<p>My grandfather put his brother through college by working the family farm. Then, his brother put him through college with money from his first engineering job.
I earned about half of my college costs every year by working the whole summer and living at home. I had a scholarship that covered about 1/3 of the total costs and my mom paid the rest. I graduated owing about $600 which was about 2 months pay (post tax).
My child’s college costs, annually, will be about the same as a very decent annual salary. He couldn’t earn 1/2 that in a summer.</p>