{"id":319573,"date":"2023-02-03T09:47:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=319573"},"modified":"2023-02-03T09:47:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:47:34","slug":"many-sdsu-students-feeling-the-financial-pinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/many-sdsu-students-feeling-the-financial-pinch\/","title":{"rendered":"Many SDSU students feeling the financial pinch"},"content":{"rendered":"

With rising costs, many San Diego State University students are feeling a financial pinch with school expenses.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Many students cited housing as taking up a majority of their budget. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shared bedrooms in off-campus student housing complexes can cost $1,100 or more per month. This price often does not include parking fees or electric bills. On-campus housing can also be costly for students, which non-local students are required to live in for their first two years at SDSU.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI live on campus and the rent is ridiculous,\u201d said Ruben Dominguez, an SDSU student. \u201cI pay $1,450 a month to share a small room with 2 others.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the amount we pay to live in the dorms, [my roommates and I] could get a real apartment that actually has a living room and kitchen attached,\u201d added Sam Koche, a freshman.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to students, the quality of campus dorms can vary widely. Some dorms have attached bathrooms and sitting areas. Others don\u2019t have hot water consistently and have broken community facilities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Students also said food expenses were another major cost for them. \"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

First-year students are required to have SDSU meal plans, which start at $5,500 per year. Meal plans are optional for students who are sophomores or upperclassmen. If they do choose to opt in, plans start at $4,200 per year. These plans give students an allowance for food per day and any costs over the designated amount become the student\u2019s responsibility.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough I have a meal plan, it isn\u2019t enough money for three meals a day,\u201d said Corinne Davidson, an SDSU student. \u201cEven if I only go over a dollar, those dollars add up, stressing me out.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some students also had the additional cost of out-of-state tuition, which adds just under $12,000 to an undergraduate student\u2019s yearly tuition.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI took out loans, but I still have fees that I have to pay out of pocket,\u201d said Madeline Ries, a freshman from Illinois. \u201cOn top of it, there have been alerts going out to raise out-of-state fees.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To accommodate for costly housing and food expenses, students said they took extra classes to graduate early, worked part-time jobs, skipped meals, and stopped going out to save money.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs much as I want to enjoy living in the San Diego area, I cannot afford to do things because of how much it costs just to live here,\u201d said Koche. \"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finance professor Andrei Andreev recommends students create a monthly budget and follow it closely by tracking income and expenses. One easy way to do this is to explore personal finance apps. He emphasizes that having savings is essential.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my opinion, if students are saving money then they can focus more on school,\u201d said Andreev. \u201cIf they constantly need to look for a source of income, that might take away time and effort from their studies.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As a student at SDSU, what are your biggest financial concerns?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

– Natali Gonzalez is an MA student in rhetoric and writing studies at San Diego State University. See more of her work at: thedailyaztec.com\/staff\/_name\/natali-gonzalez\/.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With rising costs, many San Diego State University students are feeling a financial pinch with school expenses. Many students cited housing as taking up a majority of their budget. Shared bedrooms in off-campus student housing complexes can cost $1,100 or more per month. This price often does not include parking fees or electric bills. On-campus […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1508,"featured_media":319577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11562","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"With rising costs, many San Diego State University students are feeling a financial pinch with school expenses.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11562,11550],"tags":[12790,14274,12376,12435],"class_list":["post-319573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-times-courier","category-top-stories","tag-college","tag-finances","tag-sdsu","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}