I cringe every time this gets brought up.
What do you think about the rest of the population are doing when they go to university? They don't study for free. They BUY a qualification. And guess what, when they graduate, in order to stay competitive and get further in their career, they go back and spend a hell of a lot more then $6000 on ANOTHER qualification.
I really don't understand everyone's issue with this. It's the same in every industry, yet we are the only ones who seem to complain about it.