2025 Tuition & fees

The 2025 tuition & fees at UCSD is $15,788 for California residents and $47,676 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 3.55% from last year.
The next table shows the 2025 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at UCSD.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at University of California-San Diego Cost of Attendance page.
University of California-San Diego 2025 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$14,648$44,402$13,529$28,631
2022$14,700$44,454$13,564$28,666
2023$14,906$44,978$13,903$29,005
2024$15,265$46,042$14,535$29,637
2025$15,788$47,676$15,097$30,199

Online Student Population

There are 44,256 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at UCSD. Of that, 236 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 7,655 students have joined to some online courses and 36,365 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2023-2024.
Online Student Population at University of California-San Diego
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total44,25634,9559,301
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes236104132
Enrolled Some in Online Classes7,6557,056599
Not Enrolled in Online Classes36,36527,7958,570
Online Student Population by Student Location at University of California-San Diego
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)236104132
California Residents1878899
Other State in U.S.15411
Outside of U.S.341222
Unknown000