Student Fees

CSU's student fee information is contained in the various items below. Includes information on systemwide and mandatory fees, system policy, comparison data, and annual fee reports. (In California, student fees are charged instead of tuition).

Systemwide and Campus Mandatory Fees
In addition to the systemwide State University Fee, students must also pay certain campus mandatory fees in order to attend the university. The Mandatory Fees page provides an annual listing of campus mandatory fees.

CSU Student Fee Policy - Executive Order 1034

• 1993 CSU Board of Trustees - State University Fee Policy (.pdf)

Annual Student Fee Report Instructions (.doc)

• 2008 Fee Survey Memo
• 2008 Fee Policy Reporting Requirements Presentation

Fee Waiver Information - for campuses
Campuses may provide certain students with fee waivers as authorized by State Education Code, CSU Executive Orders, and other legal references. As the CSU budget process includes the projection of fee revenue, the CSU Budget Office must take into account the number of state mandated fee waivers granted by the campuses to students. Fee waiver information is provided by the campuses to the CSU Budget Office via an annual report of fee waivers. Recent fee waiver reports as well as a guide of authorized fee waiver programs are included.

Fee History
The CSU Fee History table provides over ten years of CSU average academic-year resident, undergraduate student fees.

Comparative Institution Resident Student Fees
The CSU Two-Year Comparative Institutions Fee Data table provides comparison institution academic-year resident, undergraduate students fees as compared to CSU fee levels.