You literally said "look at most state schools." How can most state schools have a cost that is higher than the average. Also, even your own case proved it.

You literally said "look at most state schools." How can most state schools have a cost that is higher than the average. Also, even your own case proved it. These schools are charging 56k or 34k respectively for 2 semesters. Therefore, a single semester would be 28k or 17k. Far from the 45k you allege in the original post.