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re: How much was tuition when you were in college?

Posted on 8/29/20 at 11:09 pm to
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
33564 posts
Posted on 8/29/20 at 11:09 pm to
LSU early 90s was like $1,200 for a full load semester--i think 18 hours was same as 12.
Posted by TitleistProV1X
Member since Nov 2015
3597 posts
Posted on 8/29/20 at 11:12 pm to
I had tops so it wasn’t much. I can’t imagine how much it’ll be when my kids are in school. I’ve been putting in the states max into each of their 529 accounts since they were born. I’m hoping with ~5% growth each year it might be enough when the first one is there in 13 years.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
23272 posts
Posted on 8/29/20 at 11:19 pm to
FYI: LSU tuition and fees are currently $4k and $2k semester LINK
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
25647 posts
Posted on 8/29/20 at 11:27 pm to
Fall of ‘81 I wrote my first tuition check for $325 at LSU. I could work between fall and spring semesters at a minimum wage job and earn enough to pay for the spring semester.
Posted by LSUA 75
Colfax,La.
Member since Jan 2019
4266 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 12:43 am to
LSUA 1973-1975,$90.00 a semester and $45.00 for summer session.That is $544.00 and $272.00 in 2020 dollars.My whole education including books and lab fees was $850.00 which is $5139.00. in 2020 dollars.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
23272 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 1:21 am to
quote:

LSUA 1973-1975,$90.00 a semester and $45.00 for summer session.That is $544.00 and $272.00 in 2020 dollars.My whole education including books and lab fees was $850.00 which is $5139.00. in 2020 dollars.

But did you have a lazy river or a Chief Diversity Officer?
Posted by Coeur du Tigre
It was just outside of Barstow...
Member since Nov 2008
1917 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 1:47 am to
$110. per semester at LSU. Yeah, I'm old.

If I could make $1500 during the summer, I could pay for the entire next year. Living in Pentagon, eating in the cafeteria and a minimal number of high maintenance girlfriends.

But as minimum wage in those days was $1.65/hr, I often depended on my POPS scholarship...

Pops -
Posted by Rwt41
Monroe, La
Member since Dec 2015
144 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 4:39 am to
Louisiana Tech 1983, Tuition was $340 per quarter.
Dorm, meal plan and tuition totaled just under $1000 per quarter.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 6:32 am to
Around 15-16k a semester
Idk didn’t pay for it
This post was edited on 8/30/20 at 10:08 am
Posted by 520460
Member since Apr 2017
126 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 8:38 am to
1991 tuition, room, meal plan $1887.00
Posted by Swamp Angel
Somewhere on a river
Member since Jul 2004
8834 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 8:58 am to
As an out of state student in August 1986, I paid LSU $4500 for tuition my first semester. This included dorm and food plan.
This post was edited on 8/30/20 at 8:59 am
Posted by Rooco
Member since May 2012
502 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 9:06 am to
$45,000.00

I’d say ask my dad but I’m still paying student loans
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
4639 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 9:07 am to
$1,800 a semester for full time (12+ hours) at UT. I was there 2000 - 2005.

I believe it’s just shy of $7,000 a semester now for Tennessee residents.
Posted by montana
Bozeman, MT
Member since Dec 2008
1498 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 9:21 am to
$564 LSU 1985
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
82172 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 10:02 am to
quote:

just remember because my dad wrote me a check when the bill came in the mail. To pops


Same. I remember it being a little over $3k per semester because TOPS paid $1500 and dad paid the other $1500.

He would hand me a physical check to go turn in to the bursar office.
This post was edited on 8/30/20 at 10:04 am
Posted by Phate
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
11771 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 10:04 am to
My freshman year was 2001 and LSU was around $1,800 for in state tuition.
Posted by rpg37
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Sep 2008
51604 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 10:07 am to
I went to MSU and did undergrad from 2005-2009. Courses were about $1,500/semester or $100/hour. By the time I finished my Master's it was up to $133/hour. Freshmen only were required to live on campus. In 2005-06, it was $1,580/semester for the dorms. I did not have a meal plan.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70085 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 10:17 am to
I have a friend who went to Southeastern from ‘71-‘74.

He still has the cancelled check mounted under glass from his last semester there.

$141.50 total for in-state tuition there for the Spring ‘74 Semester.

Books were included at SELA and if you lived in Bogalusa or Slidell or Kentwood there was a free bus that ran to & from the SELA campus every day. The bus drivers were generally students and they got their tuition free and a stipend for driving five days a week.
Posted by Robertson coach
pville
Member since May 2019
321 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 10:52 am to
Was under $4k/semester my last year at LSU (2012). Lived off campus, no meal plan
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37171 posts
Posted on 8/30/20 at 11:17 am to
I think that my first semester at USL in ‘78 was around $130. Textbooks were ridiculously expensive, even back then. My dad got pissed when I didn’t ask him for a check for tuition (I worked and paid for it myself). He explained that he was still listing me as a dependent.

By the way, rent at my fraternity house was $50 a room per month. We’d put two to a room, so $25 a month rent.
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