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Saturday, November 28, 2009

The New Cost Of A UC Education - KTXL


The New Cost Of A UC Education - KTXL:

"SACRAMENTO - Students from across the University of California system are outraged over future fee increases approved one week ago by members of the university system's board of regents. But just how much will students now have to dish out to pay for their education?

According to a document released on November 19th by the UC Board of Regents Committee on Finance, graduate professional students with majors in business, law, theatre and most medicinal fields currently pay $6,822 in student fees. This fee will increase to $7,401 during the current academic calendar in time for the Spring Quarter in January 2010.

Fees will inflate onece again for graduate student professionals to $9,312 -- an increase of $1,911 per semester -- to fulfill the full 32% fee increase over nearly two school years."