Indicator 2.2
Average Cost of Attendance, 2000-01 to 2007-08
These figures represent the average annual total cost of attendance for a California resident undergraduate.
In 2007-08, the average total cost of attendance at UC campuses was $22,151, before consideration of financial aid received by students.
Since 2000, the total cost of attendance has increased by $5,423 (32.4 percent) in inflation-adjusted dollars. Of this amount, $2,777 came from fee increases and $2,646 came from increases in non-fee costs (room and board, books and supplies, etc.).
Since 2000, annual increases in average Universitywide and campus-based fees have been sporadic, ranging from less than $40 in 2001 and 2006 to $1,500 in 2003. Throughout this period, non-fee costs have increased steadily and account for two-thirds of the total cost of attendance.
Although Universitywide fees are the same at all campuses, the average total cost of attendance varies across campuses due to differences in campus fees, non-fee expenses and the percentage of students in different living categories (on-campus, off-campus and commuters).
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Source: UC figures come from the annual student budgets published by the Office of the President. More information on student financial support at UC can be found at http://www.ucop.edu/sas/sfs/.
Figures are constant inflation-adjusted 2007-08 dollars using California CPI-U.
You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.