Value of Scholarships At NU

[JeopardyHusker]

Does anyone know about how much the football scholarships are worth, moneywise, and what is included in a scholarship?

My cousin and I were discussing this last night as well as the cost of higher education in general. His granddaughter will be attending college later this month. I remember when I attended NU I earned enough money working on the railroad in the summer to pay for the following school year plus have some spending money. No loans. No parental involvement.

As I remember, the cost of room and board (Schramm Hall) was $90 a month. In-state tuition was around $250 per semester and you paid about $18 per credit hour. Books were $200 or so per semester. The total cost of the entire school year was around $2,400-2,500. Is my memory faulty? Do any of the old-timers here recall what they paid in the 1960s?

 

[thankfulredfan]

when I started in 67 tuition was $216 a semester. If I could get used Engineering books they were about $50 total a semester, new about twice that. And I don't consider myself an "old timer". I am lucky to be my age (a cancer survivor and a "60s" survivor). And per my name here I have been thankful to watch the best college football program

 

[Navy60]

Does anyone know about how much the football scholarships are worth, moneywise, and what is included in a scholarship?

My cousin and I were discussing this last night as well as the cost of higher education in general. His granddaughter will be attending college later this month. I remember when I attended NU I earned enough money working on the railroad in the summer to pay for the following school year plus have some spending money. No loans. No parental involvement.

As I remember, the cost of room and board (Schramm Hall) was $90 a month. In-state tuition was around $250 per semester and you paid about $18 per credit hour. Books were $200 or so per semester. The total cost of the entire school year was around $2,400-2,500. Is my memory faulty? Do any of the old-timers here recall what they paid in the 1960s?

I spent in the neighborhood of $2100 in the "55-'56 school year. That included everything from tuition to beer.

 

[RED ED]

that's a helluva lot less then I paid at uno in the 90s, without housing

 

[Huskergod84]

And then the government got involved in student loans and its went skyward with tuition ever since.

 

[Chris]

Current tuition:

In State: $8,978
Out of State: $24,098

On campus room and board plus meals runs around $11,000 a year

So just academics and R&B are around $35,000 annually

The student also receives a $3600 cash stipend

I've seen it argued that the real value of the scholarship should also include all of the training hours, gym access and tools, specialists, nutritionists etc etc.... so that, if a student had to pay out of pocket for ALL the benefits they receive for being a scholarship athlete, that the net value of that scholarship might be AT LEAST $100,000 a year.

 

[valiantsailor]

Most of the big name schools are over 50 K,

 

[Navy60]

that's a helluva lot less then I paid at uno in the 90s, without housing

To add a little perspective to that $2100...A hamburger was $ .25, beer- $ .10 a bottle, movie- $.50, gas about $.25/gal, a full meal about $1.75.

 

[HuskerMo]

To add a little perspective to that $2100...A hamburger was $ .25, beer- $ .10 a bottle, movie- $.50, gas about $.25/gal, a full meal about $1.75.

And sometimes they had GAS WARS !!!!

 

[Doc Fumble]

And sometimes they had GAS WARS !!!!

I'll show my age: I can remember a gas war when gas in my home town was down to 11 cents a gallon.

 

[Cigarman]

I'll show my age: I can remember a gas war when gas in my home town was down to 11 cents a gallon.

Did you have turn a crank on the front of your car to start it?

 

[Doc Fumble]

Did you have turn a crank on the front of your car to start it?

I hate to admit it, but that was a damn good burn.

 

[innmc]

Did you have turn a crank on the front of your car to start it?

I didn't have to crank the car I was driving but did to start that old Oliver my brother had on his farm

 

[NorthwoodHusker]

To add a little perspective to that $2100...A hamburger was $ .25, beer- $ .10 a bottle, movie- $.50, gas about $.25/gal, a full meal about $1.75.

Averaging about 25x in tuition costs, now, thats 6.25 for a regular burger, 2.50 a beer, 12.50 a movie,6.25 for gas,no wonder there were gas wars and a full meal 31.25.
I like beer.

 

[valiantsailor]

And sometimes they had GAS WARS !!!!

I sure miss them too

 

[Righteous Red]

I didn't have to crank the car I was driving but did to start that old Oliver my brother had on his farm

I didn’t have to crank my car either. But I drove for a long time on a weak battery, wouldn’t hold the charge long enough to start car. I couldn’t afford a new battery. Almost all cars were straight sticks
and I always parked on a hill to utilize the “roll and start” technology or always made sure I had a few buddies around to push when there weren’t any hills to roll down.

 

[Navy60]

Did you have turn a crank on the front of your car to start it?

As a matter of fact, my first car had a hand crank for emergency starting.....and then there was the old International Farmall tractor.

 

[Hunchback Johnny]

Can we please stay on point. Why all the talk about other guys cranks?

 

[innmc]

Can we please stay on point. Why all the talk about other guys cranks?

triggered?