Here’s a doozy: the “University Audiovisual Fee”. It’s a tiny charge—like $2 per semester. That money buys projector bulbs for lecture halls. But here’s the funny part: the bulbs cost $300 each. So your $2 is basically a donation to the “keep PowerPoint slides visible” fund. Be proud.
San Diego State - Tuition & Fees, Net Price
Then there’s the “Student Success Fee”. It sounds noble. But $5 of that goes to career center snacks—specifically, the pretzels at job fairs. Your future job interview was paid for by a carb. That’s poetic.
The Fee That Funds a Medieval Weapon
Wait, did you know SDSU has a “Campus Safety Fee”? It helps pay for those blue-light emergency phones. But rumor has it a fraction of it also maintains the campus cannon—a 19th-century relic fired during football games. Your tuition is literally maintaining a gunpowder-based tradition. Aztec for life, baby.
And the “Student Union Fee” doesn’t just pay for nap couches. It funds a bowling alley in the basement of the union. Yes, you’re paying for the right to bowl strikes at 2 AM. Strike out on your exams, strike out on the lanes. Balanced.
