<p>lol at the people who think that enrolling more students equals more money for the University.</p>
<p>If the UCs were attempting to make a profit, tuition would be well above 30K. the UCs LOSE a substantial amount of money on each student. This loss is then subsidized by the government, which keeps the Univerity solvent (barely). </p>
<p>The UCs are not attempting to make a profit, nor are finances their primary concern.</p>
<p>^^ then whats the point of tuition at all? the money has to go somewhere.</p>
<p>Tuition money does go towards running the school. But relative to a private university, students of public institutions pay a lot less tuition. Universities cost a LOT to run, MORE than the UCs collect via tuition.</p>
<p>Money comes from public donations, tuition, alumni, grants, and (these days, not so much) from the state of CA.</p>
<p>Professors/upper level administrative staff get paid a lot, and they have to be recruited. Plus you also have the general admin staff, housing staff, janitors, gardeners, etc…</p>
<p>Add to that the cost of keeping the campus powered (electricity, natural gas, utilities), and the fact that many UC students receive financial aid, either from the university itself and/or from the state of CA/federal government.</p>
<p>It’s all very expensive. Go check out the UC budget if you’re curious.</p>
<p>I mean, think about the sheer magnitude: All of the UCs combined have ~159,000 undergrads divided among 9 campuses, for an avg of 17.6k undergrad students per campus.</p>
<p>So, each UC campus has to provide resources for on the order of 10^4 undergrads. The campus also collects tuition (theoretically, ignoring financial aid) of ~13k from each student, coming out to a total of 230 million dollars from tuition per campus, and ~2 billion for the whole UC system</p>
<p>The operating budget for the UCs is on the order of 10s of billions. So… 10^9/10^10 - undergrad tuition makes up like ~10% of the UC’s operating budget.</p>
<p><a href=“Budget Analysis and Planning | UCOP”>Budget Analysis and Planning | UCOP;
<p>Here’s a pdf with charts showing their source of funds and what they spend money on:</p>
<p><a href=“Budget Analysis and Planning | UCOP”>Budget Analysis and Planning | UCOP;
<p>13% of UC income comes from student fees, but 14% of UC expenditures go towards financial aid.</p>
<p>I love you asph. I love numbers. </p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>UCSD will overtake UCLA as the second best UC in 10 years time. It may take a little longer for people to recognize it.</p>
<p>Define best. I doubt it. LA the city has more to offer than SD. It is also more popular nationally with more name recognition. UCSD will be the 3rd best UC school for a while. Even UCSB is creeping up in some of the rankings especially in engineering. </p>
<p>SD has made great strides in the sciences especially biotech. It would have to do the same in social sciences and the arts in order to catch up to UCLA. Not to mention all the sports UCLA has. Not happening in 10 years.</p>
<p>@Lookin4ward</p>
<p>Yeah, I love numbers too. Lol, but I should’ve been doing linear algebra homework instead of typing out wall-of-text replies to random threads.</p>
<p>Same here. Im putting off my LA hw for the weekend lol. And I have a physics exam this morning but I was messing around on CC till late last night lol</p>
<p>I called UCSD in the beginning of the month and they said that UCSd is still unsure whether tag will continue for this year. It’s not completely gone but they will probably end it within the next 2 years. My community college counselor has said that it will continue this fall.</p>
<p>If you read the article, the no tag will affect NEW community college students. So in about 2 years it won’t be offered.</p>
<p>I’m planning on tagging to UCSD in september. I currently go to a CSU but am dropping out to go to a CCC so I can transfer. Will I be able to TAG now? Is this official?</p>
<p>According to the article, it says that if you’re not a CCC student enrolled full time in Fall 2011, you won’t be able to TAG to UCSD.</p>
<p>Can’t say whether or not this will change until they release an official statement on their 2013 TAG.</p>
<p>What about TAG UCSB GPA in 2013? It was 3.2 for 2012… will it come up?.. will it stay?</p>