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  • Class Cost Comparison - Master's Degree vs. The Apprenticeship
  • Session Cost Comparison - Psychotherapy vs. Shamanic Healing Sessions
  • ​Summary Cost Comparison of Classes and Sessions

Class Cost Comparison - Master's degree vs. the Apprenticeship 

According to EducationData.org, the average cost of a Master's Degree in a private school is approximately $62,000.  Assuming that the Master's Degree and the Apprenticeship have about the same number of classes (around 160 at 2 per week for academic weeks), the comparison would be:
Program Qualities
2-Year Master's Degree
2-Year Apprenticeship
Total Number of Classes
Approx. 160 (2 per week)
​Approx. 160 (2 per week)
Cost per Class
$388 per class
$100 per class
Total Tuition Costs 
$62,000
$16,000
The tuition for the Apprenticeship is about ​25% of the cost of a Master's Degree!  And this is before the discount has been applied.

Session cost comparison -
​psychotherapy vs. shamanic healing sessions

Using psychotherapy as a comparison to the shamanic healing sessions:
Qualities
Psychotherapy
Shamanic Healing Sessions
Length of Session
50 minutes
90-120 minutes
Quality of Session
Variable
Deep healing at the causal level
Cost per Session 
Between 100-200 per session
Between 100-200 per session
Cost per minute of a Session
$2 to $4 dollars per minute
<$1 to $2 dollars per minute
Average Comparable Cost
Between 240 and 480
​per 2-hour session
Between 100 - 200 
​per 2-hour session
Average 2-hour Session Cost 
$360
$150
Cost for 80,  2-hour Sessions
​over 2 years
$28,800
$12,000
Shamanic Healing sessions cost less than half of the cost of psychotherapy comparatively! And this is before the discount has been applied.

Summary Cost Comparison of Classes and sessions - 
Master's Degree + Psychotherapy vs. The apprenticeship

Overview
2-Year Master's Degree
2-Year Apprenticeship
Tuition
$62,000
$16,000
Sessions
Psychotherapy - $28,800
Shamanic Healing - $12,000
Total
$90,800
$28,000
(Cost before the Discount)
Comparative Monthly Fee
$3,783
$1,166
​(before the discount)
The Apprenticeship is less than a third of the cost of a Master's Degree + concurrent Psychotherapy! And this is before the discount has been applied.