Fall of 2010 seems to be very popular for students in southern California as Cal State Fullerton received just over 56,000 applications for admission. Over 95% of the applications were for undergraduate students, some of which are just out of high school and other college students looking to transfer. More students are also looking to get advanced degrees while the economy is down so they can be prepared when things recover. Cal State Fullerton also had a 97% increase in graduate applications going from 1,225 to 2,419. All of these students looking to go to college comes at a rough time since the California State University system is reducing their overall enrollment by 40,000 students over the next two years. This comes as the state of California gave the CSU system a $564 million budget cut that they are trying to deal with.
There are more and more high school students graduating in California each year who are looking to go to college in state and save money on tuition. In addition there are still numerous students from out of state who are continually looking to go to one of the schools in the California State University or University of California systems. All of the budget cuts are hurting prospective students who are excited and motivated to go to college to further their education. The budget situation has also resulted in talks of raising fees and tuition to help cover the money not being provided by the state of California. 2010 is expected to see a lot of activity in the college and university scene of California as students fight for their education and the government works to fix the economic problems of the state.
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