Article: Students Choose College Abroad to Experience Other Cultures; CollegeAbroad.com Survey Highlights Student Desires for International Education.

CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty-five percent of prospective college abroad students cite "to experience another culture/country" as the reason they are interested in pursuing a degree overseas according to a recent survey on CollegeAbroad.com. Additionally, forty-two percent say that four years presents a better opportunity to become immersed in the new culture, as opposed to a semester or even a year abroad.

College abroad students are those that attend a four-year institution outside the US. According to Mark Shay, president and CEO of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc., the parent company of CollegeAbroad.com, "Getting a degree from an ...

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