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It documents high total college costs beyond tuition, low federal aid application among many CCC students, and remaining affordability gaps even after grant aid. 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High-level key findings include:  \n• Total College Costs Are High: Across all three systems, the total cost of college significantly exceeds tuition, encompassing essential non-tuition expenses including living costs, transportation, books & supplies, personal miscellaneous expenses, and childcare for student parents. This financial burden weighs particularly heavily on low-income families, even after receiving financial aid to cover college costs.  \n• Too Few CCC Students Access the Financial Aid They Need: Despite many CCC students coming from lower income backgrounds, nearly half (49%) of CCC students did not apply for federal financial aid. This is particularly concerning given that previous TICAS research finds that even after available grant aid CCC students from families making $30k or less annually would need to put at least half of their annual family income towards covering total college costs.  \n• Even After Receiving Financial Aid, Affordability Gaps Remain: After available grant aid, students must cover out-of-pocket costs through work, loans, savings, or reducing their enrollment. This net  \nprice impacts all students, but it is especially burdensome for the lowest income families who must put a larger share of their family income towards covering them.  \n• Debt Disparities by Student Demographics Persist: While borrowing rates have decreased since previous analyses, significant equity gaps remain.  \no At the CSU, bachelor’s degree recipients from families earning less than $27,000 annually continue to compose the largest share of graduates with debt in AY 2021-22 (most recent data at time of analysis); and at the UC, graduates from the lowest income families are nearly three times as likely to have borrowed as their wealthiest peers.  \no At the CSU, Black/African American bachelor’s degree recipients continue to be the most likely  \n– 63 percent in AY 2021-22 – to graduate with debt, and at the UC, Chicano/Latino  \nand Black/African American graduates remain the most likely to have borrowed at 66 percent and  \n67 percent, respectively.  \no At the UC, a larger share of students with (self-reported) disabilities (47 percent compared to 39 percent of students without a disability) borrowed to fund their education. Black/African American (67 percent) and Chicano/Latino (56 percent) students with disabilities were the most likely to have borrowed.  \no At the CCCs, while fewer than 1 percent of students borrow, Black/African American students are overrepresented among borrowers (20%) compared to their systemwide enrollment (5%); and notably, 85 percent of student borrowers are Pell Grant recipients, the majority of whom come from households earning less than $40,000 per year.  \nCalifornia College Affordability Fast Facts  \n• Work Hours Needed to Cover Net Costs Remain High at Public Institutions: Many low-income students are required to work excessive hours to manage their out-of-pocket costs, which can hinder their academic success. While work hours needed to cover out-of-pocket costs have decreased, low-income students would need to work at least 20 hours per week at the majority of CSU campuses. This is concerning given that research finds that working more than 15 hours per week can  \nnegatively impact student academic success. And low-income students at four out of the nine undergraduate-serving UC campuses would have to work 15 or more hours per week while enrolled to cover college costs after available grant aid. Lastly, 77 percent of CCC students work at least 21 hours per we","cbCaivBQxfBECnJT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivBQxfBECnJT","pdf",267303,"English","# Key findings by affordability and cost\n## Total college costs exceed tuition\n## Federal aid access and application gaps in CCC\n## Net price and out-of-pocket burdens\n## Debt and borrowing disparities by demographics\n## Work hours needed to cover net costs\n## Graduation outcomes for Pell Grant recipients","[{\"question\":\"What does the factsheet say about total college costs in California’s public systems?\",\"answer\":\"Total college costs across UC, CSU, and CCC systems significantly exceed tuition, including living, transportation, books and supplies, personal expenses, and childcare for student parents.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is federal financial aid access a concern for CCC students?\",\"answer\":\"Nearly half (49%) of CCC students did not apply for federal financial aid, despite many coming from lower-income backgrounds.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the factsheet describe debt and borrowing differences among student groups?\",\"answer\":\"It reports persistent equity gaps: some groups are more likely to graduate with debt or have borrowed at substantially higher rates, including differences by income, race/ethnicity, and disability status.\"}]","California College Affordability Fast Facts - January 2026 | PDF",1792054004]