A Guide to Paying for College

Their task is growing even more difficult as college education is becoming even more expensive in our state.  A recent report released by the U.S. Department of Education found that several UC and CSU campuses were ranked as being in the top five percent of public colleges with the fastest-increasing tuition rates in the country.
 

Nationwide, a recent study entitled “Cost-Conscious College Graduates” from the national firm Fidelity Investments found that 70 percent of graduates in the Class of 2013 faced an average of $35,000 in student debt just as they prepared to leave school and hit the work force.  Half of the graduates with student loans surveyed said that they were surprised by how much debt they had accumulated while in college.
 

Students should only have to worry about cramming for exams and getting to class on time.  They shouldn’t have to worry about how they are going to pay for college.

To help California students learn about opportunities available to help pay for college, my fellow Assembly Republicans and I have put together a new online “Guide to Paying for College". This useful new website, which can be viewed at payingforcollegeca.com - includes lots of useful information about available scholarships and grants that studens can aply for. 

There are lots of tools on our new site to help you learn how to pay for college, including:

Keeping college affordable is a top priority of mine in Sacramento.  I’ve strongly supported legislation this year to freeze tuition at UC and CSU campuses while the Prop. 30 taxes are in effect (Assembly Bill 67), along with efforts to create $10,000 degrees at CSU campuses (Assembly Bill 51) and restore full Cal Grant awards for thousands of private school students whose aid awards will be cut this year (Assembly Bill 1085).