It's all relative

Parents Forum
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<p>Cal State Northridge students are up in arms about tuition hikes.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/us/california-state-students-plan-to-fast-in-protest-over-cuts.html?hp[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/us/california-state-students-plan-to-fast-in-protest-over-cuts.html?hp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Current tuition for 30 hours/year at Northern Illinois University (and roughly equivalent to other non-UI Illinois publics): $8,490</p>

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<p>When you add fees, it ranges from about 6-7,000. <a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/costofattendance/[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/costofattendance/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/cost/index.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/cost/index.html&lt;/a&gt;
Don’t forget that these are cal states, which are not research universities. For a student who wants a research Univeristy, tuition and fees at a UC is over 13,000. </p>

<p>Edit: Sorry, I just reread it and realized you were referring to Northridge specifically. Apologies.</p>

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<p>There are fees everywhere. I cited tuition costs only a NIU, because that is what the Times article mentioned. There are tons of fees there.</p>

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<p>Annasdad, in California the fees are often equal to or greater than the actual tuition. This is not “fees” for things like labs, sports tickets, health center, library…these are fees that are actually tacked on to the cost of the TUITION.</p>

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<p>Quick calculation: at NIU, annual fees (that everybody pays) are about $4100. Hardly trivial.</p>

<p>The one advantage that Illinois students have over their Golden State counterparts is that the tuition they pay first semester is guaranteed not to increase, provided they finish within nine semesters. That guarantee does not apply to fees; but in practice, recent fee increases have been moderate.</p>