How was it studying in 1816?

Time reports.

Here’s What College Cost 200 Years Ago

If you were heading off to college in 1816, you wouldn’t have had to worry about buying extra-long sheets, renting a mini-fridge, or packing a spare iPhone charger. You would, however, need to load up on candles and oil—the electric light bulb still being some 60 years in the future.

Plus, if you planned to hire a servant or bring one from home, as some 19th century collegians apparently did, you’d have to budget for his or her wages too.

Such was the cost of college 200 years ago, based on published figures for Harvard.

The breakdown, as reported in Charles Franklin Thwing’s History of Higher of Education in America (1906), included: