PhD IT, $383 PCH, Bachelors entry, thoughts!?

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Help me understand why that is cheap? I thought, like Davewill said, most PhD courses of study are usually linked to a scholarship/research assistant position, which covers all of the tuition and pays you a stipend. I would not pursue a PhD if it wasn't free!

I think Davewill mentioned how they are hard to get. I think for every PhD student getting a position, there are at least 12 who don't? Even if half of PhD students get a position:

Someone like Armstrongsubero cannot take one of those right now, since he lives in another country. Someone like me cannot take one of those since I have medical issues making some kinds of work not possible. 

So if someone is looking for a program to pay for (whether or not they have a loan), they would consider that very cheap for an RA U.S. program. Although I am looking at foreign programs to save money.

Edit: In addition, even if someone lived in this country and didn't have health issues, etc. I think that many people looking to enroll in an IT/CS-related PhD already have a great job in Software Engineering, IT Management, etc. So it makes sense for them to simply pay for the program, since they're earning, say $60-90K a year already. They don't want the assistant position where they basically get free tuition plus a stipend for rent and food. Or same if it's not IT/CS related. They already have a job in the field, usually at the Masters level.