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Students flee California’s budget mess for out of state choices

California’s public universities are ranked among the best colleges nationally and globally, but more Californians are ditching [1] the Golden State for education from elsewhere, the Huffington Post reports. Some $2.5 billion in state budget cuts [2] has led to steep tuition hikes, enrollment freezes and a shortage in class availability at California’s public colleges. Some state universities turned to seek more out-of-state students [3] who pay higher fees and tuition to fill budget holes — a practice that angers students who feel they deserve the first crack at their public schools. As in-state tuition and fees exceed an average of $13,200 [4] and a cost of attendance [5]between $19,500 to $33,000, it makes a $25,445 non-resident tuition bill at The Ohio State University look like the better buy. The prospect of more cuts to California state universities [6] doesn’t help…

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