[jacques_chester]

As an Australian gazing across the pond, it's weird to see what the fuss is about.

My alma mater (UWA) has a Master of Professional Engineering degree which I can complete for $15k AUD (and since they guarantee entry to their BCompSci grads, I'm considering it). Sydney Uni have a Master of Project Management that I costed at 20k AUD (edit: I was quite wrong, it's closer to 45k).

And the FEE-HELP program means that, if I chose, I could do it without paying up front.

Public higher education is a mess in many ways. But sometimes, boy, I really do live in the lucky country.

[insertdisktwo]

You have to keep in mind that Georgia Tech is one of the best engineering schools in the U.S. (disclosure: I am not in any way related to this institution) and consequently worldwide.

$15K AUD is very close to ~$14.5K USD. This is less than half of that.

[jacques_chester]

I'm really comparing it to the 50, 100, 200k figures I see bandied about. The order of magnitude.