CSU Cutting Enrollment

By Mitch Gross | November 23, 2009

Last week, it's bad news from the UC system. From the CSU camp, there's equally unwelcomed news. As many of you know, CSU system consists of 23 campuses and about 450,000 student and therefore has a large impact on affordable higher education in the state of California. While the announcement did not generate the same amount of news headlines as UC's fee hike, trouble is brewing for thousands of students looking at CSU schools.

As many as 30,000 students or nearly 7% could get cut next year from California State University campuses because of the budget deficit. This is a huge increase from the 4,000 student slots cut this fall. CSU officials did stress the importance of students applying by November 30 at which time about 1/2 of the campuses will stop accepting applications for freshment enrollment.

Many of my clients have CSUs down as safety schools. With dropping admission rates, rising tuition and less classes be prepared for an education that will certainly exceed 4yrs. I've advocated on a number of occasions that families should apply to private schools that can be deemed "safety schools", in addition to CSUs.

CSU Outlines Enrollment Custs - Article Highlights

• CSU estimates that it cut 4,000 students in fall 2009
• CSU needs to reduce its student numbers by more than 40,000 students in order to match student enrollment with funding received from the state
• Campuses are currently in the process of receiving applications for admissions in the fall 2010, and to date, the CSU has received more than 266,000 applications, a 53% increase over last year

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