State's college tuition rising fastest in nation
California’s public universities aren’t the most expensive in the country to attend – some are even among the cheapest – but they do have the fastest-rising tuition, according to a U.S. Department of Education ranking of college costs released Tuesday… Although no public university in California appears on the list of schools with the lowest tuition, students at six CSU campuses pay some of the lowest net prices in the country: Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, Fullerton, Bakersfield, Fresno and Polytechnic-Pomona. At the same time, California’s community colleges post the lowest tuition in the country. While the national average is $2,721, community college tuition in California ranges from $624 to $814.
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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.
