BERKELEY (CBS 5) – A dating website claims that an increasing number of U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Davis students are relying on people they met online to help pay tuition.

According to SeekingArrangement.com, which calls itself the world’s largest Sugar Daddy dating website, “Hundreds of students from UC Berkley and the UC Davis are already members of SeekingArrangement.com, where the average college Sugar Baby receives approximately $3000 per month to cover the cost of tuition, books and living expenses.”

The website claims that couples form a “mutually beneficial relationships” because the Sugar Daddies receive “friendship and companionship” in return for the payments.

In a press release Monday, a company spokesperson said membership among Berkley students grew 67% last year, while Davis experienced a 220% growth, “earning them spots among the ‘Fastest Growing Sugar Baby Schools of 2012.’”

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