Cal State set to increase fees by 10% for education doctorate
California State University on Tuesday moved to increase tuition this fall for hundreds of students seeking doctoral degrees in education.
A finance committee of the Cal State Board of Trustees approved a tuition increase of 10%, or $954, which would raise total annual fees to $10,500 for the university’s Doctor of Education degree.
The full board is expected to approve the increase Wednesday at its regular meeting in Long Beach.
About 700 students are enrolled in the doctoral programs at 11 campuses, including East Bay, Fresno, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco and Stanislaus.
In November, the board approved a 5% fee hike for the current winter/spring term and another 10% increase for the 2011-2012 academic year, raising annual undergraduate tuition to $4,884.
-- Carla Rivera
EDITOR'S PICKS:
This is ridiculous. I am a teacher and in my contract it says that I would get $1250 per year to have a doctorate in Education. So, it would take over 8 yrs. for me to just break even.
WOW! I will NOT rush out and sign up.
Few folks are going into the Education Field and many CA teachers are going to retire (the sooner the better with all of the TEST nonsense being required in the class room). I hope the administration of the Universities is ready to teach a lower grade level when there are no primary and secondary teachers for this state.
I do not encourage anyone to be a teacher. Use your college education (at the new cost) to get a degree that will head you into a more lucrative career.
Posted by: NorthernCA Teacher | January 25, 2011 at 07:51 PM
The UC Regents apparently aren't hearing messages like Obama's State of the Union, where the need to affordable education is a key to this country's future. Their fee increases just go to given even more money to already wealthy professors and management. This needs to be stopped if this country is to ever be competitive in the world.
Posted by: Gene Whittern | January 25, 2011 at 10:13 PM
Because a doctorate in education will bring you SO MUCH money!
Ha!
Posted by: Sean Chen | January 26, 2011 at 03:30 AM
California is out of touch with reality.
We'll all stay in junior college, we'll have to innovate
with AS degrees.
Posted by: anon | January 26, 2011 at 06:56 AM
Wow, just wow. Is this what happens when wealthy Californians don't pay their taxes?
Posted by: ml | January 26, 2011 at 04:08 PM