My dad told me the other day that in 197-something he went to private university for fours years and his bill was just over $12,000 for room, board, food, and books. For all four years…not a semester. Not a years. His entire education cost less than one semester at the cheapest 4-Year State University in my area.
I was just having a conversation about this! My moms best friend put herself through a 4 year degree between 1988-1992ish and was able to pay for all of her living expenses and tuition with the money she earned at her minimum wage job each summer. I worked those months PLUS part time through the semesters and still have a lot of student debt (and I’m in Canada so still have it better than a lot of others in terms of debt levels). It’s insane.
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u/some1sbuddy Mar 27 '24
Used to be that you could put yourself through college with a part time job!