<p>I believe that it will, but only as far as future admissions are concerned.</p>
<p>1) For OOS students admitted to both schools the cost is nearly a wash if you are paying full freight. All other things being equal it is very difficult to provide a rational justification for paying higher costs for larger classes and more hassle getting into classes that you want and/or need. This has been the case for a while now, but if the 30% hike extneds to OOS students it will make it a no-brainer for most.</p>
<p>2) If the budget cuts at the UCs continue, they are bound to eventually experience meaningfull faculty loss and decline in both reputation and actual performance. As has been said before, continued rise of USC in the (stupid) USNWR rankings is predicated on somebody else slipping. Looking at the list, UCLA is a prime candidate for this… but only if the situation is allowed to persist over 3-5 years. In the short term the national and international reputations of the two schools are not exactly where one might think they would be given the USNWR lists, and this will surely be a factor for some.</p>