Real cost of UCLA

hakuex
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:09:53 +0000

Yes it is possible to trim down the price, but you’re still looking around at least $26~28K. Tuition is locked at $12685 this year; Housing and Meals for Cheapest (3 person residence hall) maybe around $11500; Books should be only around $500 or so for one year (I don’t understand why UCLA estimates it to 1.5K) , I’ve had friends wasting maybe only $200 per year (they rented/bought used); Student Health insurance $1323. This is the lowest I can trim it down for. I’m assuming you don’t have a car so did not factor in transportation cost. This adds up to around $26k but you probably have other personal expenses so you’ll probably be wasting more than that. It definitely is cheaper if you live off campus, but with other dorm-mates. So you probably can reduce your whole cost to around $25k during your second year if you do choose to move off campus and if you live frugally enough.