The University of California has again brought a possible tuition increase back into the conversation after tabling consideration of systemwide tuition adjustments in March 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The upward adjustment in annual fees, which would go into effect in fall 2022 and impact the UC system’s nine undergraduate campuses, is intended to “provide unprecedented tuition stability and predictability for students and parents, support campus operations to maintain and improve the quality of a UC education for succeeding generations of increasingly diverse Californians and enhance financial aid and affordability for students with financial need.”
Under the current proposal, the tuition, which is currently set at $12,570 for California residents, would increase by $642 and would be re-calibrated according to the rate of inflation for each successive class of students. Once the tuition has been set for a particular class, the figure would remain unchanged for the next six years.