Paying for UC Santa Cruz

The 2020 tuition & fees of University of California-Santa Cruz are $14,025 for California residents and $43,779 for out-of-state students. For graduate programs, the tuition & fees are $13,850 for California residents and $28,952 for out-of-state students.

Compare to Public, 4-Years Colleges in California, the undergraduate tuition & fees are very expensive and the graduate tuition & fees are relatively expensive.

Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Purdue University-Main Campus and University of Delaware, tuition & fees of University of California-Santa Cruz is relatively expensive where the average tuition & fees of the schools are $34,347.

The 2020 undergraduate tuition & fees at University of California-Santa Cruz are $14,025 for California residents and $43,779 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition & fees have increased by 1.85% from last year.

The 2020 graduate tuition & fees are $13,850 for California residents and $28,952 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition & fees have increased by 0.11% from last year.

The 2020 average on-campus living costs is $22,221 including room & board and other living expenses (a student lives in on-campus housing such as dormitory and school-owned apartment). For students living in off-campus housing, the average living cost is $18,658.

The living cost at the school has increased by 4.97% from last year.

The 2020 average cost for purchasing books & supplies is $1,085 at University of California-Santa Cruz. The books & supplies cost has decreased by 1.00% from last year.