Faced with Trump or Clinton, millennials consider college in Canada

Along with the interest in moving to Canada to avoid Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Canadian colleges have a growing appeal for American students. Young Americans can escape for four years, or more, to be students up north, USA Today reported.

The increasingly popular move doesn’t just coincide with the political landscape. USA Today reported that there was an almost 50 percent increase in American students enrolling at Canadian colleges between 2000 and 2011. Since then, there are more than 10,000 American students enrolling annually, The Fiscal Times reported.

Reasons include finances, better professional preparation for postgraduate life, and an easy transition from the United States to Canada.

For the 2016-2017 school year, however, some still couldn’t resist the idea of escaping to Canada for political reasons.

USA Today College spoke with Maya Murthy, 18, who will be attending the University of Toronto in the fall as a freshman. She referred to Trump on Facebook as a “solid piece of Cheeto dust” and emphasized she would be safe in Canada.