Every aid year, the financial aid office develops a basic budget based on the expenses that all students are expected to have during a year.
This budget is not an amount that the college charges, but an estimate of how much it costs to live for a typical nine-month school year. This estimate is used during the awarding process to determine your unmet financial need; many types of awards use unmet need as a criterion for eligibility or as a factor in determining award amounts.
Note: federal regulations require us to reduce a student’s budget when they enroll in less than six units in a term.
For the 2022-23 aid year, the financial aid office has used state averages provided by the California Student Aid Commission to develop the following nine-month budgets:
2022-23 Budget Components | Living Off-Campus | Living at Home |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $1,170 | $1,170 |
Books and Supplies | $1,152 | $1,152 |
Food and Housing | $17,784 | $9,360 |
Transportation | $936 | $1,026 |
Personal Expenses | $3,924 | $3,348 |
Total | $24,966 | $16,056 |