2024 Tuition & fees

The 2024 tuition & fees at UC Santa Cruz is $14,560 for California residents and $45,337 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 2.31% from last year.
The next table shows the 2024 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at UC Santa Cruz.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at University of California-Santa Cruz Cost of Attendance page.
University of California-Santa Cruz 2024 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$13,991$43,745$13,808$28,910
2021$14,025$43,779$13,850$28,952
2022$14,070$43,824$13,895$28,997
2023$14,240$44,312$14,213$29,315
2024$14,560$45,337$14,855$29,957

Online Student Population

There are 19,478 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at UC Santa Cruz. Of that, 98 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 4,070 students have joined to some online courses and 15,310 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2022-2023.
Online Student Population at University of California-Santa Cruz
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total19,47817,5021,976
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes98971
Enrolled Some in Online Classes4,0704,00664
Not Enrolled in Online Classes15,31013,3991,911
Online Student Population by Student Location at University of California-Santa Cruz
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)98971
California Residents81810
Other State in U.S.330
Outside of U.S.13130
Unknown101