It's funny you mention Johns Hopkins because that's where I graduated from. I won't pretend it's cheap but we certainly didn't pay $45,000/yr. As some others ha

It's funny you mention Johns Hopkins because that's where I graduated from. I won't pretend it's cheap but we certainly didn't pay $45,000/yr. As some others have pointed out, there are fairly generous aid packages at a lot of these universities. I do still have student loans but they are entirely manageable.