<p>After college I want to work in the US government.</p>
<p>UMich and McGill are both similar in size. They both offer good academics, etc. McGill trumps UMich in terms of location, and I think living internationally (although it is just Canada but Montreal is very diverse) may help when getting a job in the US government because it shows that i embrace different cultures and am not afraid of adapting to different cultures, which is true anyway.</p>
<p>UMich will be about $50k per year, whereas McGill will be about $12.5k per year (because of benefits). After four years, that's $200k vs $50k. Money is NOT a problem with my family. However, $200k - $50k = $150k is still a lot of money that I could be saving.</p>
<p>Since I want to work in the US government, would a UMich degree, since it's in the US, be preferable over a Canadian degree? Would it look bad if I go for the Canadian degree? Or would the Canadian degree be, perhaps, better?</p>
<p>The current rate for International Students at McGill (and as an American, you’d be an International) is between U.S.$31,000 - $46,000, so I don’t know how you’re getting the price down to $12,500. But if you could actually do it, it’d be a great deal. No, a degree from McGill wouldn’t hamper your employment in the US government - or anywhere else for that matter.</p>
<p>xxUSAxx, my husband graduated from a Canadian university, has dual US/Canadian citizenship AND works for the federal government. No problem whatsoever with the Canadian degree, though his job did require him to have certain security clearances for for which some extra background checking was required due to the dual citizenship issue. (This was post 9/11.) He has been a happy federal government bee for quite some time now!</p>