Cal State undergrads will see a $252 per year fee increase beginning next fall after the California State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted to increase the students for the 2007-2008 academic year by 10 percent, CSU officials said. The trustees had been expected to vote in the increase to support the budget approved in November. With the 10 percent increase, undergraduate fees at the CSU will increase by $252 per year to $2,772, and including the $679 average campus-based fees students currently pay, the total undergraduate fee will be $3,451 per year, CSU officials said. Fees for credential programs will increase by $294 per year to $3,216 with graduate fees rising by $312 per year to $3,414. “Student fees are part of the overall revenue mix that is needed to sustain our outstanding university system,” said CSU Board of Trustees Chair Roberta Achtenberg. “The CSU receives its revenues basically from state General Funds and fee revenues. Currently, employee compensation for all employees accounts for 74 percent of the expenditure budget. The trustees are committed to bringing all salaries up to market rate in order to remain competitive. We cannot move forward on this effort without either a larger portion of the state General Fund or an increase in student fees.”
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