Wait, so between $327 and $587 (wonky 70s inflation) a semester in today's dollars? I'd have killed for that.
For example, tuition at Stony Brook[1] costs $6,170 annually. At 30 credits a year (15 per semester), that's $205 per unit/credit.
You'll find that tuition in most state universities are around that range, across the country.
[1] http://www.stonybrook.edu/undergraduate-admissions/cost-and-...