UC tuition to rise 8% for next year

11-19-2010

By Larry Gordon/Los Angeles Times

The basic cost of an undergraduate education at the University of California will rise 8%, or $822, next school year after a regents vote Thursday, although officials said that expanded financial aid would shield many students from paying the higher amount. The UC Board of Regents, meeting in San Francisco, voted 15 to 5 for the increase, together with a one-year reprieve for most families earning less than $120,000 annually. The regents also changed the name of the educational charges to students from "fees" to "tuition," a linguistic acknowledgment that the amount has tripled in the last decade. Starting next fall, undergraduates who receive no aid will face about $12,150 per year in tuition and campus fees and an average of about $16,000 more for living expenses and books. (more…)

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