Question by sophia r: Whats the difference between a state university and regular university?
Why are some schools like UCLA (University of California los angeles) and other schools are called CSUN (Cal State Northridge)? Whats the differences between state and regular(besides academics)? Are state universities less prestigious and cheaper?
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Answer by Captain Algae
Both of those schools are state schools.
It is just one has the word state in it. the other does not.
Prestige/quality of education is not dictated by state vs private (is this regular to you?). there are really good and really bad schools in all categories.
In general, State universities are usually much cheaper (especially for state residents) than their private counterparts. Think USC vs UCLA.
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A state university is partially funded by the state, hence the name.This is why ‘out-of-state’ tuition is more than in- state. Usually, they are cheaper. They don’t have to have the word ‘state’ in their name.
A ‘regular’ university is privately funded, and generally costs more.
A ‘university’ has bachelors, masters, and PHDs available at their school. A college has bachelors and perhaps masters
degrees available.
State schools are schools that are funded by the state government. There are really good state schools (California’s state universities are known to be good ones, by the way) and there are really bad state schools. State schools are generally cheaper than private schools, especially for in-state students, because they get more government funding. Private schools have to depend more on student tuition to cover operating expenses, so tuition is higher.
There are two public post-secondary education systems in California: University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU). There are 10 campuses in the UC system and 23 campuses in the CSU system. The UC campuses are dedicated to research while the CSU campuses are dedicated to education. In general, the UCs have a very competitive admission process and more rigorous curricula at the undergraduate and graduate levels; many are prestigious with national rankings (Berkeley is #1 public university in the nation, UCLA is #4, UCSD is #8). CSUs are moderately selective to not selective depending on the campus but the fees for attendance are significantly lower than the UCs.