How old are you and how much did it cost to go to college then.
For me, tuition started at $169/quarter as a freshman and was up to $209/quarter as a senior in 1975. Room and board was about $1,000 to $1,300/year.
At today’s prices to go away for school, you can buy a very nice house in many parts of the country.
In a few more weeks, I will be 61 y/o.
I honestly don’t recall what the tuition was then.
My dad took care of most the tuition, and he did not like to be questioned about how he managed the money from his kids.
I went to a small private college in Columbus, Ohio.
My first year was on schoolarship, with work-study programs available after that. I also got lots of part time jobs at Wendys’, Sears, Shoe stores (Lazarus) print shops and advertising artwork.
The college was about four miles south of Ohio State U. down High Street. This was back when Woody Hayes was there. Central Ohio worshiped the ground Woody walked on.
Yep... My 1970’s college cost for tuition and dorm R&B was on par with yours in my first several years. By 1979 when I graduated with a 2nd degree, the tuition had increased noticeably and book cost had absolutely sky rocketed up. Spent two semesters in dorm living and after that in off campus apartments (all had shuttle vans to campus). Apartment cost split with one room mate was a bit more expensive than the dorm but achievable since I worked full time every summer while living at home.
The bulk of my college (tuition/books + 2-semesters dorm equivalent that I supplemented via my summer job earnings) was funded via a modest trust fund my parents setup by rolling the home equity from a house sale into the trust instead of into the new home purchase. Thank you Mom and Dad... Also, I have no idea how they could know, but it seemed like when things were really tight, like do I pay rent or move home broke, a check for a few bucks would show up from my grandparents to get me over a hump. Thank you, for that as well.
Basically, I have been working jobs (and college is a job too, at least if you want to graduate) since I was 13yo. First as a paperboy then summer jobs while in HS and college. Last couple of years of college I had gotten married and costs had increased to where I had a part time job during the school year at a university research lab plus had a very nice fellowship the summer before graduation.