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Flagship public schools in some states can approach $40k in costs if you don’t qualify for aid:

https://admission.ucla.edu/tuition-aid/tuition-fees




That's a bit misleading though, even if I can see why they do it.

The in-state UCLA tuition there is ~15K, which while high, isn't terrible.

My child's elementary school bill is higher than that!

The larger line item they list is food & housing. That's expensive, but you're paying those whether going to school or not so it is not really a cost of going to the university. Also, there is a lot of leeway to vary those costs if you need to be very frugal.


The article above is referring to UCLA.

"California on Thursday became the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally..."

https://apnews.com/article/health-california-immigration-gav...

Billions of dollars are being spent on health care for illegal residents instead of spending the money for California residents at California Universities.

There is plenty of money in California. The problem is that the leadership doesn't prioritize affordable university education, preferring instead to fund people living in the country illegally. California residents are taking out student loans to subsidize people living in the country illegally. It is tremendously unfair.




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