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Re:Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off ... by linkregister on Sunday July 12, 2026 @05:45AM (#48879758)
The UC system is an outlier in both price and quality for public education in the United States.

The California State system, which costs $7-9 thousand per year, is far more representative.

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Re:Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off ... by senordevnyc on Sunday July 12, 2026 @10:35AM (#48881524)
The UC system has about 300k students, CSU has about 475k. So more representative, yes, but I wouldn’t say far more so.
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Re:Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off ... by linkregister on Monday July 13, 2026 @12:45AM (#48888022)
Truly torturing the data to index on student body size as the relevant metric
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Re:Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off ... by pinkmuffinere on Monday July 13, 2026 @02:08AM (#48888520)
The discussion is about what the average person pays.... surely student body size _is_ the relevant metric? What else would you propose?
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Re:Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off ... by linkregister on Monday July 13, 2026 @02:59AM (#48888884)
If you look at the annual tuition rates for public schools in the United States, you will find the UC system to be an outlier. I gave a system in the same state that is closer to the national median. How much simpler can this be communicated?
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Re:Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off ... by pinkmuffinere on Monday July 13, 2026 @01:19PM (#48895834)
1. If you looked up the average tuition in the US and found the UC system is an outlier, then quoting CSU prices is a red herring — just tell us the average tuition and perhaps the standard deviation.

2. The question that started this thread was “does anyone really pay 250k for college?” Even as an outlier, the UC system price is relevant. It is an existence proof that many people _do_ pay close to that sum for undergrad.

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