 In 1958–59, ETSC's enrollment rose back to 1949 levels (over 3,100 students), before growing rapidly thanks to the baby boom, reaching 3,511 in fall 1961 and 6,810 in fall 1965.The number of degrees issued by the school fluctuated between 700 and 850 during the late 1950s and early 1960s, before rising to 1,562 in 1966–67.This growth occurred despite the rising cost of an education at the college (tuition grew from $32.50 throughout the 1930s to $42 in 1948 to $87 in 1966), although "a college education at ET continued to be a great bargain".