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by Animats 3598 days ago
"The Flatiron School’s 12-week course costs $15,000, but earns students no degree and no certificate."

Over $1000 a week per student, and their classes look big. Somebody is making lots of money off this. What do they pay their instructors?

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A semester of tuition at a top-50 private university is $20-25k. Seems reasonable.
NEITHER of them "seem reasonable"!
It's reasonable from several different angles. Economics: The goods are priced lower than the competition. You don't negotiate prices against yourself. ROI: as aianus mentions. Affordability: it's about the same cost as a car, and lots of people own cars.
$15k is two to three months salary after you graduate and get a job. The ROI is off the charts.
Maybe comparable was the word the parent post was searching for.