It ain't necessarily so (at UC)

The Hechinger Report has an article indicating that nationwide, the percent increase in net college tuition (actual paid tuition, not sticker price) over the past decade has been greater for lower income students than higher income students.* Lower income students still pay less, but have experienced higher increases. The methodology used is shaky for recent years in estimating current net costs.

However, when UC campuses are separated from the averages - you can look up the individual schools - what is said to be an typical national trend doesn't generally hold here, as the table below shows:

Click on image to clarify.

====

*https://hechingerreport.org/colleges-are-raising-prices-faster-on-their-lower-income-than-their-higher-income-students/.