As someone from a rather poorer but still with free-ish education (Portugal [1]), 33k is indeed a metric shit-megatonne of money. [1] Here, tuition fees in pub

As someone from a rather poorer but still with free-ish education (Portugal [1]), 33k is indeed a metric shit-megatonne of money. [1] Here, tuition fees in public higher education are around € 1k/yr.