Choosing between UCLA and Tufts

drax12
Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:39:36 +0000

Ignore that first paragraph of my last post…garbage, not the last one though, I stand by that.

If Brown threats were to come to fruition and assuming there were still some state support, without UC undergrad becoming fully privatized, then we could assume that the cost to educate a UC student would be say, $30K, higher than the $24-25K proposed.

I thought since the state owns the land, buildings, etc, that the cost to educate a UC student would be less, but $30K is quite high. I don’t know if there’s a shortfall that has to be made up, etc.

The following could apply:

Cost to educate UC undergrad: $30,000
Current Tuition: ~ $12,000
State supported costs of in-state: $18,000, or 60% state support

If Brown’s threats come forth:

Cost to Educate UC Undergrad: $30,000 (assume it stays steady)
New Tuition: ~ $24,000
State supported: $6,000 or 20% state support (pretty close to privatized)

Current Non-residents full tuition:

Cost: $30,000
Full Tuition: ~ $35,000
“Markup” Over Cost: $5,000, or 17% (not as much as I thought)

If Brown’s proposals go through related to Non-Residents:

Cost: $30,000
Full Tuition (Say, bumped up NR tuition by $10K): $45,000
“Markup” Over Cost: $15,000, or 50%

The problem under Brown’s scenario is UC would probably become ~ a open-admissions university. The U would be well funded though. Brown’s threats won’t happen.