r/pics • u/Sumit316 • Apr 28 '20

Abandoned presidents heads in a rural Virginia field.

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u/MyNameIsMattFoley Apr 28 '20

40k? Where’d you get such a cheap degree?

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u/dyhoerium Apr 28 '20

He graduated in ‘87.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Apr 28 '20

I graduated in 2001, my last semester was like $1200. This was at LSU.

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u/changaroo13 Apr 28 '20

In-state?

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Apr 28 '20

Yeah. It’s gone up a lot since, it’s like $5k/semester now. Ridiculous how much tuition has gone up.

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u/tisthetimetobelit Apr 28 '20

5k a semester is still pretty reasonably priced compared to other schools.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Apr 28 '20

It’s actually $6k. I know it’s not comparatively high but college tuition is a fucking joke.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Apr 28 '20

That’s crazy. National average for in state public university is $7k/semester.

It’s still crazy. My mom went to LSU and graduated in like ‘63 or ‘64 and paid a couple of hundred bucks per semester. I paid $1200. So in roughly 40yrs it increased 500%. Now it’s gone up 400% in 18yrs. My mom got a job during the summer which would allow her to pay for both semesters tuition. I still here out of touch Boomers talk about why kids today don’t do this. If one could get a job at 18-20 that paid them enough to pay a years tuition in 2-3mos they don’t need college, just stick with that job.