The annual tuition and fees I paid as a freshman at the University of Illinois in 1961 totaled $260, and my room and board totaled $990. This year (2016) tuition and fees for an entering freshman are $15,698, and room and board are $11,308. "Back in the day," tuition was only 20% of the cost of attending college, and now tuition is 58% of the cost of attending college.
