Yeah, I mean their tuition is higher for each incoming class, which is how they get away with no inflation. For the class of 2014 it was like 17.5k GBP/year, and the exchange rate hovered around 1.65 while I was there. I'd imagine it's up around 25k GBP/year now. Living costs were pretty cheap though, way less than what I am paying in freaking Manhattan, KS right now...
My point is that I got a great education in the UK, and I think it may be superior to what some of my OOS options back in the day, for me. And I ended up paying less than what I would have OOS.
Would I have gone IS if I had been given that option to save money? Probably. But then again, the method of teaching over there worked for my learning style, so maybe not.
Exchange rate is now up to 1.7, according to their website.
I am not saying it isn't possible that some of the international schools are cheaper (depending upon which US school you compare the cost to), it is just that there isn't that big of a gap between the cost internationally (either cheaper or more expensive depending upon which schools you are comparing) that the OP will be able to "save up to have less debt or no debt coming out of vet school." Unless he is able to save up substantial sums of money, which in that case, it will make out of state schools cheaper as well. I mean, the end goal in costs needing to be saved up either for an international vet school or out of state are going to be comparable. We aren't talking, tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars difference. Ok, maybe ten thousand (I am currently saving $10,000 + a bit per year, (not including the $13,000 grant I received for summer tuition) having moved back to the US and paying out of state tuition here, so in 2 years I will have saved around $33,000). This is why I keep saying, it thoroughly depends upon which international school you are considering as well as which US school's out of state tuition you are comparing it to.
But what I took the OP to be looking for was are the international schools significantly cheaper than a US out of state school that he could go for fairly "cheap" (cheap is kind of subjective though, depending upon who you talk to) or go for free. And the answer to that is, it is highly unlikely unless he can save up a decent chunk of change.
I also completely forgot about the difference in teaching styles. Which is something else to consider. Sometimes, I really do miss the UK style of teaching. I have likes and dislikes about both styles, having been through both. However, I don't feel that there is a big difference in my knowledge or my classmates' knowledge. Not only that, I did have to re-sit through some classes that I had already taken but the students here had not, and there really wasn't a huge difference in content either.
I don't think going to an international vet school is the money-saving break the OP is seeking. He'd be better off establishing residency in a state with a veterinary school and then getting IS tuition, though that does bring the risk of not being accepted to that school, but the reward would definitely be worth it. Unless, of course, the OP is looking to non-AVMA accredited vet schools, which many are significantly cheaper and he could possibly save up for those and maybe even enough to come out without any debt, but that as we all know is an extremely dangerous route and is not advised.