Cost of Attendance
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 2024-25 aid year, the financial aid office has used state averages provided by the California Student Aid Commission to develop the following nine-month budgets:
| 2024-25 Budget Components | Living Off Campus | Living at Home |
|---|---|---|
| Books and Supplies | $1,062.00 | $1,062.00 |
| Food and Housing | $22,086.00 | $11,493.00 |
| Tuition and Fees | $1,172.00 | $1,172.00 |
| Personal Expenses | $4,968.00 | $4,059.00 |
| Transportation | $1,962.00 | $1,791.00 |
| Total (nine months) | $31,250.00 | $19,577.00 |