2025 Tuition & fees

The 2025 tuition & fees at UCSB is $15,444 for California residents and $47,332 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 3.48% from last year.
The next table shows the 2025 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at UCSB.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at University of California-Santa Barbara Cost of Attendance page.
University of California-Santa Barbara 2025 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$14,406$44,160$13,568$28,670
2022$14,417$44,171$13,581$28,683
2023$14,617$44,689$13,872$28,974
2024$14,965$45,742$14,453$29,555
2025$15,444$47,332$15,124$30,226

Online Student Population

There are 26,133 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at UCSB. Of that, 57 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 1,195 students have joined to some online courses and 24,881 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-Santa Barbara
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total26,13323,1812,952
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes57570
Enrolled Some in Online Classes1,1951,16233
Not Enrolled in Online Classes24,88121,9622,919
Online Student Population by Student Location at University of California-Santa Barbara
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)57570
California Residents5353-
Other State in U.S.33-
Outside of U.S.11-
Unknown000