Honestly, how much does taking study abroad classes help getting a job?

[alfa147x]

I considered doing a semester abroad. My university had some neat tuition exchange programs (I pay for their tuition here, they pay for mine there) so all I had to really pay was my normal semester costs + a plane ticket to get there.

The killer for me was that I couldn't take engineering classes abroad that would count towards my degree. So the real cost was that I would have to take an extra semester of classes to graduate. Screw that.

Yeah they do the same here but I have a lease to take care of here too :\
Plus I wouldn't be working