It costs 1,360% more to go to a CSU than 40 years ago – and that’s adjusted for inflation
The center adjusted 1979 college tuition and fees for inflation and found the cost of attending a University of California school is six times greater than 40 years ago. A year at UC today costs $14,400, up from an inflation-adjusted $2,200 in 1979. Meanwhile, the cost of attending a California State University campus is 1,360 percent greater than it was in 1979. Back then, students paid an inflation-adjusted $500 for a year at a CSU. Today they pay $7,300. Living expenses are up, too. Students pay $4,000 more per year in food and housing costs, totaling nearly $14,000 per year.
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by Hannah Wiley, The Sacramento Bee.