College Year in Athens

CYA was the most amazing semester abroad experience i could have had! The people i met were amazing and the fact that is was a cohort of around 200 people with program trips made it easy to get close to others in your program. There is definitely a diverse range of students who choose this program so it is relatively easy to meet others. The location of the program was very convenient and accessible to the city center and there were many immersion opportunities although I will say if you are loo...

I spent my fall semester with College Year in Athens and it was an amazing four months. The program offers numerous weekly and semester-long immersion opportunities, many club and volunteer options, exciting coursework relevant to Greece and Europe, as well as a special and tight-knit community. The program's field studies allowed me to experience to much of Greece while learning about the country's history, and the program's unique opportunities helped me to truly become immersed in Athens. Not...

I loved my time in Athens, and CYA is a great program. There's a lot of support for students, and the school even has field trips all around Greece, which is so nice. The school is in a very nice neighborhood of Athens, and most things are a 15-25 minute walk outside of the neighborhood (the Acropolis is about a 20 minute walk). There's a good balance of academics and cultural immersion. Athens is relatively budget-friendly, and the food is incredible. I enjoyed my professors and pushed myself o...