I went to college from 77-81. I started during the summer semester immediately after graduating from high school, mainly to get some classes out of the way to make the load a little lighter for future semesters, so instead of going for eight semesters I went for nine.
I was awarded a scholarship (not from the university) for $4000, or $500 per semester. It covered tuition, fees, and books. My fees were higher than the average student because I was a chemistry major so there were lab fees for afternoon labs 3-4 days per week. I did not live on campus so there was no room/board costs, but if I had it ran $600 per semester at that time. When that final semester rolled around the scholarship money was no more, but I had saved enough from the first eight semesters to cover it, with money left over to boot.
I am appalled at what it costs these days, especially for the useless degrees that people go into debt for.
