Tuition at California State University will go up 20 percent this fall as part of a plan to close the system's $584-million budget deficit.
The tuition increase, approved today by the system's Board of Trustees, is the university's second since May. Undergraduates will pay about $4,800 per year, 32 percent more than they paid a year ago and more than double what they paid seven years ago.
The vote came a day after California lawmakers agreed on a budget plan that cuts state support for higher education, including Cal State, by 20 percent. The system also plans to reduce its enrollment by 40,000 students. On Wednesday members of the system's largest faculty union will finish voting on whether to accept an unpaid furlough of two days per month.
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