I was lucky. I was in state in Arizona and since we were poor, I qualified for the maximum grants on Pell and also State Assistance and with tuition at NAU being $750 a semester my last semester, Fall 1990 - grants covered almost everything and I graduated with no debt whatsoever. Today this would not happen as tuition is much higher and grants won't cover everything. I was truly lucky that Arizona had such low tuition for a number of years - now it's much, much, much higher and I personally would be looking into a trade were I young. Rob