Not a Parent - But Curious

thumper1
Sun, 08 Jan 2017 01:57:16 +0000

The loans process hasn’t changed much… it the cost of college has gone up…a LOT.

I paid for college by myself also. It was not hard to do at a public university back in the 80’s or 70’s. And I loved on campus.

The costs of even inexpensive public universities is much much higher than when your parents went to college. It is very possible that a government loan, and a part time job could have covered their costs at an instate public university…especially if they commuted from home.

My public university cost $900 a year…and that was tuition/room/board. The same college now costs $21,000 a year for instate…and more than double that for OOS.

The costs have gone UP UP UP.

Betting your parents did NOT go to an OOS public university or a private university either.