By Staff
Earlier this September the California State Universities voted 15-5 to approve raising tuition rate by 6% for the next five years, starting the 2024-2025 school year.
With a deficit of 1.5 billion dollars that schools are facing, the main source of revenue comes from tuition and allocations. Current undergraduate tuition is 5,742 dollars, but by the 2028-2029 school year students will be expected to be paying 7,682 dollars for tuition.
A report from the advisory team shows more and more students are attending from high schools that couldn’t prepare them as well as others. The Sacramento Bee states that the report also noted the new income will be used for tutoring, and additional courses for students who may need extra support.
Trustees of the California State University System say they are ensuring that financial aid funds would be implemented for students who can’t afford the hike in tuition, and are making sure no one will have to quit due to these new tuition bumps too. Trustee Julia Lopez said “staff will be assessing the overall cost of attending college to ensure they are offering students help with getting housing, food, books and other basic needs.”
276,000 students won’t be affected by the raise because of fully covered tuition for low income families, but that leaves 184,000 students left to figure out how to afford an education. Many students already have multiple jobs and are going to be forced to apply for another, leaving no time to actually study for what they are trying to afford.
Former Benicia High student attending Chico State says “I think it’s ridiculous because we have to pay out of pocket for plenty of things already that they profit from such as printing, lost ids, and washing machines.” This may dictate future students choosing CSU schools.
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