"Sales and Services" in this context presumably include things like transportation, housing, and dining, often covered by the same funding sources as tuition an

"Sales and Services" in this context presumably include things like transportation, housing, and dining, often covered by the same funding sources as tuition and fees, that represent a significant portion of a student's total cost. For example, the cheapest on-campus meal plan at UC Berkeley is $6,260 per academic year[1] for 12 dining hall meals a week plus a $600/semester in credit for other food[2], and ($6,260 - $1,200)/(8 * 4 weeks) = $158.13/week for 1.7 meals a day seems steep for dorm food, especially if we also assume $600/semester is sufficient to cover the remaining 9 meals, given that $1,200/(8 * 4 * 9 meals) = $4.17/meal. On an annualized academic year basis, this is $6,260 - $4.17 * 8 * 4 * 7 * 3 = $3,457.76 less than the cost of the meal plan. And while dining out in Berkeley at $4/meal is unrealistic, living on $100/week of groceries as a non-student is not[3], so $3,000/year seems like a reasonable figure for the net food cost of an on-campus UC Berkeley academic year. [1] https://housing.berkeley.edu/rates-contracts-policies/rates/ https://housing.berkeley.edu/rates-contracts-policies/rates/ [2] https://dining.berkeley.edu/meal-plans/2024-2025/living-on-campus/ https://dining.berkeley.edu/meal-plans/2024-2025/living-on-c... [3] Source: I can eat frugally but well on $10/day in Indianapolis, and both random Web sites and official government statistics both suggest bay area grocery prices are roughly 25% higher.