The cost of living in San Francisco is ridiculous, and as a native San Franciscan if I wanted to attend any area schools I would have had to live at home, and even that cost was higher than going out of state for one year an changing my residency to Idaho. Registering my car is cheaper here, as well as my insurance.
http://www.sfsu.edu/~finaid/newcost.html
For a full time student living on their own with in state tuition it will cost $22,830 for a year.
Perhaps these students might be interested in transferring to the University of Idaho because with the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) they'd pay 2,000 less a year and be able to live somewhere decent and walk or bike to school at $20,946. Our sales tax is also lower, but it isn't hard to get a two bedroom apartment for $500 a month within walking distance and utilities aren't much.
http://www.uidaho.edu/futurestudents...ttendance.aspx
There's even a guaranteed transfer scholarship of $3,000 to be paid over two years with a 3.3 and 30 credits completed. There's a whole section with transfer courses and the amount of scholarships are insane, most of my friends are debt free or close to it for their BA/BS and even graduate school has a lot to give, especially engineering.
http://www.uidaho.edu/futurestudents...olarships.aspx
See you soon California students, don't forget to pack winter clothes but with the amount of money you'll save you can buy one as well as gloves, a hat, and snow boots with the money you'll be saving. We're also playing in the Humanitarian Bowl if you want to meet us in Boise, bet you could carpool to Moscow.