<p>Whoa, now that is an increase. I wonder what this will do to OOS enrollment?</p>
<p>Wow. That sucks. Brutal.</p>
<p>If tuition rises to over $10k, it’s still cheaper than UMass-Amherst (currently $11,732). And UMass is not the same as UCLA or Berkeley.</p>
<p>This increase puts them in line with other big state U’s. The UCs will still be a bargain.</p>
<p>My D1 went to a UC years ago, the exact details are a bit fuzzy, but her tuition went from $4000+ to $5000+ to $6000+ to $7000+</p>
<p>Nary a peep or protect yet it nearly doubled over the years. I am not sure why this time it merits state wide strikes but in a better economy I never read any one anywhere complaining about an annual significant increase each year with no PR and no fanfare, simply a higher bill.</p>
<p>Of course at a UC, it is the housing not the tuition that really hurts!</p>
<p>This increase actually puts the UCs a smidge ahead of their comparable schools, which they consider to be SUNY Buffalo, Michigan … there are three others, now I forget which they are.</p>
<p>It IS the housing in many UC locations that pumps up total price. Westwood (UCLA), Berkeley, La Jolla (San Diego), Santa Barbara … these are some pretty pricey places, often where commuting would be problematic for those looking for less expensive housing options.</p>
<p>You Californians are serious about tuition hikes. The SUNYs are in line for a $100 hike in tuition next year IF the Legislature has the political will to make that happen (a big IF!).</p>
<p>like findaplace said it is the housing that hurts. Probably every UC campus other than maybe Merced has a higher r and b cost than the national average. If you pair the housing with the tuition and toss in a general lack of gift aid (not a total lack, but certainly not generous amount) UC COA is a bit more painful than the tuition fees suggest.</p>
<p>Unreal…</p>
<p>Well, if the hikes mean that the profs will stay and the cutbacks will stop, then in the long run, it’s best for everyone.</p>
<p>Of course, now more will start looking a privates who give merit.</p>
<p>These fee increases were inevitable in our troubled state of CA. State Us are STILL a bargain and admission standards continue to go through the roof, eliminating large numbers of applicants for admission. I predict a large influx of OOS students at the top (UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCB) as OOS students look to those schools the same way they look to privates, much like Michigan, UT Austin, and many other flagship state schools. Higher education will become even more of a pipe dream for the average student from a middle income family. Its sad, really.</p>
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<p>True, only for commuters. For live-on-campus types, the instate COA for Berkeley will now exceed $30k, or 36% higher than UMass, which is ~$22k. </p>
<p>UMich runs about $24k/yr instate. UVa is ~$21k.</p>
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<p>I disagree. AT $50k (and climbing FAST), UC is just too expensive for OOS, and finaid is extremely poor (even for instate). UC may admit more from OOS, but the yield will only decline. UCLA’s OOS yield is already low. Why would it increase? What is UCLA doing to make themselves more attractive to OOS families? $14k for dorms that are all forced-triples? Huh?</p>
<p>UMich offers merit money for high stats, and has the advantage of a bunch of surrounding states (less than a two hour drive)…UVa offers full finaid to OOS. UNC-Chapel Hill is reasonably priced, as is Wisconsin for OOS. </p>
<p>btw: UTexas is only 4% OOS…</p>
<p>Yes, it’s the housing that is more costly, whether one lives on campus or off. It’s actually higher than Harvard’s room and board.</p>
<p>Berkeley is popular with wealthy internationals–they see it as an ivy but it’s much easier to get into. I think their OOS numbers will go up based on this population. UCLA probably too. Good luck to the rest getting $50K/yr from anyone.</p>
<p>There’s apparently no more money to squeeze out of the turnip that is California’s budget. Most of us don’t want the quality of education at these campuses to decline so that leaves increasing tuition as the major viable alternative. But even with UCLA, for example, costing $2500 more per year as a result of the hike, it’s still a reasonable rate to pay for that institution IMO. If they don’t make any tuition increases and as a result the quality of the institution declines significantly (that’s an 'if), then even the reduced tuition may not be a reasonable rate to pay for the diminished institution.</p>
<p>Regarding admitting more OOS to increase the income, I agree that 50K or so is a lot to pay for a UC for those in other states but these colleges attract a fair number of students from outside the USA and for them it might be a reasonable choice.</p>
<p>Housing at a number of campuses is expensive with UCB being the worst and UCLA and UCSD not being so great either. Off campus housing is usually less expensive than on-campus housing. I’d like to see a breakdown of why housing is so expensive on these campuses. Although the surrounding areas are expensive, it’s due to land prices yet in many cases the campus housing is built on ‘free’ land - i.e. land that didn’t cost the U anything, so why is it so expensive?</p>
<p>[UC</a> Regents vote for higher tuition](<a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/19/BAGN1AND7E.DTL]UC”>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/19/BAGN1AND7E.DTL)</p>
<p>"Outside the meeting at UCLA where regents of the University of California raised student tuition today by 32 percent, about 1,000 students lay on the ground to symbolize what they called the death of affordable higher education, particularly for students from low-income families.</p>
<p>About 30 percent of UC students - 53,000 - are eligible for UC’s free-tuition program called Blue and Gold.</p>
<p>“If your family makes less than $70,000, and you are eligible for Cal Grants and federal financial aid,” all fees are taken care of by the university, Yudof said, adding that UC will pay half the fee increase during the first year they’re implemented for students whose families earn between $70,000 and $120,000.</p>
<p>“So who’s plum out of luck are people making more than $180,000,” Yudof said.</p>
<p>Regent Eddie Island said, “This is so little understood. We’ve got to do more to spread this message to students and their parents.”</p>
<p>Are the OOS rates going up, too? Or, are those rates staying the same?</p>
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<p>Since the Regents cap fees (aka tuition), the only way for campuses to raise local cash is in their local housing.</p>
<p>Oregon’s Chancellors want to free the both football powerhouses (OSU, UO) and urban college PSU from the constrictions of politicians. Today’s article 11/19/09</p>
<p>Interesting to see a list on another board that shows just how behind UCs are when compared to other state schools of their caliber (Michigan, UVA, UNC, Wisc) in terms of admitting OOS students. They others have 25% plus OOS compared to Berkeley’s 6% and UCLA’s 7%. </p>
<p>Just another example of Californians thinking they didn’t have to make any hard choices.</p>