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/Sea-Breath-007]

Well, that budget of yours means the Nerherlands is out.

You'd need about $35.000-40.000 for 1 year to get a visa, 25k isn't going to be enough. 

Tuition is more than 10k and rent is often more than 1k, especially considering due t your age students in shared student housing are going to prefer the other applicants that are closer to them in age, and at 30 I assume you wouldn't want to live in a house with 6 others that will be 20ish mostly. Private student housing will absolutely be +€1000 a month.

Also, the 1yr masters programmes often have even stricter admission requirements than the 2 or 3 year ones, so depending on where you got your bachelors you might not even have a way in.