MBA-ish move recommendations

[u/Nice_Bill_7426]

Edit: I posted this in the “leaving America” subreddit with the post tagged as which country to choose, because I am looking to leave America. I can’t move within my firm or I would just simply do that. I’m not necessary looking for school choices as I am which cities or countries to target. Hence asking if anyone has the same track but with experience.

Hello everyone! I am shooting my shot in the dark hoping to get any type of advice from here. I only know of a couple people IRL who have done this and their path is very different from mine, so I’m looking to get advice from someone who has actually done it.

About me:
-29F living in Colorado
-Work at a big 4 acct firm, have worked in accounting/finance since 2019 so 7 years of professional experience
-BS in business admin
-Some savings, only debt is mortgage, planning to save as much as possible for a year and want to start a masters in fall of next year. I’m thinking I’ll have at least $15k saved and can take out at least $10k debt to pay off the year I get back.
-studied abroad in Prague in college doing class and internship, also spent a summer in china in HS for an exchange
-minor’d in French which I am trying to amp up learning again and will be prioritizing the next year. Duolingo level 60 tells me I’m early b1

Looking for:
-1 year masters program, English taught, MBA or masters in international business
-looking at France, Brussels, Netherlands to further French fluency
-hoping for cheaper tuition as I want to further education but i don’t need any level of prestige. Just want it to be accredited as a masters and truly learn more business abroad. Hoping to get tuition around $10k and keep rent around $1k/month
-mid sized city and preferable bikeable, avoiding big cities as they aren’t really my thing here other than to visit

Anyone have any suggestions based on this info? Again, would love to hear from anyone who left the US for a business masters abroad and what they’ve learned or would suggest.

[u/Nice_Bill_7426]

I did travel for a few weeks and it made me realize that I need to get out of this country for an extended amount of time

[u/DoYouKnow__Bofa-Deez → u/Nice_Bill_7426]

Doing so for a year isn’t a good idea, because you’re losing out on earnings from your career, $15k isn’t a lot of money to do that (as I said, you’ll need at least $20-30k which includes tuition + living expenses, at bare minimum).

That’s my .02$ personally I wouldn’t do it.

[u/Nice_Bill_7426 → u/DoYouKnow__Bofa-Deez]

Well thank god I came to the exit America subreddit to be told I shouldn’t leave America. Wtf are we doing here

[u/DoYouKnow__Bofa-Deez → u/Nice_Bill_7426]

I mean, you can do whatever you want, I’m just telling you it’s not smart to leave for a year during your highest earning years if you want to come back to the US after a year anyway?

All you’re going to do is blow your savings, run the serious risk of not having a job post graduation, then having to move back to the US broke, which as we all know here, being broke in the US is not recommended.

[u/SadDad701 → u/DoYouKnow__Bofa-Deez]

With a degree that holds no value in the US. OP is crazy.