Paying for your tuition: A lot harder than it used to be

[andrewducker]

-Annual tuition for Yale, 1970: $2,550
-Annual tuition for Yale, 2014: $45,800

-Minimum Wage, 1970: $1.45
-Minimum Wage, 2014: $7.25

-Daily hours at minimum wage needed to pay for tuition in 1970: 4.8
-Daily hours at minimum wage needed to pay for tuition in 2014: 17.3

via gonzo21