Most Californians say the University of California and California State University are unaffordable. A new poll found Californians value community college and skills training. The poll also found people don’t know about these fincial aid programs:
and textbooks. UC is offering more financial aid packages that cover the full cost of attendance without loans, pledging to offer a debt-free education to all undergraduates by 2030 and half of them by 2025.Michael Lawson, president of the Los Angeles Urban League, one of three community organizations that commissioned the survey, said awareness about California’s financial aid programs and college affordability push was “close to zero” in much of the Black community.
“Respondents are clearly worried about sticker shock as it relates to the costs of higher education, but data tells us that a credential or degree is still a critical means for economic and social mobility for both students and California more broadly,” said Jake Brymner, the California Student Aid Commission’s deputy director of policy and public affairs.
“However, it is important to underscore that a UC degree continues to be one of the most valuable investments available to Californians,” the statement said. “Our campuses have graduated more than 40,000 California students a year over the last decade, the majority of which go on to work in California andCampaign for College Opportunity
Kerchner said he believes in the value of higher education — he has a bachelor’s degree in political science and two master’s degrees, and both of his sons have college educations. One of them attended San Diego State University, and although most of his costs were covered by a state program for military families, Kerchner said a four-year degree there costs more than $100,000.
Latino respondents were the most likely racial or ethnic group to view UC and Cal State as unaffordable — about two-thirds — even as 73% of them said a four-year college degree was valuable. They were most likely to believe higher education would not bring the same beneficial economic opportunities today as it has in the past.
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