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anabella · Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

Dear all,

I am a newby here and I'd like to introduce myself and ask a few questions. I am originally from Spain but I have lived in the UK for 11 years. My husband is a US citizen and we are moving to Colorado in a couple of months. I am wondering if my qualifications will be valid there. I have a BA in Tourism Management and a MA in Applied Translation both from the UK, will they be valid in the US? If not, would I be able to validate them? What is the cost of an average degree? Confused

I'll be living in a small town called Carbondale between Glenwood Springs and Aspen and any information about this area will be really appreciated.

I apologise if I sound silly Embarassed

but I really need to know if I'll be able to use my qualifications.

Thanking you in advance for your help and input and looking forward to hearing from you soon

rusmeister · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 867 Location: Russia

Depends where you want to use your quals.
In the private sector and in colleges and universities, should be no problem. In public school teaching, you'd probably have to run it through the dept. of Ed.
Cost varies greatly - you're looking more at time and bureaucracy than at cost, unless you want to go to Harvard. a BA will cost from $10,000 - 40,000 over 4 years (tuition, education expenses, etc.) and an MA at least $20,000 for 2 more years. That's if you pay out of pocket. If you wait and become a resident and citizen, you might be eligible for whatever financial aid a college and state offers.

iris17 · Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 3

Maybe you should check with an agency that evaluates your credits. Here is one based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc

Their website is http://www.ECE.org

GambateBingBangBOOM · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Japan

A major problem in Canada for immigrants is getting their education recognized. But normally people with British education don't have a problem there.

What they do have a problem with is getting their experiences recognized- like if you did a job in the UK it doesn't count as experience for doing the same job in Canada. The same thing happens in the US. I know many Canadians who've been told that they cannot be hired for Xjob because that would be taking it away from an American- even those with dual citizenship in the States but who did their education in Canada.

I also know several people who did all of their education in the UK (including my parents) and they didn't have problems getting it recognized (but then, my father had landed a job in Canada in his area before arriving in Canada, so it made things much easier for him).