Total tuition fee cost: $91,832 (£60,510)
% of salary spent on tuition fees: 53%
The US is famous for its eye-wateringly high tuition fees. While that figure above is the average cost for a bachelor's degree in the States, tuition fees from the country's (and the world's) most prestigious universities can be around $45,278 (£29,834).
“Many of the most expensive places are in the top ten because their wages are low so even a small amount of fees takes a lot from the average income," said Jared Keleher of Expert Market.
"However, what you see with the UK and the US is fairly generous wages when compared with other nations, but whopping fees which reach tens of thousands per year. To compound this, what seems to be happening now is that fees continue to rise each year but wages do not, so higher education is becoming something which only the elite can afford.”