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.