For genuine California residents, is tuition and housing for Higher Education still provided at no cost?
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Hi K-Dog--\n\nSomehow your question got posted 4 times.  Please see my complete answer for you in the previous posting.
548706
It helps if you actually live in that state, except for maybe Northwestern, since that's a private college, I believe.  I went to Michigan, and as an out of state student, it was about $27K in tuition a year, not including room and board, books, etc.
196618
i am not sure i understand your question, so let me ask you a few:  where are you from and will she go with you?  what are you going to study at school in California?  can you find a school close to where you live now?
68456
Nothing is cheap or free.\n\nYou can get student loans and pay for your education that way.  Your loans in many cases will be forgiven if you begin teaching and remain a teacher for a number of years.\n\nYou can become a teacher fast though.  See the links below.  CSU Long Beach is a nice school!
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I can't agree with the previous poster, at least as to the law in California (and you there - the asker - you've got to tell people what state you're in when you ask these kinds of questions).\n\n\nSchools are built with public funds, and as such are public property.  They are controlled public property when school is in session (because the government has a compelling interest in keeping the school property controlled during school hours), but when students are not present, the school does not have the authority to tell you you cannot be there...conceivably on the very land your taxes helped to purchase and maintain.  \n\nSo the info I have for you is really more of a suggestion; contact the district office of the school you want to play ball at, and ask them.  If they tell you you can't be there during non-school hours, ask them for the law that says you can't.  Be polite, but be insistent.  Once you have that law (assuming it exists), read it for yourself and see what you think.  If you disagree that it says you can't be there, take it up with the school district again.\n\nNot so long ago I was faced with this exact situation...a school employee was complaining that people were on the campus, not doing anything illegal, and he wanted them removed.  I knew of no legal authority to make them do so, so they stayed on the campus (this was on a weekend).  I spoke to the District Superintendent a few days later and asked if he knew of any law that kept people off public school grounds during non-school hours.  He didn't.\n\nGood luck with this.  I hope if you get an answer from the school you'll come back here and contact me with it - I'd be interested to know what you find out.
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I have heard many good things from friends in Cali. Here is a link to help you out:\nhttp://www.humboldt.edu/~educ/
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Right now, in order to offer Federal Financial Aid, colleges have to offer at least half of their classes in the "real classroom"  There are a few campuses that are in a pilot program that let them get around this.  Western Governor's University is one.  It also has the advantage of awarding credits for competencies rather than actual classwork.  Therefore if you already know a lot about computers, your Information Systems degree will be completed a lot faster.)  Tuition is about 5700 per year.\n\nTwo other programs I like are National Univresity and University of Phoneix, both of which have both on-campus and online programs.
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I've never heard of a school charging more for international students. They DO charge more for everyone who is not a resident of the state the school is in (called nonresident tuition), but this applies to US citizens just as it does international students.
182008
In Souther Californis we have independet colleges, like Bryman university which offer the training you are looking for/  These institution should be available in most big cities.  You can often get finacial aid to help you defray the cost of going to school.\n\nIn Southern California there are at least 6 seperate companies offerng independent education.
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The University of California is the "better" system, at least by certain measures--faculty education, faculty research involvement, admissions standards.  There is certainly no school in the CSU system which can compare to Berkeley or UCLA.\n\nBut, these are only general points.  The best fit between student and school is something that has to be determined on an individual basis.
988814
I am working and attending an online University now. I attend Western Governors University. This is a teachers college if you are interested. This is a fully accredited school. It does have federal financial aid.
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It really depends on where you go... community colleges around here are still around $17 per semester unit.  San Jose State (CA)averages out to about $100 per unit if you take 15 units.  UC Berkeley comes in around $200-$300 a unit if you take 15 units.\n\nCollege would be even more expensive if part of it weren't subsidized by the taxpayers.  Just look at the cost for non-resident tuition, and the cost at private schools.  Hiring professors costs money.  The better the professors, the higher the cost.  Some states defray this cost with taxes more than others do.
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I don't think any of the University of California system or the CSU's have forced dorm; however, if you apply early enough (if you get married for financial reason you'll be a independent student and be able to get a better rate on the FAFSA possibly a lot more money free than no married) you can apply for married housing. I do know that Stanford requries dorm living.
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That is impossible to answer due to the way financial aid is given in private schools.  Even at the University I teach at, which is public, there is a huge range of actual costs.  Some people pay nothing at all, such as West Virginia Promise Scholars.  Others pay full tuition which is often tremendous.  For example, you could go to West Virginia Wesleyan or Wheeling Jesuit and pay quite a bit or very little.\n\nWhat you need to do is fill out the Federal financial aid form at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.  The cost of tuition will be partially driven by the answer there.  You need to call all accredited programs in the two states.  In private colleges you can at least partially ignore the stated tuition.  That is the highest amount they will charge.  They often waive part for students without the means to pay.  Often the most expensive schools, if you were rich, are the least expensive for the poor, assuming they want you.\n\nThis question is person specific and cannot be answered on the web.
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My guess would be that they only will pay for state funded schools.  Most schools are going online now, you should check out the state colleges to see what they offer as far as online degrees.
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It's called TUITION. You have to pay it in order to go to college.
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It depends on the quarter and whether or not you are a California resident. There's information on tuition and fees at:\nhttp://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/