Found this in a box of things from my college days. Note the student service fee of $30 got you in to all athletic events, Town Halls, and a bunch more stuff. Now my granddaughter pays $15,000+ to attend A&M.

1981 I paid ~$325 for a 15 hour semester. Included all season sports pass and a bus pass since I lived off campus.

Nice find.

So for fall of 68 and spring of 69 would cost a little over $1,000 and of the other expenses they show, around $1,300. Median income then was between $8,000 and $9,000 a year. Not so sure things back then were less expensive as a percentage of income than today.

College costs though are insane. Was talking to one of my nieces and she told me what they are paying for their oldest child and it was crazy. Of course, it is a liberal school with such rock solid majors as Africana Studies, Hispanic Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, and Japanese studies!! What a crock.

I was a '73 Day Duck living in the top of the line married student apartments for a whopping $115/month, all included. Tuition was $5/hour. GI Bill paid me $205/month, ROTC paid $110/month.