residency tuition (Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside: transfer, schools, universities)

[jeffncompany]

if your a resident in california, is college tuition free? or maybe relatively cheap. idk ive heard rumors about such a thing, sounds unlikely tho.. haha, thanks.

[veg8]

No, it not free but affordable considering the quality of the schools, the below info is from my post from another thread to give you an idea about costs a year

In CA, the UC system tuition is $7,500 so if you can get into schools like Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB or UCI it's a STEAL! The Cal State (CSU) system is even lower in cost at around $3,500 that's schools like Cal poly pomona, Cal poly slo, Cal State hayward, SDSU. Community college is $26/unit here, so something like $600 a year, all pretty affordable if you ask me.

[ElleBebe]

Yeah, definitely not free, but any state school, whether in California or in another state, is going to be cheaper for residents than non-residents because residents pay the taxes that fund those schools. The UC system has some schools that are on par with ivy league schools, so when you compare the tuition costs schools like UCLA and Berkeley seem extremely cheap.

I think you can attain residency after having lived in California for a year; so if you wanted to go to a UC or CSU and not pay out-of-state tuition fees, you could attend a community college for a year or two and then transfer in.

[missionhome]

When you compare the tuition (called fees here) of a UC school, especially UC Los Angeles and UC Berkley, the UC system is a screaming deal.

The UC system is only $7,500 for fees. Room and board is added on with it usually ranging from an additional $4,000 to even $12,000. The higher room and board locations are in the more expensive cities like Los Angeles, Berkley, San Diego, etc... while room and board is cheaper at UC Riverside, Merced, etc...

Compared to the tuition of the other universities ranked among the top 25 which usually are around $35,000 not even including room and board, the UC system is a great deal. I'm glad my son already got into five of the UC campuses. Now he just has to wait on San Diego, L.A., and Berkley.