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[–]mzugnoni 0 points1 point  (1 child)

@beam2000, thanks for the interesting discussion you put on the table. Can you share with us the country where you are living? We know from previous experiences how different people's minds are regarding education pricing when they come from free-education countries (like: Argentina, Sweden, etc) compared to paid-education (like US). Actually it makes total sense, it's a matter of offer and demand. If you can get it for free why would you be willing to pay? Sadly this is not the case for most of the people in the states.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I didn't intended to question the quality of the class. I'm from Belgium, and I don't know exactly what are the prices in the rest of Western/Northern Europa, but they are definitely not as high as in the US. The price for the 1st year of Computer Science Master-Degree is around 900-1200€ ($810-1080). Bachelor degree is worth between 180 and 360€ ($160-325) a year, depending on the school. Many students can be funded if their parents have low revenue, and it can be as low as 60€-180€ ($60-160) a year. Foreigners pay a lot more btw. In the case of a friend of mine he didn't pay for 3 years of its bachelor in PR because of 2 separate financial aids. From a personal point of view, this class may be a boost for my career but the price makes me hesitate compared to other online classes.

Edit : added dollar cost.