Chico State tuition and fees remain unchanged. Tuition, which is set by the CSU Board of Trustees, and mandatory campus-based fees cover fixed and ongoing expenses the University continues to incur during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic to finance, maintain, and operate student facilities and services, which remain available to students via remote access and/or limited in-person access.
All students in the CSU system, not just at Chico State, pay mandatory fees regardless of whether they are full-time, part-time, online, or study-aboard students—and even if they do not expect to ever use the programs or facilities they support. None of these fees are a "usage-based fee," but cover the debt services and personnel on a 12-month budget basis.
Examples include ongoing administrative costs such as employee salaries—including many student workers—overhead costs such as student-government programs, academic retention and support, progress toward degree completion, employee wages and benefits, expenses for utilities, repair and maintenance, and payment of financing and long-term debt obligations for some facilities.
Even with instruction occurring virtually, Chico State continues to provide a quality education and critical student services including academic advising and career services, tutoring and other learning-support services, medical care, mental health counseling, basic needs provisions, online research and learning beyond the classroom, and technology assistance.
We hope students understand that if they want the facilities and services to be available to them and others in the future, they must be supported and maintained during the pandemic