[ph0rcyas]

It is nice to see these more expensive variants of colleges spring up. At least they're more honest than most universities - but then as [intellegacy] already noted, the opportunity cost is well hidden under this startup craze. Indeed, one does make more money by selling axes to gold miners than to mine gold.

[FireBeyond]

And a fairly sweet deal for the instructors involved. 24 spots at $20,000 a pop = $480,000 split 3 ways for 6 months work, an annualized income of over $300,000.

[jthree]

Assume that other people's economics sound a lot easier from the outside :)

One big consideration is that there'll be a three-month window in between sessions for the instructors to recuperate, revise the curriculum, and recruit a new class. A facility for 24+3, the laptops, administrative help, marketing, design...

If we were each making 300K the first thing I'd do is drop the price. The costs dictated the tuition.

[steveklabnik]

As one of those three instructors, I can assure you that you're leaving out quite a bit there. I will not be making that much money.

[FireBeyond]

True, includes the Mac, and facility usage. And not actually a knock, hey, more power - just a back of the envelope.

[sliverstorm]

Yup. The ol', it's not the miners who make it big but the guys selling them shovels.

[modarts]

Not sure that 300k a year would be considered "making it big" (not in the Bay Area at least.)