Not a Parent - But Curious

Gumbymom
Sun, 08 Jan 2017 02:01:25 +0000

@project21: Yes many things have changed since your parents and including myself went to college in the 1980’s like the tuition costs which are considerably higher.

I went to a California state school. Tuition/quarter was $60, books around $50-100 and parking $15. I commuted and lived at home. The same state school now costs $2500/quarter tuition, books $200-400 and parking $65. If you want live on campus, you add another $14,000 to the costs.

You and your parents cannot use college costs from 20-30 years ago. The reality is that most students stay in-state, attend their local college and commute if they are limited by costs.