●About

About StudyAbroadAdvisor.

StudyAbroadAdvisor is Student Living Costs. We publish cost of living for international students, study abroad city cost comparison, and pre-departure checklist for international students guides you can actually use, and we offer pre-departure concierge (forex, insurance, SIM, banking) for readers who want hands-on help.

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●The backstory

Why StudyAbroadAdvisor exists

We're data people. StudyAbroadAdvisor began as our own reference file on cost of living for international students: every study abroad city cost comparison we could verify, organized so we could find it again. When the file got big enough, keeping it private felt wasteful, so we published it.

Now StudyAbroadAdvisor covers pre-departure checklist for international students and much more. Our rule hasn't changed: study abroad city cost comparison backed by real numbers, pre-departure checklist for international students explained in plain language, no filler. And for readers who want more than guides, we offer pre-departure concierge (forex, insurance, SIM, banking)

●Services

What we offer

Pre-departure concierge (forex, insurance, SIM, banking). Grows into a checklist app plus a partner-offer SaaS. If that's what you need, tell us about your situation through the contact form and we'll get back to you personally.

●Inside

What you'll find on StudyAbroadAdvisor

Three things, done properly: cost of living for international students, study abroad city cost comparison, and pre-departure checklist for international students.

cost of living for international students

Cost-of-living database for international students across major study-abroad cities: housing, food, transit costs by city Every entry is organized so you can compare options side by side instead of opening twelve tabs.

study abroad city cost comparison

Plain-language guides to study abroad city cost comparison: what matters, what doesn't, and the numbers behind both. Written from the data, not from press releases.

pre-departure checklist for international students

Deep cuts on pre-departure checklist for international students for readers who want more than the basics, plus the study abroad cost of living calculator app iOS Android angle we get asked about most.

●Where this is going

Study abroad cost of living calculator app iOS Android

A lot of visitors land here looking for study abroad cost of living calculator app iOS Android and pre-departure checklist app for international students. Fair enough. That's exactly where StudyAbroadAdvisor is headed. Grows into a checklist app plus a partner-offer SaaS. For now, the site itself is the free version of that idea, and the guides cover most of what people ask us about.

●Fine print

A few honest notes

No fluff, no buzzwords. Straight answers or nothing.
If you catch an error, tell us. We fix things quickly and we don't get defensive about it.
We're a small independent team, not a corporation. Updates land in bursts, usually because we found something interesting.
We built the database behind this site for ourselves first. You're reading the version we actually use.

●FAQ

Common questions

What does StudyAbroadAdvisor offer?

StudyAbroadAdvisor is a free US/EU/Aus Education Consulting resource: a cost of living for international students database plus in-depth study abroad city cost comparison guides. We also offer pre-departure concierge (forex, insurance, SIM, banking) for readers who want hands-on help with pre-departure checklist for international students.

Is StudyAbroadAdvisor free to use?

Yes. The cost of living for international students database and every study abroad city cost comparison guide are free to browse, no account needed.

What's next for StudyAbroadAdvisor?

Grows into a checklist app plus a partner-offer SaaS. The free guides aren't going anywhere.