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I graduated in the Mid 60's.... so the "dollars" are not quite the same...
lol!

My Dad passed away (at 86) last year
and I had to go thru his records etc and I found his "expense" notebook for
my first year in college...(Pre Pharmacy actually) at a State University ..

Anyway THE TOTAL cost for my freshman year ..both semesters, dorm room,
books, food, "spending money"
etc was a little less then $2,000 FOR THE YEAR !

Things change however...I do not even think they had such things as student
loans then..and I actually paid for my 3 children to "get" thru college out
of my savings.. and from memory (mid to late 80's) I was paying about 20K a
year
for each of them...and I was eating beans ....

Oh btw my first paycheck as a Pharmacist (and I still have the stub)  for a
48 hour week in retail was about $152.37 TAKE HOME...Big Bucks...That was a
LOT more then what I could have earned in a Hospital Pharmacy..

Bob Griffiths

At the current rate of tuition hikes, no one can accurately forecast
the cost of an education. This is especially true for state
universities.

At the private pharmacy colleges you can expect to drop as much as
250-300k for tuition alone. My alma mater, ONU, is right at 40k/year
at present. Of course this doesn't cover housing and other living
expenses. There are, of course, a number of available grants for the
in-state students.

I'd strongly recommend you consider a stint in the military and use
your GI benefits to help you further your education.

I don't know about how things are in the US since I'm going to Pharmacy
school in Canada. I'm paying around $ 4000 US a year to cover my yearly
tuition and this doesn't include transportation, food etc. I get my $$
mainly from student loans from the Canadian Government.

I'm also hooked up with the Shoppers Drug Mart scholarship program where
they give you $10,000 a year for 3 years to cover your expenses (as well as
other benefits like paying for your licencing exam and stuff like that), and
in return you have to work in their pharmacies for 3 years after you
graduate in some small city (which pays extremely well 50+$/hr).

All in all, paying for tuition is a breeze.