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UC Regents Renew Tuition Plan With 5% Cap, Banked Hikes and 1% Facilities Charge

UC leaders cite funding uncertainty to justify the changes.

WESTWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 19: The University of California Student Association held a rally to protest UC tuition increase outside the UC Regents meeting at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in Westwood, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
UC Berkeley and other campuses will continue to increase tuition for freshmen with a 5% cap, after a UC Regents vote Wednesday.
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Overview

  • Regents approved updates to the Tuition Stability Plan at UCLA on Nov. 19–20 by a 13–3 vote, continuing inflation-linked increases for incoming cohorts.
  • Annual tuition hikes remain capped at 5% with any unused capacity banked for future years, tuition is fixed for each incoming class for several years, and a 1% add-on will fund campus capital needs.
  • The share of new tuition revenue set aside for financial aid drops from 45% to 40%, with an eventual systemwide target that could fall to 33%.
  • UC projects roughly $273 million in first-year revenue from the revision and estimates that 54% of California resident undergraduates would have increases fully offset by aid.
  • Students protested across all nine campuses and disrupted the meeting, calling the plan perpetual tuition hikes that worsen affordability, while UC officials pointed to enrollment growth, higher costs and uncertain state and federal funding.