Two thirds of California's largest colleges charge in-state students at least twice as much today as they did a decade ago, new federal figures show. The average tuition increase at these 200 schools during that period was 123 percent. The cheapest four-year college in California, CSU-Monterey Bay, charges in-state students about $4,700 in annual tuition and fees; the most expensive, the University of Southern California, charges about $41,000.
This database shows in-state tuition and fee charges over the last decade at the 200 largest colleges in California, including community colleges and trade schools.
Notes: Data not available for the following colleges, most of them small: United Education Institute-Huntington Park Campus; Abram Friedman Occupational Center; Trident University International; Brandman University; Loma Linda University; Hacienda La Puente Adult Education; University of California-San Francisco; Alliant International University; ICDC College; Universal Technical Institute of California Inc; Western University of Health Sciences; Universal Technical Institute of Northern California Inc; Marinello School of Beauty; Claremont Graduate University; Naval Postgraduate School; Fuller Theological Seminary in California; Summit Career College; Carrington College California-Sacramento; Fielding Graduate University; Kaplan College-San Diego; Charles A. Jones Skills and Business Education Center; University of California Hastings College of Law; California College-San Diego.
In a few cases, ten-year costs trends were calculated using data from either 2000 or 2002, if 2001 data was not available. Figures shown not adjusted for inflation.
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