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by biscarch 4942 days ago
avg U.S. college semester is ~ 14-16 weeks, including testing. We'll call it 16 for some easy math.

16/4 = 4 months * 2 semesters/yr = 8 months.

We are naively assuming that semesters don't include test-weeks or other vacations and that all 16 weeks are education-filled.

Pricing for a college education [1] in-state public college avg ~22k private college avg ~44k

44k/8 months = $5500/mo

22k/8 months = ~$2750/mo

20k/6 months = ~$3333/mo

Pricing seems about right for a low end year of college.

[1] http://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_payarticle_tmp...

[edit: formatting]