<p>Lordy, Lordy......I wonder how many other states will follow suit?</p>
<p>The current proposal in MO is to keep tuition and fees at the Univ. of MO campuses the same as this year, in exchange for accepting a 5% reduction in campus-wide spending. All very preliminary. But there will not be 32% increase in tuition and fees under any circumstances.</p>
<p>Glad we didn’t move to California.</p>
<p>^ 2009-2010 Fees (per USNWR):</p>
<p>Berkeley: $8,352
Mizzou: $8,467 </p>
<p>New Berkeley tuition with phased increases: $11,024</p>
<p>Compared to current in-state tuitions at other leading publics:</p>
<p>Penn State: $14,416
Illinois: $13,060
Michigan: $11,738
Virginia: $9,870
Texas: $8,930</p>
<p>The UCs are still a bargain.</p>
<p>Agreed its still a bargain, UCB. The question is whether the State of California will survive. 52 Billion in debt already in the new fiscal year since July? The problems are epic.</p>
<p>The Cal States are having problems, too…I wonder what their increases will be</p>
<p>^ 2009-2010 Fees (per USNWR):</p>
<p>Berkeley: $8,352
Mizzou: $8,467</p>
<p>New Berkeley tuition with phased increases: $11,024</p>
<p>Compared to current in-state tuitions at other leading publics:</p>
<p>Penn State: $14,416
Illinois: $13,060
Michigan: $11,738
Virginia: $9,870
Texas: $8,930</p>
<p>The UCs are still a bargain. </p>
<p>Exactly what I was thinking UCB. Not sure how Californian’s can complain about their schools raising tuition so much when they reallly are a complete bargain instate compared to the rest of the country.</p>
<p>I had forgotten how relatively inexpensive the UCs still are. You are correct, even with the large increase, they are a deal for in-state students, assuming the increased fees are used with undergraduates in mind.</p>
<p>Now, paying OOS to UC-B is another story.</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - 32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered)](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UU6MKuWSE]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UU6MKuWSE)</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’d add only for commuters that live with parents and don’t have the rent to worry about. Yes, the problem is the cost of living is much higher in the Bay Area, Los angeles, Santa Barbara…etc. The students are protesting because they are already pinched and they have nowhere to go to cover the increase (you can’t get a second job when many people can’t even find a job). When people enroll in certain schools, they have certain financial budget in place and nobody would factor in 30% increase in tuition. Comparison with other schools’ tuition doesn’t address the problem/difficulties these students are having with this kind of cost differentials.</p>
<p>blue, it’s the price you pay for living in California. It’s a ****ed up state…look at what they just did to our televisions.</p>
<p>The problem I see, and it has been mentioned by Berkeley Chancellor Birgenau, is that the middle class is getting squeezed out of UC. The poor have the Blue and Gold program and the rich just write a check.</p>
<p>And who says this is the “last increase?” I bet they go back to the well again and jack it some more. California is going bankrupt. It may be the first state in 160 years to default on its own bonds. The time to leave California was before the bust. Now its too late. Homes have plummeted in value 40%. Jobs are scarce, the taxes are cruel and unusual punishment and now this.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t live in California for anything. Sorry.</p>
<p>UCB, the problem is the middle class is getting squeezed all across the nation. The rich don’t care and simply write a check. The poor get all kinds of financial help if they can get admitted (public or private) and the middle class is asked for more money they don’t have. </p>
<p>All the while people are asking if going to college is the right thing to do if there are no jobs available? On the other hand, if there are no jobs available, sitting at home and playing video games isn’t a good idea either. </p>
<p>Houston, we have a problem!</p>
<p>^ The state definitely has a lot of problems. Government needs to get its act together and come to grips on entitlements. Further tuition increases are a definite possibility. This tuition increase assumes the state will increase funding by over $900 million from last fiscal year. That is a stretch when facing a projected $21 billion shortfall. </p>
<p>The UC campuses will probably limit enrollment vs. more fee increases.</p>
<p>I agree with your post, GB.</p>
<p>UCBChem:</p>
<p>I don’t disagree that the state has run itself aground and that the students will pay the price for mismanagement. But, I do disagree that the “UCs are still a bargain.”</p>
<p>And, yes, we will soon have a bifurcated student body at Cal and UCLA. UC continues to support the very poor with admission tips (probably a good public policy) and excludes them from the fee increases, and the rich can afford to pay the big bucks. What will happen is that the upper middle class (~$60k-$100k), will start looking at privates. With just a little merit money, such privates WILL be cheaper than a UC.</p>
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<p>Probably both. UC needs to come to grips with its over-enrollment and address it. Students should be encouraged to get out in four years, and discouraged to stay longer. Double/triple the fees for those that want a “second” bachelor’s, for example.</p>
<p>Fee increases for second degrees, as well as for students who either exceed the total amount of credits needed for a major has been implemented in other states.</p>