less than a $3,000 than that

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sitifan

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Yes, it's cheaper to earn a Th.D. according to that.
 
The construction of the sentence is awkward.

I would write:

The cost of undergoing the ThD program is $3,000 less than the cost of studying for a PhD.
 
The sentence is a disaster. I'm not even sure what the writer meant to say. Probably that a ThD costs $3000 dollars less than a PhD.

Anyway, you can safely ignore this sentence, if the reason you're asking is only to enquire about the phrasing.
 
I'm sure it was an editing error. The author somehow got muddled up while trying to write In some universities, the cost of undergoing the ThD program is $3,000 less than that of studying for a PhD.

I can't say my version is elegant, but it does at least make sense.
 
Ignoring the stray "a" in the sentence, the meaning is not that it costs $3000 less for the ThD. The meaning is that the difference in cost is less than $3000.

It's talking about more than one university. So there is more than one cost difference. But some are under $3000.
 
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