{"id":214076,"date":"2026-03-11T01:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/214076\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T01:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:41:15","slug":"usc-tuition-hike-will-likely-push-cost-of-attendance-over-100k-annenberg-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/214076\/","title":{"rendered":"USC tuition hike will likely push cost of attendance over $100K \u2013 Annenberg Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

USC raised the cost of attendance another $2,125 per academic year, bringing tuition to a total of $75,384, a university spokesperson confirmed Monday. The official did not provide the estimated 2026-2027 cost of attendance, but it\u2019s likely to exceed $100,000 for students living on campus.<\/p>\n

Tuition at USC has gone up for four consecutive years, typically increasing annually by about 5%. The latest increase reveals a 2.9% change, compared with the estimated 2025-26 cost of attendance of $73,260 by USC Housing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"GraphicUSC’s tuition has increased annually for students. (Graphic by Leo Li) <\/p>\n

This year\u2019s increase is relatively lower than previous years. <\/p>\n

According to a statement from USC President Beong-Soo Kim to Annenberg Media, as part of USC\u2019s commitment to affordability, the tuition increase for the 2026-27 academic year will be \u201cthe smallest percentage in more than 45 years,\u201d with the exception of 2020-21 during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The latest hike in the price tag comes after a period of financial strain<\/a> for the university, which operated on an over $200 million budget deficit last year. <\/p>\n

That gap resulted in a series of impactful university-wide cost-cutting measures, including more than 900 layoffs<\/a>, changes to faculty healthcare plans, and adjustments to academic advising and other student services.<\/p>\n

Late last semester, Kim said in a letter<\/a> to faculty and staff that the university was on track to eliminate its long-term deficit, emphasizing the need for continued careful monitoring of fiscal progress. At a Feb. 18 Academic Senate meeting, Kim announced USC is projected to operate on a balanced margin for the 2026 fiscal year, the Daily Trojan reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Annenberg Media after his recent<\/a> State of the University address, Kim sounded a positive note for USC\u2019s fiscal future. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have a lot more controls that are in place to make sure that we\u2019re not overspending and we\u2019re approaching decisions mindful of scarce resources,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USC raised the cost of attendance another $2,125 per academic year, bringing tuition to a total of $75,384,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3472,98197,48,52,51,47,50,49,98199,98198,98196],"class_list":["post-214076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-beong-soo-kim","tag-beong-soo-kim-tuition-increase","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-usc-cost","tag-usc-tuition","tag-usc-tuition-increase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}