<p>in general? also, is it true i’ll most likely spend 5 years as opposed to 4?</p>
<p>They have “net price calculators” on their web sites. Don’t expect financial aid to help with the out-of-state surcharge amount, though you may get some.</p>
<p>As far as graduating in 4 years goes, [University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu%5DUniversity”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu) indicates that, for the entering freshmen of 2005, 4 year graduation rate ranged form 35.7% at Merced to 71.4% at Berkeley. Systemwide, it was 59.8%. Rates have generally been rising over the years as both selectivity and tuition have increased; in 1992, the 4 year graduation rate at Berkeley was 45.3% and systemwide was 36.5%.</p>
<p>Note that this is based on calendar years, so that students who take semesters off for co-op jobs but do not take extra semesters or quarters in school cannot be distinguished from those who do take extra semesters or quarters in school. (This is a problem for all 4 year graduation rate numbers, since it would actually be more useful to note whether extra tuition paying semesters or quarters in school was common).</p>