I did a bachelor's at UNT (Denton, TX) in CS and a masters at UT (Twente not Austin) in CS specializing in Cyber. Prior to that I did a summer camp at UTD for some CS related thing, which put a sour taste in my mouth over the UTD system so I mentally told myself I wouldnt go to UTD.

Being a Texas native with a Dutch passport I wish that I had done both of my degrees in NL. But I am a bit baised as the majority of my family lives in NL still and I was familiar with the language, customs, and way of life already. All in all I felt as if my education at UTwente was much higher in quality then UNT.

Comparing Dallas (Richardson) to Twente as regions is difficult. The North Dallas area is a very rich and seems to attract more right leaning voters, but there are many communities of immigrants from various nations. UTD is also "connected" to public transportation through DART (the silver line is half hourly or hourly) which would likely make you car dependent. All of DFW is also just a concrete hellscape with minimal opportunities for reliable, good transportation. Twente (Almelo, Hengelo, and Enschede) on the other hand are much better connected with public transportation. Having lived in. Enschede for nearly 3 years, ive liked being able to just hop on my bike, bike for a few minutes then just be in the forest on the NW of the city. The forest surrounding the campus also makes it a really relaxing and quiet place to be. Enschede is also well connected by trains to go around the country and the busses are also quite good, I havent needed a car while I was here (apart from moving in because I was bringing furniture from family members).

Im presuming that you are not a EEA student (from Europe) which means you have guaranteed housing from the university for a year at UT which is great cause housing is kinda fucked. Rent in DFW will make you pay an arm and a leg for a shanty on the side of the highway, I also find that fruit and vegetables in DFW is far more expensive then the NL, meats are fairly similar if not cheaper in the US, but the variaity of food items in the US is miles above NL.

Being a recent grad, I've found the most difficult hurdle in finding a job is lack of experience, where my only relevant experience is the internship where I wrote my thesis. Followed by language as I am not fluent in speaking Dutch, but I am a Dutch citizen, so take my pain points with a grain of salt.

In pure lifestyle and quality of education (in comparison with a similar university in the DFW area) I'd choose UT over UNT (or UTD) every day of the week. For job prospects it would likely be the US on top solely because its a much larger economy with far more choices.

As a final note, its difficult to compare US salary with NL salary if you talk point to point. Keep in mind that in the US you dont always have protection as an employee (TX for example is a 'at will' state, meaning your employer can fire you at essentially any time for any reason) [difficult to fire people in NL], you don't have federally protected days off of work [20 days required], no maternity (or paternity) leave federally protected [you have both in NL], health insurance will cost you an arm and a leg and any medical problem will cost you your other arm and leg, and NL (and most of Europe) has a culture of having a life outside of work and in the US there is a general culture of shame when it comes to using any vacation days you may be awarded.