I was born outside of the U.S. (now I'm a US permanent resident) and was considering for a while getting a pharmacy degree in my country of citizenship, Israel. The schools there only offer bachelors of pharmacy programs, which would mean that if I ever wanted to practice in the U.S., I would, most likely, have to complete a non-traditional Pharm.D program first.
Besides that, most universities in Israel don't recognize American high school diplomas (which is what I have), and I would have to do a year of pre-collegiate crap before I could even apply to any degree programs there. So along with some of the ridiculous academic bureaucracy and other personal reasons, I decided to just stick with the U.S. for now. I also figure it would be easier to move a Pharm.D around the world than it would to move a bachelors later on if that's something I wanted to do.
I know that's pretty specific to just one country/situation, so I don't know if that helps you with your thought process at all. Generally, things that I considered were the admissions process, the mobility of the degree, the academic culture (i.e. I felt that U.S. undergrad experience, in particular in 4-year colleges, had a much bigger social aspect to it, and wasn't just focused on academics and career preparation. As opposed to Israeli undergrad, where there really isn't such a thing as "party schools" - again, just a personal preference thing), and to some extent, tuition rates (pretty much the only advantage that I saw in Israeli schools, tuition would've been cheaper for me as an Israeli citizen and as a former combat soldier in the IDF).
