[Magdalen] Tuition

[Scott Knitter]

I'll ask my mom again what it cost her (or cost her parents for her) to go
to UW-Milwaukee back in the 50s. $89 per semester sounds about right, and
it included books.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 8:08 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> I'm feeling really old to hear my neighbors discuss the cost of sending
> their kids tocollege.  For example, the neighbor boy who attends the Notre
> Dame branch locally(Kings, Wilkes-Barre) is paying $20,000 per year..
> State colleges for residentsare a bit less, but still hefty.  If memory
> serves me, my freshman year at UW-Madison for my resident status was$89 per
> semester ('55 - '56)..  By the time I got my bachelor's degree four years
> later, thecost had increased to $225 oer semester.  Room and board for a
> year in theWisconsin dormitories was $680 in 1955 - 1956 and $850  my
> undergraduate senior year.  Then UW Medical School was $1,200 per senester,
> but it fell to $600 medical schoolsenior year semester because they paid us
> for drawing all the bloods at UW Medical Center.  I had a good summer job
> with the Wisconsin Highway Department, and paid for mostof the expense of
> tuition plus room and board.  I had no student debt.  This is all ancient
> history.  These current kids will have all this expense and NO
> FOOTBALL.  David Strang.
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA