The University of California (UC) Board of Regents has approved a 5% tuition increase for each new incoming class of undergraduate students starting with the 2026 school year, continuing for the next seven years.

Incoming cohorts of students will have their tuition rate locked at an inflation-based level, capped at 5%, for up to six years, meaning their tuition will not increase during their undergraduate studies.

The big picture: Each new class will pay no more than 5% higher tuition than the class before them, in alignment with the Tuition Stability Plan originally introduced in 2022.

Driving the news: The tuition hike is a response to “serious and compounding financial pressures,” according to UC President James Milliken. • The UC system is facing calls from the Trump administratio

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