Well, I did that because he said “the 70’s” which is a span of 10 years, and because Auburn’s website doesn’t go that far back. It was not to be deceptive. The national average was all I had. So I picked 1975 to split the difference and used the national average.

But Auburn’s site does go back to 1980 and it’s not much more than what I posted.

https://auburn.edu/administration/ir/factbook/tuition-fees/annual-matriculation-fees.html