[rsanek]

> Decades ago it was normal for a good university to be nearly free or at least quite affordably by the student working part time to pay their way.

Here's a few graphs that show this more explicitly: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gregschoofs/how-much-co...

[jjav]

Indeed. Even as late as the early 90s, my summer internships (not at minimum wage, but still just intern pay) was almost enough to pay for a year of tuition at CMU, an expensive top university.