<p>Hello, a friend of mine is in New York and wants to come to California. He went to community college in NY for a year now completing some basic pre reqs. He is receiving financial aids and some grants, question is if if he comes here can he continue receiving financial aid from CA? thanks</p>
<p>He can still receive federal aid such as the Pell Grant and Stafford loans, but he would have to pay out of state rates at a CA CC. Not a good deal.</p>
<p>so even if he uses his NY adress and avoids the CA resident fee, he still pays more for units than CA residents?</p>
<p>What is a “Ca resident fee?” </p>
<p>State schools (and that includes all community colleges) charge one rate for instate residents and another higher rate for out-of-state residents. It can easily be double the price. Community colleges may also have an intermediary rate for people who are instate but outside the area that supports that college (like from a different county). </p>
<p>Have your friend do an internet search for the community college he is thinking of attending and tell him to find their tuition and fees page. There is probably a listing for out-of-state residents.</p>
<p>So the tution will cost him more AND he will not get any state financial aid (from either state).</p>
<p>In California, the nonresident fee is a lot more than double what in state students are charged.</p>
<p>From a community college that uses the quarter system:
California residents pay $17 per unit.
Nonresidents who are just out of state residents pay $119 per unit (in addition to the $17 per unit).
Nonresidents who are international students pay $131 per unit (in addition to the $17 per unit).</p>
<p>Source: [De</a> Anza College :: Cashier’s Office :: Tuition and Fee Chart](<a href=“http://www.deanza.edu/registration/cashier/fees.html]De”>http://www.deanza.edu/registration/cashier/fees.html)</p>
<p>From a community college that uses the semester system:
California residents pay $26 per unit.
Nonresidents who are just out of state residents pay $185 per unit (in addition to the $26 per unit).
Nonresidents who are international students pay $190 per unit (in addition to the $26 per unit).</p>
<p>Source: [Diablo</a> Valley College - Admissions And Records - Fees And Refunds](<a href=“http://www.dvc.edu/org/departments/a-and-r/fees.htm]Diablo”>http://www.dvc.edu/org/departments/a-and-r/fees.htm)</p>
<p>Note none of the above include extra course fees (lab, materials, etc), campus fees, other additional fees campuses like to tack on, etc. It is just the unit fees.</p>
<p>But yes, no state funding from New York if he goes out of state and none from California if he’s in school here. Our state funding is in the form of Cal Grants which have a requirement of having graduated as a California resident from a California high school (in addition to several other requirements). There is sometimes institutional funding, but you’re not going to find that at the community college level here.</p>
<p>Looking at the non-resident rates above, they aren’t significantly higher than the resident rates most NY CC’s charge…the semester one is about $50 more than the rate my D is paying to take a summer class at our local CC. NYS student aid works like Pell, it’s on a sliding scale based on income and COA, so he would lose whatever TAP funds were included in his financial aid (and EOP funds, if he was an EOP student) as he must attend a NY college to receive those. Federal grants and loans would still be available. So he needs to figure out if this is an affordable plan.</p>
<p>I must be a terribly spoiled Californian then because the nonresident fees look absolutely ridiculous to me! But many of us were upset when the price jumped from $11 a semester unit to $26 a semester unit in the span of a couple years. Add to that that CCs in Cali were once upon a time (or so I’m told) free for residents. It’s scary to me to think of residents in their own states paying similar to what nonresidents pay here for a CC.</p>
<p>It’s also worth mentioning that if the student is planning to transfer to a four-year in California and he’s not able to (or doesn’t want to) establish residency, the nonresident fees really hurt at the next level. I don’t know the CSU tuition offhand, but for the UCs it’s an additional $22k (tuition) on top of $12k (fees).</p>
<p>Another thing to keep in mind is how the units from the NY CC would transfer to the Cali CC. And how those NY CC units would transfer to a Cali four-year if that was the ultimate goal. Or how those Cali CC units would transfer back to a NY CC or four-year.</p>
<p>*so even if he uses his NY adress and avoids the CA resident fee, he still pays more for units than CA residents? *</p>
<p>???</p>
<p>Calif CCs are state schools, therefore they charge non-residents a lot more than they charge Non-residents. </p>
<p>So, non residents pay the enrollment fee that everyone pays AND they pay the non resident rate.</p>
<p>For instance…Fullerton College</p>
<pre><code>* Enrollment Fee:… $26.00 per unit
- Non-Resident Tuition… $190.00 per unit PLUS enrollment fees
</code></pre>
<p>I dont know much about aids and grants, he is receiving FAFSA, I looked online it is federal so he will continue receiving this when he comes to CA?</p>
<p>FAFSA is only an application for federal aid…it “gives” you nothing, but schools use the number FAFSA produces, the Expected Family Contribution (EFC), to determine eligibility and award levels. For example, with a few exceptions, any studnet who files FAFSA is eligible to take federal student loans for that year - the amount and type of loan is determined by their class standing and financial need. Students who have a low EFC are generally eligible for the federal Pell grant as well, but if the EFC is too high that will not be offered by the school. So, yes, his eligibility for federal aid will remain the same, but whether he gets any federal grants depends on his EFC.</p>