(May 14, 2008) -- Students at CSULB and other CSU campuses will pay 10% more next year -- more than twice what students at the same campuses paid in 2000 -- as a result of a vote today (May 14) by CSU Trustees.

Meeting in LB, the CSU Trustees voted 15-3 (Trustees John Garamendi, Melinda Guzman and student trustee Jennifer Reimer dissenting) to raise fees by $276 for undergraduate students, $324 for teacher credential students and $342 for graduate students.

The net effect: the undergraduate State University Fee will rise increase from the current $2,772 to $3,048 per year.

Then there's an average campus fee of $749...meaning CSU undergraduate students will pay approximately $3,797 for one academic year.

In 2008-09, CSU's fulltime systemwide fee will be $3,048. In 2000, it was $1,428. In 1990, it was $780. (For a chart showing an extended history of the fee level, click here.)

CSU says in a release that a third of the revenue from the fee increase will be used to augment financial aid to cover the fee increase for financially needy students.

"Although the state has not yet adopted next year’s budget, the CSU is increasing fees now in order to provide students enrolled for the fall a reasonable amount of time to plan their finances," said CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed in a release. "Students and their families need to know what the fees will be so that they can appropriately plan for next year's college costs."

CSU's release says that despite today's voted increase, its fees continue "to be among the lowest in the country"...and cites this chart.