMelbourne because of the hefty tuition fees (and practically no scholarships). Their tuition fee is almost equal to that in USA/Canada. I want to know if anybody can provide me more info about the cost and scholarship amounts that early applicants receive. Alternatively, I am looking for Macquarie University/Adelaide University/Griffith University/Deakin University/UNSW/ANU. I want to know about cost of living in these cities.

I wanted to study MPH with a specialization in Epidemiology/Biostatistics, but seems like only the 3 major universities offer that (UoSydney, Monash and UoMelbourne), others offer a generalist track, so I am unable to decide.

Some online sources state that the cost of living in near UNSW/Macquarie is higher than Melbourne (Deakin) and Adelaide, Adelaide is categorized into Tier 2 regional city, but Melbourne offers higher job opportunities after MPH, Brisbane (Griffith) has good job opportunities as well but is significantly low ranked, ANU is a regional city, but less jobs in public health......it keeps getting confusing!

Help me decide 🥲 what should I prioritize in deciding-

1. Program quality or 2. Cost of living or 3. Job availability or 4. PSWV duration 5. What intake is the best to start? (UNSW and Deakin offer 3 intakes)

my_qualifications- I am a practicing dentist and now want to completely give up clinical stream and switch to non-clinical stream.

P.S.: As of now I don't plan to crack ADC. It's more of a cost issue to pursue MDS in Aus later. I want a 9 to 5 job.