It’s not the same cost for faculty led study abroad. It’s more than double. This is the program for the VIZ study abroad students. The link defaults to the overview page but click the cost and funding tab within this page. It’s $26K for one semester.
https://abroadportal.tamu.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10843&fbclid=IwAR1xTd1w4Hk0-Kygh0nbo_wYyw41IZSk0VFrYMTqk9_YXZcn694Rnq_HbEA
There are other study abroad options that cost a little less. The ones for VIZ students are very limited. There is one school that has a reciprocal exchange program for VIZ students that is regular A&M tuition and fees plus travel expenses and other fees. It doesn’t give the exact cost so hard to tell how much more it costs for example the faculty led study abroad program fee is $14,000 on top of A&M tuition. So I’m not sure how much extra fees there are for the reciprocal exchange. But it says online that the reciprocal exchange program is a “Slightly less expensive alternative to a semester faculty led study abroad”. So the one for VIZ isn’t is in Australia. It wouldn’t be my first choice since it is for “independent and proactive students” since it is really on your own and about as far away as it comes! And then some students apparantly just go to another university and pay visiting student tuition if they don’t have a reciprocal program with A&M.