It is still beyond expensive. Especially at somewhere like Imperial. First you need to get a BSc degree = $28k+ Then you need to fork an extra $36,000 (USD) £28,000 (GBP) for the online masters which you are paying for the University brand and course. Question is, Is it still worth it?

Apart from the obvious debt. The other Cons? loss of networking opportunities, $14k more expensive, small risk of inferiority to a normal degree. But I guess for some with deep pockets, if the University isn't ranked highly in the world or 'Ivy League' or 'Golden Triangle' then for that price? It is not even worth considering.

In The Netherlands fees are about $12k, so yea. You can do the same thing in Amsterdam, and live here.

It's still one of the reasons why I'm dreaming of starting up a coding school at Dutch prices and market it to US citizens.

If anyone is interested in starting this with me, let me know! I'm Dutch, if you're American and know the market, we might make an interesting team. I taught at the New York Code + Design Academy as a bootcamp instructor in Amsterdam before (some US citizens came here because it was cheaper).

In the UK, it is steep. Even a relatively expensive, well-known AI MSc will usually set you back at £14k over 2 years (i.e £7k/year)...this is double.

Maybe this reflects that most employers really have no idea what they are doing and how to evaluate whether a degree from somewhere else is worth the same (afaik, Imperial just teach the same stuff as everyone else).

That's the same as international student fees. UK/EU fees are about half that. Salaries in Europe are lower too. £ 28k is around the median household income in the UK or graduate-level salary outside of London. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personal...

In America that's not out of line for an online masters program from a well ranked college. Northwestern has a similar online program for $55k.

I did an MSCS in the US about 10 years ago - I don’t remember what it actually cost because my employer paid for it, but I do remember that there was a $5000/year cap on tuition reimbursement and I never got close to that.

Yes, that is high. Georgia Tech offers an Online M.S. in Computer Science for about $7K USD. [1] Graduates are also conferred the same exact degree as on-campus students. Anecdotally, current and former students seem to like this program. (Source: r/OMSCS, old HN threads.)

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign also offers an Online Master of Computer Science. This one costs $21,440. [2]

I haven't gone through either program so I can't personally vouch for quality. However, as an outside observer, GA Tech in particular seems to be high relative to the dollar cost.

If you wish to earn an online degree in computer science for credentialing purposes, the 'prestige' conferred by Imperial seems to be much more expensive, relatively, than that earned from GATech or UIUC. [3]

[1] http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/

[2] https://cs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/professional-mcs-...

[3] https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/co...

Re: #3: The order of these rankings seems incorrect to me but they should provide directional guidance. TL;DR: GATech #17, Imperial #36, UIUC #57.

USA rankings are: UIUC #5, GATech #8 -- see here: https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-sch....

Nova Southeastern University has an online Masters in Cybersecurity and Info Assurance for $27,500 ($2,700 x 10 classes). They consider one class = 10 hours a week. It's the one I'm doing now.