For the first time in six years, the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees approved a tuition increase that will be effective in the fall 2017 school semester. 
This tuition increase is estimated to generate $77.5 million in net revenue for student success initiatives, including Graduation Initiative 2025.
The vote was taken by the CSU Board of Trustees on Wednesday, March 22. 
Unless the legislature sticks up for the CSU and demands more funding from the governor, the upcoming semester of fall 2017 will have an increase for students of about $270, or 5% for the undergraduate tuition in the academic school year of 2017-18. 
Maggie White, a member of the board of trustees for CSU, says the first time she heard about this potential tuition increase was about a year ago in one of the meetings. 
“I first heard about the possibility of the tuition increase last year, when the Chancellor’s Office began making plans to bring this proposal to the Board of Trustees for consideration,” White said. 
The CSU board assures that the tuition increase will be used to recruit more faculty, hire more advisors, and add more classes.
For college students, tuition varies in cost depending on where a student lives during the academic year.
According to calstate.edu, in 2000, the cost of tuition for undergraduates in CSU was $1,428.
Now in 2017, the tuition fee is currently $5,472 per academic year for undergraduate students enrolling in more than six units per term and $3,174 for undergraduates enrolling in six or fewer units.
The tuition cost for all 23 CSU campuses has significantly increased in the last 10 years.
“I don’t think it’s fair,” Bianca de la Cruz (sophomore, History) said, “education just keeps getting more and more and more expensive.”
Itzel Amezcua (senior, Psychology) who is graduating this spring semester, also agrees and believes that it’s not fair that tuition is increasing again. 
“I think it’s kind of a cop out for them,” Amezcua said.
Amezcua expressed that although she will not be affected by the tuition increase, she sees it as something that is more negative than positive. 

For more information on the CSU tuition increase, visit https://www2.calstate.edu/tuition-increase.