Student Fees
The CSU makes every effort to keep student costs to a minimum. Fees listed in published schedules or student accounts may need to be increased when public funding is inadequate. Therefore, CSU must reserve the right, even after initial fee payments are made, to increase or modify any listed fees, without notice, until the date when instruction for a particular semester or quarter has begun. All CSU listed fees should be regarded as estimates that are subject to change upon approval by The Board of Trustees.
CSU's student fee information is contained in the various items below. In California, student fees are charged instead of tuition.
Systemwide and Campus Mandatory Fees
In addition to the systemwide State University Fee, students must also pay certain campus mandatory fees in order to attend the university.
CSU Student Fee Policies
- CSU Student Fee Policy - Executive Order 1034
- 1993 CSU Board of Trustees - State University Fee Policy (.pdf)
Fee Waivers
The documents below are reports that are submitted to the CSU Budget Office by the campuses and contain information regarding the number of fee waivers issued by the campuses. These reports are used in the CSU budget process for purposes of projecting fee revenue.
- Guide Of Authorized CSU Fee Waivers (.pdf) - updated August 2009
Comparative Institutions Fee Data
The California Post Secondary Education Commission (CPEC) uses certain public institutions to compare CSU's fee levels. CSU annually surveys these institutions' resident student fee levels and provides the information to CPEC and the state legislature. For the past several years, CSU's fee levels have been among the lowest of CPEC's comparative institutions.
| Comparative Institution Resident Student Fees - PDF Format |
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| 2009-10 | 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 |